Category: INDUSTRY NEWS
The Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) has called on Irish businesses and cities to take bolder climate leadership by supporting net zero carbon buildings. Buildings account for more than one-third of global carbon emissions. Five years after the Paris Climate Agreement, it is high time to act. To …
New ACEI president Conor McCarthy, a director of consulting engineering firm Jennings O’Donovan, believes that the Government needs to increase and not reduce spending on major infrastructural projects, in the face of any recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr McCarthy is taking up the role as president …
The Housing Alliance, a collaboration of six of Ireland’s largest Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), has welcomed the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) call for the Government to invest in social housing to stimulate the economy. The ESRI’s latest Quarterly Economic Commentary highlights the likely consequences of the …
The construction industry, like many industries, has been heavily impacted by COVID-19 and is rapidly evolving to meet the challenges of the pandemic. From maintaining social distancing on sites to developing new working procedures, there are a number of actions that construction companies need to take to prepare …
A major online training programme has been initiated by the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) in partnership with GoContractor to enable up to 150,000 construction workers return to work from the 18th of May, the commencement of Phase 1 of the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. The induction programme, which …
