The redevelopment of Croke Park, the RTE Studios, Boyne Valley Bridge and the Jack Lynch Tunnel have been named as among the 80 most iconic construction projects of the last 80 years. Other projects selected included a number of significant milestones including the country’s first IR£1 million project – the building of the Galway Sanitorium […]
NewsThe CIF has called for the introduction of a temporary VAT rate of 9% for residential construction for a two year period. The request was made in the Federation’s pre Budget submission, which was published yesterday. The CIF have proposed six steps for inclusion in October’s budget, aimed at increasing levels of house building as […]
NewsThe Construction Industry Federation has announced that law firm Maples and Calder as sponsor of the CIF Annual Conference, which will take place in the Hogan Suite, Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin on Tuesday 1st October. The theme of this year’s conference is “Activity, Jobs and Solutions”. The construction industry is now in recovery phase with […]
NewsThe Health and Safety Authority (HSA) have advised the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) that they will carry out an enhanced construction focussed inspection campaign, for two weeks, commencing on 7th September 2015. During this fortnight all Inspectors will visit construction sites and it is intended that in excess of 500 visits will be completed. As […]
NewsThe new Lobbying Act comes into effect tomorrow, 1st of September 2015. CIF Director General Tom Parlon has written to Federation members outlining what the Act will mean for the CIF. “As a body which exists primarily to represent the interests of its members and has one or more full-time employees involved in lobbying, the […]
FeaturedMinister for Housing, Planning and Construction Paudie Coffey T.D.,has welcomed the figures released by the CSO which show a significant increase in employment in the construction sector. Last year the government published the Construction 2020 strategy, one of the key actions in that strategy was the addition of 60,000 jobs in the sector by 2020 […]
NewsCIF Director for Housing Hubert Fitzpatrick says the publication of the Housing Agency’s National Statement of Housing Supply and Demand 2014 and Outlook for 2015 –17 is a timely contribution to the on-going housing debate. “The report clearly outlines the mismatch between new housing supply and housing demand, and confirms that the average new housing […]
NewsThe long-awaited Construction Contracts Act moved a step closer today with the news that Minister for Business and Employment, Ged Nash TD, has announced the commencement of the application process for appointment to the Panel of Adjudicators under the Construction Contracts Act, 2013. This Act introduces new minimum payment arrangements between parties to a construction contract […]
NewsAccording to new figures released by the Housing Agency just over 50% of the housing unites required for Dublin city county were built last year. The agency recently published its first National Statement of Housing Supply and Demand which found that 11,000 new homes were provided nationally last year, just 73 per cent of the […]
NewsThe Irish Times is reporting that the Irish government is preparing to enter the property market and will provide large loans to property developers through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, managed by the National Treasury Management Agency. The report states: “Given the shortage of new properties in the market and the weakening in price growth after introduction of […]
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