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    SISK HITS CARBON NEUTRAL TARGET John Sisk & Son has achieved Carbon Zero certification under the Achilles Carbon Reduce Programme Over 100,000 trees planted since March on way to 1.7m target John Sisk & Son has reached the first milestone in its 2030 Sustainability Roadmap by being certified a carbon neutral business. Sisk achieved certification…

  • DORNAN GROUP CONFIRMS APPOINTMENT OF MICHEÁL O’CONNOR AS MANAGING DIRECTOR

    DORNAN GROUP CONFIRMS APPOINTMENT OF MICHEÁL O’CONNOR AS MANAGING DIRECTOR Micheál O’Connor to assume the role as the company reports its strongest ever turnover of €486M The Irish Headquartered Dornan Group updates today on the appointment of Micheál O’Connor in the role of Managing Director for the business. A Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Past President…

  • NCAD STUDENT WINS KINGSPAN’S ‘REUSE, RECYCLE, REPURPOSE’ COMPETITION

    NCAD STUDENT WINS KINGSPAN’S ‘REUSE, RECYCLE, REPURPOSE’ COMPETITION Aedán Hamrock, a first-year art and design student at the National College of Art & Design (NCAD), has been named as the overall winner of the Kingspan ‘Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose’ sustainable design competition. The sustainable design challenge, created and sponsored by Kingspan Water & Energy, offered NCAD…

  • 400 CONSTRUCTION JOBS TO BE CREATED

    €450M DATA CENTRE APPROVED IN DROGHEDA Conditional planning permission has been given to a data centre developer to build Amazon’s second data centre in Drogheda. Following approval provided to Tunis Properties from Meath County Council, Amazon is set to develop two 48 megawatts data centres at the IDA Business and Technology Park in Drogheda. The…

  • IRISH BUILDING SECTOR LEADERS URGE EU TO PRIORITISE DECARBONISING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

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