Chadwicks Group launches the free National Tradesperson CheckTaking place 20th January – 18th February nationwide Key findings from the Chadwicks Group Research:Almost half do not go for a yearly health check-up38% regularly suffer aches and pains due to the physical demands of their jobAlmost a quarter (23%) have worked through their illness to ensure a…

MEDITE TRICOYA EXTREME An artist has used MEDITE TRICOYA EXTREME (MTX), a weather resistant MDF, to ensure her six original paintings will be enjoyed for up to 50 years at Raigmore Children’s Hospital Garden in Aberdeen. Artist Fiona Jack was commissioned for the project by Papillon Designs and Landscaping Ltd, an Aberdeen based company, who…

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 build on the significant investment in safety…

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 multipurpose complex will cater for a variety…

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 builds houses more generally. “Apartments and high-density…