GOING GREEN Continued upskilling and investment is required if the industry is to deliver more low carbon solutions for the public and private sector, writes Angelyn Rowan and Patrick Kane As part of Ireland’s Climate Action Plan and commitments to the Paris Accord and the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Government published the…

THE FUTURE OF HOUSING Three new houses built using 3D concrete printing technology could provide a solution to Ireland’s housing crisis Earlier this summer Martin O’Brien, the Chief Executive of Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB), was presented with a miniature replica of the 3D houses in Dundalk that he helped make a…

ACCELERATE TO INNOVATE Skillnet Ireland and CitA are providing upskilling and business supports to the construction sector through the new Skillnet MMC Accelerate initiative Skillnet Ireland and industry body Construction IT Alliance (CitA) have collaborated to provide businesses with upskilling resources to accelerate the adoption of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC). The new national online…

ONE OPERA SQUARE REACHES NEW HEIGHTS Sisk has topped out Limerick’s One Opera Square, a Grade A office space in Limerick city centre. The €80M project will be an employment hub for 1,000 people and it will be the first commercial building in the Mid-West to achieve this level of sustainable design accreditation. When completed…

LAOIS COMPANY TOPS ALL-ISLAND AWARDS FOR BUILDERS MERCHANTS Other awards go to builders merchants in Belfast, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Meath and Wexford Telfords Portlaoise Ltd is the winner of the overall Octabuild Award for Excellence at the 2024 all-island Octabuild Builders Merchant Excellence Awards. The company also won the Leinster Regional Award. Other winners…