Events
Pictured above is Eamonn Stapleton, CECA President, delivering the annual presidential speech outlining the important policy areas for the civil engineering contracting industry. Photo: Bryan Brophy WHAT: Civil Engineering and Contractors Association Annual Dinner...
Pictured above is Yvonne Foy, LOETB; Trish Flanagan, CIF, Padraig Boland, LOETB; Gloria Callinan, TUS; Irene Rondini, IGBC and Seamus Hoyne, TU The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has announced the launch of BUSI2030 (Build Up Skills Ireland 2030) – a new...
It’s the Olympics you haven’t heard about. And Dubliner Megan Yeates, formerly a logistics manager at Lidl and DHL, is the reigning gold medalist. The WorldSkills competition has been held since 1950, as a world championship of vocational skills. The last, in 2019,...
Co. Kildare’s John Craddock Ltd (JCL) has been honoured at the annual Sustainable Business Impact Awards. The accolade event, now in its second year, showcases best practice in sustainable development and social responsibility undertaken by companies of all sizes...
In a year when we have all had to hang together, the construction industry especially has given back. Pádraig Belton looks at some recent charitable endeavours. Darkness into Light Staff at Bennett Construction took part in the Darkness into Light challenge for Pieta...
Nobody gets into business expecting sleepless nights and the many hassles that come with running a small company. Somewhere the aim of being in business for yourself and your family gets lost and your time gets eaten up working in the business as an employee. Then all...
Construction Safety Week lies just round the corner. The entire last week in October, from Monday 25th to Friday 29th, will see Ireland’s construction industry come together to celebrate best practices in construction safety. The goal of the week is to eliminate...
The 2021 CIF Top 50 Contractors list will be published by Construction magazine in advance of the annual CIF conference on September 30. This official CIF listing is based on contractors' overall turnover figure and prominent CIF contractors can qualify for inclusion...
The past 18 months have been nothing like we ever expected. While the construction industry is now experiencing a major rebound and ramping up of activity, it is impossible to say what the new normal will look like. Changes to the sector will have to be made with many...
A leading estate agency has said around 525,000 houses will need to be built in Ireland over the next 15 years. Addressing the challenges and opportunities in the housing market Marian Finnegan, Managing Director at Sherry FitzGerald, said that despite the doom and...
