CIF 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 […]
NewsCombilift has commenced construction on a new purpose-built 46,000 m2 greenfield manufacturing facility. At the official ‘sod turning’ ceremony were Minster Heather Humphreys, Enterprise Ireland’s Tom Kelly and Eugene Cummins, Monaghan Co. Co. as well as 350 Combilift Staff. The facility is larger than originally announced in February and the expansion will position Combilift to double […]
FeaturedGoogle’s Irish boss has said Ire;and is the perfect place to build data centres. He was speaking as the company announced it was building a new data centre in west Dublin, at a cost of €150m. Head of operations with Google Ireland Ronan Harris said: “I think the view that we have of Ireland is that […]
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 […]
NewsDublin-based Crane Hire Ltd has expanded its fleet of cranes, says the company’s Managing Director Jarlath O’Leary. “The main news here is that we bought another Liebherr, this time a 300-tonne LTM1300-6.2 for €1.5M,” he explains. “The crane has a 78-metre telescopic boom and a 35 meter swing section, which can be offset to 40 […]
NewsBusiness law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Shane Dolan as a partner in its construction team. Shane practices in both contentious and non-contentious construction law and has advised a wide range of construction professionals on all aspects of construction contracts. He also advises in relation to various aspects of maritime […]
FeaturedThe Roadstone Thermal Liteblock is a robust and durable, lightweight block which can be used in conjunction with Roadstone’s standard Concrete Block range, to improve thermal conductivity by an impressive 300%. Made from a special mix which includes lightweight aggregates to achieve conductivity values of 0.33W/mK, the Thermal Liteblock is 40% lighter than a standard […]
NewsRoyal Imtech, the Dutch engineering services company, has filed for and been granted protection from creditors by a Dutch court, it said on Tuesday. The move comes just days after Imtech’s German subsidiary, its largest, filed for insolvency. “Filing for suspension of payments now may optimise the chances that substantial parts of the Imtech Group […]
FeaturedThere were signs of a slowdown in growth rates in the Irish construction sector during July, but activity, new orders and employment all continued to increase sharply during the month and business sentiment picked up. Meanwhile, input prices continued to rise, largely reflecting the weakness of the euro against sterling. The Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing […]
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 […]
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