Category: INDUSTRY NEWS
THE FIRST WOMAN SHEET METALWORKING APPRENTICE IN IRELAND Employed by McAree Engineering, Co. Monaghan, Joanne’s apprenticeship provides on the job training combined with and off-the-job learning in Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board. Joanne is one of the over 1000 women now working and training in an …
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WANTS BUILDING SITES REOPENED Ireland’s construction industry has made an appeal for building sites to be allowed to fully reopen arguing that the continued lockdown in construction will not reduce the daily rate of Covid-19 or numbers in hospital/ICU. The Director-General of the Construction Industry Federation …
SOCIAL HOUSING RETROFITTING PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and Planning, Peter Burke TD and Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan have announced allocations and targets under the Energy Efficiency …
CLONAKILTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BECOMES ‘SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE’ The students of Clonakilty Community College in West Cork are in for a big surprise when they return to school after months of lockdown. Governed by the Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB), the West Cork school has recently …
AUGMENTED REALITY CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION PM Group is deploying the latest Augmented Reality (AR) technology on the design and construction of one of Europe’s largest hyperscale data centres in Denmark. The company is using the world’s first engineering grade AR product, HoloSite, from London-based company, XYZ Reality. The new …
