MAKING AN IMPACT Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new robotic additive manufacturing method for low-carbon material that’s poised to make the construction industry more sustainable Researchers from ETH Zurich, a public research university in Zürich, Switzerland have developed a new, fast robotic printing process for materials that doesn’t require cement. Known as ‘impact…

TALKING TO… CONOR HAYES Conor Hayes, the new Head of Sustainability at the Irish Concrete Federation, chats about empowering the concrete sector to address sustainability in a meaningful way What does your new role entail?The Irish Concrete Federation is the national representative organisation for the Irish aggregates and concrete products industry, representing 74 members and…

AT THE HEART OF CHANGE Paul Brown, CEO at Sisk, talks about embracing change and evolving to meet clients’ changing needs How is business at Sisk?We have had a record year in FY 2023, with a turnover of nearly €2.5 billion. Our Data Centres & Life Sciences division has doubled their turnover in what has…

ACEI HOSTING NETWORKING EVENT The ACEI is hosting an informal but purposeful event to celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion in the engineering sector on October 10 between: 4:00pm – 7:00pm at The Leinster, Mount Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 WK33. The networking event will be hosted by ACEI President Anne-Marie Conibear and feature speakers from…

MORE EXPENSIVE ACROSS THE BOARD New cost construction report shows Dublin is the second most expensive of 10 cities for apartment construction A new construction cost report covering 10 cities across Europe has found Dublin to be the second most expensive place to build apartments, after Zurich in Switzerland. The report, which was compiled by…