• CONSTRUCTION WORK HALTS EXCEPT FOR ESSENTIAL PROJECTS

    CONSTRUCTION WORK HALTS EXCEPT FOR ESSENTIAL PROJECTS Construction sites across the country have closed as new Covid-19 restrictions come into force for all but essential building projects. The CIF says this further disruption will have a significantly bigger impact than the last shutdown, which saw a 10% or €3 billion decline in economic activity in…

  • LIMERICK ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT WINS INTERNATIONAL BROWNFIELD AWARD

    LIMERICK ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT WINS INTERNATIONAL BROWNFIELD AWARD A major environmental project to remediate the former gasworks site at Dock Road in Limerick, where ‘town gas’ made from coal was once produced, has won the Best International Project category at the prestigious Brownfield Awards. The Brownfield Awards are dedicated to recognising best practice in the brownfield,…

  • KIRBY MANAGER MAKES GLOBAL LIST OF ’40 UNDER 40′

    KIRBY MANAGER MAKES GLOBAL LIST OF ’40 UNDER 40′ Kirby Group Engineering has announced one of its employees has been named as part of Autodesk Construction Cloud’s “40 under 40: Champions of Construction”. Out of the hundreds of nominees submitted from around the world this year, Autodesk says they selected an “extraordinary group of individuals…

  • COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO COMPETE WITH OVER 100 TEAMS FROM SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE

    ARDGILLIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO COMPETE WITH OVER 100 TEAMS FROM SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE TO ‘DESIGN A HOME FOR EVERYONE’ Ardgillan Community College in Balbriggan will be one of 50 schools from 22 counties nationwide to compete in the Construction Industry Federation (CIF)’s national competition for senior cycle students called ‘A Home for Everyone’. Ardgillan College is…

  • EMISSIONS FROM HEATING IN HOMES AND BUSINESSES FALLING, BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH

    EMISSIONS FROM HEATING IN HOMES AND BUSINESSES FALLING, BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH Energy use for heat in homes and businesses decreased by only 0.7% in 2019 when the impact of warmer weather last year is accounted for, according to the latest figures released today from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Collectively, these sectors…