There were further signs of a slowdown in growth of Irish construction output during August, but activity continued to rise sharply during the month amid sustained growth of new business. With new work rising again, companies continued to take on extra staff at a rapid pace. Meanwhile, the rate of cost inflation remained sharp amid […]
NewsThe GRIFOLS logistics centre, located in Grange Castle Business Park in west Dublin, is a highly specified building that will store and process plasma products for medical use. Built by Stewart over a 15-month period, construction included the installation of specialised cold rooms and automated packaging lines, as well as a three-storey administration block. In charge […]
NewsThe Prime Balfour Beatty consortium which includes JJ Rhatigan and Aramark are jointly hosting a ‘Meet the Buyer’ event from Tuesday 15th- Friday 18th September for local suppliers and sub-contractors across the country who would like to get involved. At the event, you’ll be given the opportunity to hear an overview of the 14 Primary Care Centres […]
FeaturedThe 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 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 […]
FeaturedThe 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 Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD has officially opened a new $300 million facility for leading biotech company, Amgen in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. The facility currently provides 340 jobs and delivers state-of-the-art manufacturing capability to Amgen. The development of the new facility included the construction of an 11,500 square metre production […]
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