Cairn Homes has lodged planning documentation with An Bord Pleanála signalling its intention to build 611 apartments and three townhouses on the site it purchased from RTÉ in Donnybrook for €107.5 million over two years ago. The number of apartments planned is 111 more than the original 500 Cairn initially indicated it would construct on…

A SCHOOL IN SCOTLAND HAS HAD ITS INTERNAL FIT-OUT COMPLETED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE THANKS TO SMARTPLY PATTRESS PLUS. Delivering brand new classrooms for 750 students at Queensferry High School, PATTRESS PLUS is a newly launched, specially designed pattressing panel from MEDITE SMARTPLY. For use in partition walls, it’s fully tested to the relevant sections of…

Kirby Group Engineering, a mechanical and electrical engineering contractor, has opened an office in the Netherlands as part of its expansion into mainland Europe. Commenting on the new office, which is located in Schiphol, Dave McNamara, Operations Director for Europe, said: “Opening an office in the Netherlands is a strategic move in our expansion into…

Jacobs has announced 200 new jobs for Ireland over the coming two years, as it unveiled a €4.5million investment in its office in Cork. The company plans to fill the positions in Dublin, Cork and Belfast. The new roles will be professional services positions across a range of specialities, project and construction management, design, commissioning,…

The CIF has welcomed the Government’s decision to commit to funding deep retrofit projects following the ending of scheme. Sean Downey, Director for Specialist Contracting, CIF, Sean Downey said: “This is a really important decision that will give comfort to dozens of people who had applied for deep retrofit grants towards the end of the…