DUBLIN AIRPORT TO GET €100M INVESTMENT IN NEW TERMINAL-LINKED HOTEL Dublin Airport is to get a €100 million investment in a new terminal-linked hotel that will create up to 550 jobs. Fingal County Council has given the green light to UK hotel group Arora for a 410-bedroom luxury hotel adjacent to Terminal 2 at Dublin…
LIMERICK CITY- WORK STARTS ON €20 MILLION GAELCHOLÁISTE IT was a case of new year, new beginning for Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh on Clare Street as Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB) marked the commencement of the multi-million euro development of the new school campus. The new 8,000m² building to accommodate 750 students involves an…
GROUNDFORCE APPOINTS NEW ENGINEERING DIRECTOR Paul Garton takes up role as engineering director at Groundforce Specialist construction solutions supplier Groundforce has appointed Paul Garton as its new engineering director to head up its technical team. Paul has more than 20 years’ experience in the industry and joins Groundforce from COWI UK, where he was technical…
THE IRISH GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL LAUNCHES A PILOT SCHEME TO INCREASE REUSE OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS The Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) launched a pilot scheme to demonstrate how construction waste can be turned into useful resources. The construction industry accounts for approximately 50% of materials used on the planet, and 48% of all waste…
NEW ORDER GROWTH HITS THREE-MONTH HIGH IN NOVEMBER The Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® (PMI®) – a seasonally adjusted index designed to track changes in total construction activity – posted 56.3 in November, down marginally from 56.9 in October but still indicative of a sharp monthly increase in total activity. The latest rise was…