Nama yet to choose Irish Glass Bottle site partner, says developer Ballymore Properties chief says no decision made after final bids closed last month  Article Courtesy of:      The Irish Times  – Tuesday May 19th 2020 - Barry O’Hanrahan Source:                            Â… Read More
Construction costs for data centres in Dublin are soaring on the back of intense demand for new facilities, according to research from global professional services company Turner & Townsend. Data demands putting pressure on Dublin construction costs  December 12, 2019 Construction costs for data centres in Dublin a… Read More
Construction industry the only ones to learn lesson from last crash With the theatre of Brexit on the backburner while the the UK general election played out, attention this week turned to housing. It appears as though we’ve got a collective fondness for instability in the property market, something illustrated by a Cen… Read More
COST OF HOUSEBUILDING James Benson, Director of the Irish Homebuilder Association (IHBA), has stated that the association welcomes the ESRI’s acknowledgement that the cost of housebuilding must come down to enable increased supply. “Since 2013, we have highlighted the fact that nearly 45% of the cost of housebuilding i… Read More
What has been proposed? Earlier this week, Eir told a sitting of the Oireachtas communications committee it could complete the National Broadband Plan (NBP) for under €1 billion. This compares with the projected final cost of the Government’s plan of up to €5 billion, with €3 billion coming from the taxpayer. Gi… Read More
10,600 people joined the Irish construction workforce last year, up 8% year on year. That brings the total workforce to 145,500, according to a new report from the Construction Industry Federation (CIF). There was a 20% increase in investment in building and construction in 2018, with €26 billion invested during the yea… Read More
The primary reason for those working in the construction industry returning from abroad is down to family, an industry survey has found. Up to 37% of construction companies here have hired Irish workers, who would have emigrated during the recession of 2008. Sixty-five percent of the workers gave family as the reason for … Read More
The State’s largest construction company, John Sisk and Son, has launched its new facilities management brand having entered into a joint venture with the Designer Group. Sensori Facilities Management was formally launched on Thursday night resulting from Sisk’s acquisition of a 50 per cent holding in Designer Groupâ€â€¦ Read More
The government needs to do more to tackle a skills and staff deficit in the construction sector, a boss of one of Ireland's largest indigenous specialised engineering firms, Ward & Burke, has warned. Padraig Burke told the Irish Independent that the shortage of staff has also put upward pressure on wages. He said that… Read More
A REVIEW of the cost overruns at the National Children’s Hospital has found quantity surveyors and the contractors were using different techniques to determine quantities. Independent.ie understands the report says there was a "rapid escalation of costs in a late stage of the progress". The report says the original cost… Read More