Irish energy services company UrbanVolt has completed its 100th project installation. In just over one year, UrbanVolt has upgraded 100 business premises to LED lighting via its zero capex ‘Light
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A €10 million scheme to convert Dublin’s College Green into a pedestrian plaza is set to go to An Bord Pleanála next week. The project will see a ban on
Kirby Group Engineering has made a number of key appointments at senior level. The appointments are in response to the company’s growth and success domestically and internationally, and align with
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has started the search for sustainable energy leaders as it launched its 14th annual energy awards, the longest running energy leadership awards in
The Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton and the Minister of State for Skills, Research and Innovation John Halligan has welcomed the opening of the Apprenticeship Council’s second call
Almost 400 business professionals gathered recently to discuss the challenges of Brexit at the Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute’s (PMI) annual national conference at the Aviva Stadium. With the
The management company for Blanchardstown Centre has lodged a planning application to extend the centre’s central mall area. The application by Multi Corporation involves a 60,000sq ft development which is
Dublin’s tallest office building, The Exo, will stand at 73m high and could accommodate up to 2,000 office workers. Located at Point Square in Dublin’s Dockland’s, it was announced this
The 3rd annual National Construction Summit is set to take place on the 14th June in the RDS, Dublin. The purpose of the event is simple – bring together over
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB), the largest trade association in the UK construction industry, has stated that migrant labour is crucial to the sector and that in London alone,
A Kilkenny member of the Institute of Clerks of Works and Building Inspectors in Ireland (ICWBII) has raised fears that some of the buildings constructed during the Celtic Tiger years
The 28th of April marked the third annual Workers’ Memorial Day in Ireland, a day when the Construction Industry Federation gathers with its partners in Government, the Irish Congress of
Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government Simon Coveney has launched the Rebuilding Ireland Housing Land Map, a vital initial step in the new State Housing Land Management Strategy
SSE Airtricity has reached a deal with renewable energy developer BayWa to supply green energy to 14,000 homes through Ireland’s largest solar farm. The 194-acre facility is located at Bann
Energia has started supplying energy from five new windfarms to power homes and businesses across the island of Ireland. The five new windfarms are located at Longmountain and Glenbuck in
Health Minister Simon Harris has announced the Government has approved the investment required to enable the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board to award the construction contracts for the building of
Foster + Partners is planning a number of staff redundancies as part of a restructure at the architecture and design practice. According to company sources, “under 100” staff are at
According to the Courts Service, Cork city’s new multi-million euro courthouse is set to be complete by December. The building, on a site behind the city’s former district court on
PM Group has announced a major project win for its new Shanghai office to provide site master planning and engineering design services for BeiGene’s Biologics Manufacturing Facility, located in Guangzhou,
The ‘SMARTPLY AR’ app from Medite, which is live on iOS and Android, features a ‘Product Data Tool’ providing a comprehensive breakdown of the entire Smartply product range. The tool
Almost 350,000 homes have benefited from grants through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to make energy improvements in their homes. SEAI is urging homeowners to avail of their
Commenting on the recently announced CSO housing figures, CIF Director General Tom Parlon said the current housing shortage is the result of a decade of underinvestment in the housebuilding sector
Atkins has been appointed as part of the design team for the new 600 pupil school for Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí in Tralee, Co Kerry. The contract signing for the newly appointed
Pat Breen, Minister for Employment and Small Business is leading an Enterprise Ireland trade visit to Antwerp in Belgium. The
The National Development Finance Agency (NDFA), an arm of the National Treasury Management Agency and responsible for public-private partnership (PPP)
According to the latest property price index from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), residential property prices at national level increased
JJ Rhatigan & Company has just started work on the Gardens International Office Development project in Limerick, the first Limerick
Businesses in the Munster region have given their overwhelming support to the proposed M20 motorway, with 98% stating it will
A new start-up hub in Sligo called the Building Block has the potential to help generate 200 new jobs in
The 35th Irish Concrete Society Awards took place on the 8th of April in Croke Park. Always one of the
ESB International has announced it will recruit 150 professionals over the next three years. The recruitment drive comes on the
In a speech at the recently-held Sunday Business Post National Infrastructure Summit, CIF Director General Tom Parlon stated that regional
According to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) which published ‘Ireland’s Solar Value Chain Opportunity’ at the recently-held SEAI
Irish building company Grafton Group has announced it is adding 170 new jobs in Ireland over the next two years
The Ulster Bank Construction PMI Report (RoI) has found that the rate of expansion remained strong in the Irish construction
Cork Chamber and Cork Business Association (CBA), the two main business groups in Cork, have endorsed the OPW’s €140 million
The new Census figures released by the CSO today show that investment in public infrastructure is now more important than
The new Hybrid Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory and Orthopaedic Theatre at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin won the ACEI Design Excellence
An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny has officially opened the Frankfurt Office of Collen Construction during a two-day trade visit to Germany.
Linesight’s annual Ireland Handbook for 2017 has stated that construction could create up to 80,000 new jobs if it were
Ecocem Ireland Ltd, one of Ireland’s leading producers of high performance, low carbon cement, has announced the appointment of Micheál
Work on a new housing development worth €300 million in Carrigaline, Co. Cork has begun. Astra Construction Services are building
Builders want the Government to scrap plans for a ‘rainy day’ fund in favour of more investment in infrastructure. In
The Construction Industry Federation has warned that low levels of infrastructural investment in regional areas will fundamentally undermine Ireland’s economic
Kingspan has announced it has beaten its target of generating at least half its aggregate energy use from renewable resources
The CIF has called on the Government to increase infrastructure spending to 4-5% of GDP if the country is to
A pilot programme in Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), supported by J.P. Morgan and ESB, aims to prepare young people
A joint venture between Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and Global Student Accommodation Group, has announced plans to develop phase
A €90 million office block aimed at resolving a chronic shortage of commercial space in the city centre has been
Minister Simon Coveney has reaffirmed his commitment to see the Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI) put on a statutory footing
Saudi Arabia’s Fawaz Alhokair Group is believed to be acquiring two Waterford City centre sites for a new shopping centre
Wolseley, the world’s leading specialist distributor of plumbing and heating products, has announced revenue of €9.91 billion (£8.46 billion) for
The Galway Irish Crystal showrooms and factory at Old Dublin Road, opposite Merlin Park Hospital in Galway, has been bought
City Development Fund, a sub-fund of Targeted Investment Opportunities ICAV (TIO) has just confirmed that Irish Life will pre-fund the
Irish homeowners have availed of €1.2 billion in total through the Home Renovation Incentive (HRI) since its launch in 2013.
EnergyPro Analytics and Galetech Energy Services (GES) have announced their new joint venture entity – EnergyPro Asset Management. The joint
PM Group has announced the official opening of its new, expanded Boston office, marking further growth in its USA presence.
Energia’s €145 million Donegal windfarm has started supplying renewable energy, with the potential to provide enough energy to power 50,000
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