Insight
A Dublin homebuilder has reenvisaged the approach to homebuilding in the wake of pandemic when health and hygiene have never been more in focus. Carroll Estates’ Brookfield development in Malahide is being billed as Ireland’s first set of Healthy Houses. Well-being...
Price rises have been frightening The biggest challenge we face is materials, availability and, of course, the cost. There have been dramatic and frightening price rises. It’s every month and we didn’t see that coming. We’ve never experienced anything like this. It’s...
Rising building costs and supply shortages due to a heady mix of Covid and Brexit are expected to continue into the second half of the year. This is likely to result in uncertainty within the housebuilding sector and a need for greater flexibility and lead times for...
‘We understand how construction technology is reshaping the industry and the future of work.’ This is the powerful digital mission statement you’ll find on ACB Group’s website. The Co. Cavan-based company has been delivering BIM design and construction since 2017...
What’s been the biggest benefit of CIF membership? From the point of view of our BIM department, we have been involved with the CIF Construction 4.0 subcommittee and associated workgroup since their inception. Previously, under the chairmanship of our CEO Eoin...
Equal Measures - An insight into a career in construction from a woman’s point of view Anne Kinsella An engineering manager with Clonmel Enterprises Ltd who has worked in the industry for 19 years My first job was as a graduate resident engineer with Kildare County...
The pandemic is having a deep effect, with many suffering physically and emotionally and often afraid or not knowing how to talk about loneliness and depression. When Kerry-based construction manager Ivan McCarthy shared his thoughts online earlier this year, it...
A progressive company that’s grown organically in recent years, Co. Kerry’s Griffin Brothers Contracting invests in people and processes to ensure it stays at the forefront of industry health and safety regulations. “We like to think we are leaders not followers,”...
Construction Information Services has released its Q1 Construction Activity Report for 2021, looking at pipeline levels and active construction on the island of Ireland. Managing Director Tom Moloney offers insight into the effects of the latest lockdown and what to...
From his office in Dublin Vinnie Quinn, the co-founder of Evercam, a software service company, was able to bring me into some of the biggest construction projects underway in Ireland as we connected on a video call on a Monday morning in May. From the colossal...
