Category: Interviews
“We need to have a conversation about new builds and building in suburbia”
Hugh Wallace, Director, Douglas Wallace Architect HUGH WALLACE tells Mimi Murray that Housing for All is yet another lofty document that claims to have all the answers when the real problem is a broken planning system that the government won’t address. Housing for All is an ambitious government plan to deliver 33,000 residential units a [...] Interviews, Irish Construction News, LatestCan Housing for All deliver social housing solutions?
Oaklee Housing CEO Sharon Cosgrove. SHARON COSGROVE, CEO, Oaklee Housing, believes Housing for All has a lot to offer for social housing development, but there are several important issues - including skills shortages and planning - to be addressed if the plan is to succeed. Mimi Murray reports. Housing for All, the government’s housing delivery [...] Interviews, Irish Construction News, LatestOff-site specialist Vision Built triples revenues
Vision Built Managing Director BRIAN KENNEDY speaks to Barry McCall about the rapid changes in the market that have brought about a much more widespread appreciation for the benefits of off-site construction. In Ireland, modern methods of construction (MMC) have been a little slow to take off, but that that is changing, says Brian Kennedy, [...] Interviews, Irish Construction News, Latest, UncategorizedACEI members aim to be carbon neutral by 2030
The current president of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland (ACEI), David McHugh, would appear ideally qualified and experienced for the role he has taken up, considering the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in the coming year and beyond for the association. The senior director responsible for renewable energy and business development at RPS in Ireland also has eight years of experience in global roles as a corporate executive and management consultant specialising in sustainability. With its recently published ACEI Sustainability Vision, the association is setting out an ambitious programme for its members to become advocates for climate action and sustainable change in Irish construction and lead by example by becoming carbon neutral by 2030.
Engineering News, Interviews, Sustainability
‘The Sisk Living business model is different to that of a traditional builder-developer’
FERGAL LALOR, Managing Director, Sisk Living, speaks with Barry McCall of Irish Construction News about current factors affecting the house-building market and why the Sisk Living business model ideally places it to deliver social and affordable homes.
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Delivering housing now and in the future
The government target is for 35,000 new homes to be delivered each year, with around 10,000 of them falling into the social and affordable categories. Progress was being made until Covid hit. The industry was shut down for eight weeks in the spring and early summer of 2020, while many potential homebuyers were spooked by the economic fallout of the pandemic.
New home delivery fell slightly to 20,780 in 2020. This was a drop of just 411 on the number built in 2019. With large parts of the industry shut down again during the early part of 2021, this will have a knock-on effect on completions this year. But the industry was resilient in 2020, and it is hopeful of making up for lost time in 2021, despite some non-Covid related challenges.
Theo Cullinane, CEO, BAM Ireland –”Appropriate Risk Sharing Must Be Embedded In All Procurement Models”
Theo Cullinane, CEO, BAM Ireland, speaks with ROBBIE COUSINS about some of the contractor’s successes in the past year and discusses issues that need urgent attention if the sector and economy are to bounce back from the Covid-19 crisis.
Featured, InterviewsLiam Kenny, MD, John Paul Construction – A Baptism Of Fire
Liam Kenny, Managing Director, John Paul Construction, speaks with ROBBIE COUSINS about his hectic first few months heading up the company, and how the sector’s workers have responded, and CIF members cooperated in addressing Covid-19, gives him great confidence for its future.
Featured, InterviewsMicheál O’Connor, Deputy MD, Dornan – “Covid-19 Is The Catalyst Needed To Usher In Digital Transition”
Micheál O’Connor, recently appointed Deputy Managing Director of Dornan Engineering, speaks with Mimi Murray about why all stakeholders should grasp the opportunities presented by Covid-19.
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