The CSO is reporting that the volume of output in building and construction increased by 5.5% in the second quarter of 2015 when compared with the preceding period. This reflects increases of 25.6%, 14.6% and 3.1% respectively in the volume of civil engineering, residential building and non-residential building work. The change in the value of production […]
NewsThe latest Tender Price Index published by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI), shows that construction tender prices increased by 2.6% in the first half of 2015. According to the SCSI Index, which is the only independent assessment of construction tender prices in Ireland and has been running since 1998, tender prices are up 5.5% […]
FeaturedAfter suffering a contraction during the economic crisis, the Irish construction sector is now rebounding with a more optimistic future outlook. In a new report Construction in Ireland – Key Trends and Opportunities to 2019 growth of 5.8% is predicted over the next four years. In real terms, the industry’s output value recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) […]
NewsThe 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 National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) has issues on eTenders/OJEU the Suitability Assessment Questionnaires to shortlist of contractors to be invited to tender for the various works contracts associated with the construction of the new children’s hospital on the St James’s campus in Dublin. To provide bidders with the opportunity to better understand the project and […]
FeaturedThe 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 value of construction projects commenced saw a significant increase in the first half of 2015, rising by €802 million to €2.754 billion when compared to the same period in 2014 according to the Building Information Index. This represents an increase of +41% in the value of actual construction activity for the first six months […]
NewsThe West of Ireland is set to become a key telecommunications and data gateway over the coming months with the construction of a new transatlantic fibre optic cable system which will have the capacity to handle up to one third of the world’s telephone calls. This follows the installation of the Irish portion of the […]
NewsMinister 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 […]
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