Insight
Sarah-Jane Pisciotti is Head of Design, Ireland & Europe at Sisk Group. She considers what our future homes might look like post-pandemic and how her career path led to construction How has the pandemic changed our homes? The pandemic has shifted hearts and minds...
The pandemic may prove to be a tipping point in housebuilding as people consider living outside of Ireland’s urban hubs. Alan O’Grady, Managing Director of Galway-based Western Postform Ltd, says a year of Covid lockdowns has led to a shift in mentalities. “People are...
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,”...
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