PARR GROUP AND PARR FM RAISE OVER £22K FOR AWARE AND TAMHI After raising £10,000 on their first day of online fundraising, the teams at East Belfast based Parr Group and Parr Facilities Management Limited raised their fundraising goal to £18,000 and on Friday 18th December, marked a …
LIGHTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CHARITY PROVIDES MESSAGE OF HOPE TO CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY In a year that saw the country in turmoil as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic and three national lockdowns, the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity shone a beacon of hope to our construction community by responding …
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES REMOTE WORKING STRATEGY New laws empowering staff to work from home are set to forever change the landscape for employees in Ireland. The country’s first National Remote Work Strategy will make remote working a permanent option for life after the Covid-19 pandemic. The rights of employees …
IRISH CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY EXPECTED TO GROW BY 15 % IN 2021 DESPITE COVID-19 AND BREXIT Cost of construction to increase by 2% in 2021 Hospitality and retail construction devasted in 2020 with the future of commercial office development unclear Report highlights need for a national Housing Taskforce to …
“IT’S TIME TO BREAK WITH THE FAILED BOOM AND BUST CYCLE OF THE PAST” CHARTERED QUANTITY SURVEYOR MICHEÁL MAHON HAS BIG PLANS FOR HIS TERM AS SCSI PRESIDENT Only a few weeks into his new role as President of the Society of Chartered Surveyors (SCSI) Ireland, Wexford-born Micheál …
FOCUS ON… ECHOCHECK ACOUSTIC BLOCK INNOVATIVE ACOUSTIC MASONRY SOLUTIONS FROM COLINWELL HAS UPPED THE GREEN CREDENTIALS OF ST BRONAGH’S PRIMARY SCHOOL IN ROSTREVOR Since September 2017, the pupils and staff of St Bronagh’s primary school have enjoyed their learning and teaching in a new school building with …
ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL EOIN CASSIDY, PARTNER AT MASON HAYES & CURRAN, TAKES A LOOK AT THE REPERCUSSIONS THAT COVID-19 IS HAVING ON CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS At the initial stage of the Covid-19 pandemic, employers and contractors alike were feverishly reviewing the force majeure provisions in their construction …
