CONSTRUCTION SAFETY “The increase in construction fatalities is a grave reminder to companies to keep focussed on safety every day, commented Tom Parlon, CIF Director General, responding to recent Health and Safety Authority statistics. He added: “The CIF is reiterating its call to construction companies to continue to …
The Dundalk Driver Test Centre (DDTC) has been officially opened by the Road Safety Authority (RSA). Atkins was appointed by the Office of Public Works on behalf of the RSA to provide civil and structural design services for a driver test centre in Dundalk Co. Louth. This new …
Property Management – JLL Ireland’s annual property outlook briefing took place in Dublin recently. The property advisors delivered snapshot updates on office, retail, industrial, residential, hotel and investment markets and also included a focused presentation on sustainability. They also welcomed guest speaker, Michael Guerin from Smart Dublin who …
A UCC economist has said Cork needs to build 5,000 apartments per year to combat housing shortages. According to an article on echolive.ie, Dr Frank Crowley of the Spatial and Regional Economic Research Centre at UCC’s Cork University Business School believes Ireland needs to re-think the way it …
IT Carlow has lodged a planning application for a new health sciences building on the Kilkenny Road. The application site is located on a site measuring 0.435ha on the campus, bounded by the Kilkenny Road to the West, partly on the footprint of the VEC school building for …
Ireland’s Supply Of Aggregates Is Progressively Diminishing. A new report by The Irish Concrete Federation outlines the steps the Government needs to take in order to meet targets set out in Project Ireland 2040 The Irish Concrete Federation’s new publication, entitled “Essential Aggregates: Providing for Ireland’s needs to …
RMD KWIKFORM – DIG A LITTLE DEEPER… Basement construction remains an important element of mid to high-rise construction, with an increasing trend for basements to go deeper. Research by RMD Kwikform has shown that contractors in Europe are facing a shift towards deeper basements – more than any …
Award winning construction equipment rental specialist Groundforce have relocated to a new, larger premises in Co. Laois to facilitate further growth and expansion of their range of equipment. The new three-acre site in the Bay Road Business Park in Mountmellick, which opened at the beginning of June, is …
