AUGMENTED REALITY CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION PM Group is deploying the latest Augmented Reality (AR) technology on the design and construction of one of Europe’s largest hyperscale data centres in Denmark. The company is using the world’s first engineering grade AR product, HoloSite, from London-based company, XYZ Reality. The new technology is helping to achieve significant time…

PUBLIC SECTOR SAVES €1.55 BILLION ON ENERGY SPEND Public bodies have achieved €1.55 billion in energy savings and avoided 5.2 million tonnes of CO2 emissions between 2009 and 2019. The Annual Report on Public Sector Energy Efficiency Performance covering 2019 shows that the public sector was 29% more energy efficient and on course to achieve…

MINISTERS ANNOUNCE REGIONAL AND LOCAL ROADS ALLOCATIONS FOR 2021 Minister Eamon Ryan T.D. and Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton TD have today (Monday 15th February 2021) announced details of the 2021 investment programme for regional and local roads. This €555m euro funding package will allow approximately 3,100kms of roads to be maintained and 2,450kms to…

DUBLIN OFFICE RENT CORRECTION IN 2020 LIKELY TO BE SHORT-LIVED – HWBC Office rents for prime city centre office space in Dublin have fallen around 10% in the past 12 months due to the impact on the market caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to leading independent agent HWBC. Publishing its FY 2020 Office Review,…

BAM AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR N3 SNUGBOROUGH INTERCHANGE UPGRADE AT BLANCHARDSTOWN   BAM CIVIL LTD.  – Following a competitive tender process, Fingal County Council has appointed BAM Civil Ltd to undertake the construction of the Snugborough Interchange Upgrade Scheme in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. The project includes the construction of a second bridge over the N3…