Major Changes in Irish Permit Criteria for Construction Workers
– Civil engineers, QS’s, construction project managers, and M&E engineers with BIM capabilities added to Critical Skills List – Sheet metal workers, welders, pipefitters, air-con and refrigeration engineers, shuttering carpenters, glaziers, window fabricators and fitters, scaffolders, stagers and riggers, and crane drivers removed from Ineligible List of Occupations – Plasterers subject to a quota of […]
Salaries with Benefits
Pensions and Salaries with Benefits
Susan O’Mara on the crucial role benefits packages play in attracting and retaining staff. The ‘2018 National Skills Bulletin’, published by SOLAS, makes for interesting reading if you are running a company; you need to know what is in store for the labour market in your sector. If you are a parent with kids pondering […]
Majority of Female Workers Would Recommend Construction Careers
The CIF celebrated International Women’s Day (8th March) by hosting an event at the Morrison Hotel, Dublin, where it published results from a survey that showed marked changes in attitudes towards female construction workers. Speakers at the CIF’s International Women’s Day event, l to r: Marcia Bonham, Managing Director, Kingspan Insulated Panels Ireland; Nellie Reid, […]
Delays, cost increases and skills shortages are key Brexit impacts on Construction
Tom Parlon, Director General, CIF. The Irish construction industry is struggling to plan for Brexit and resultant delays in housing and infrastructure delivery over the next decade a survey carried out by PWC for the construction industry has found. The Construction Industry Federation and PwC Brexit Survey of the member base of Ireland’s construction industry […]
John Paul Construction Expands Its Leadership Team
Construction Companies Experiencing Severe Difficulties Sourcing Workers
CIF Encourages More Young Women to Pursue Construction Careers at I Wish Events In Cork And Dublin
The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) and women from a number of its member companies are appealing to secondary level girls to explore their construction career options at stands it is hosting at the popular I Wish events in Cork and Dublin. This is the first year that I Wish events, which promote STEM subjects to […]
New Regional Enterprise Plan for The Midlands
Induction, Recruitment, Marketing – Video Has Become an Important Tool for Contractors
Dillon Productions specialises in the production of online induction and promotional videos, a service that is being availed of by an increasing number of leading contractors. Dillon Productions was established in 1996 by Managing Director, James Dillon. With a background in TV production, its core business is the creation of unique video-rich interactive e-learning training […]