Insight
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...
In lists of the greatest inventions ever made, concrete is often in contention for the top spot. That’s not surprising when you consider it’s the most used man-made material on Earth. Each year around 2.5 tonnes of it is poured for every person in the world and 70 per...
As CEO of Quality Positive Ltd, Martin Searson supports engineering and construction firms in developing operational processes, digitalisation strategies and management systems. With over 20 years of M&E industry knowledge and a background in BioPharmaceuticals,...
The long relationship between the construction industries of Ireland and Britain is best described as symbiotic. For example, the Irish labourers employed on the Newry Canal (1742) - the first link in Britain’s Inland Navigation System - were technically the first...
Roqaya Abou Klaib is by her own admission a ‘zealot about technology in construction’. Originally from Kuwait, Abou Klaib recently completed her masters in Applied Building Information Modelling and Management from Technological University Dublin before joining...
While modular construction has yet to really take off in Ireland, there’s a Cork man who is making global headlines and history by taking modular building to new heights. When the George Street Towers in Croydon, London are completed they will be the world’s tallest...
Fresh Perspective - Conversations with inspiring voices from outside the world of construction Climb every mountain he hasn’t, but overcome obstacles, barriers, depression, financial ruin and fight his way back from the debts of despair, well, yes Pat Falvey has done...
In the growing town of Virginia, Co. Cavan, a unique bridge located in the suburbs of the town was long overdue rehabilitation and conservation works to preserve a well-known piece of local infrastructure. Enlisted to complete the works on the Dunancory Bridge were...
An Irish company has marked its first project in Denmark as a prime contractor with a record onshore pour. Mercury reached the significant milestone in creating the foundation for the CPH3 Data Centre in Copenhagen for Interxion: A Digital Realty Company. The project...
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