The regions are ripe with potential across Ireland. Justin Molloy, the CIF’s Director for the Western, Midland & Northern Regions, says investing in infrastructure is the key to unleashing economic development. He believes strategic investments in critical...
Equal measures: Industry insight from a women’s point of view Valerie O’Sullivan is Chief Executive for Cork County Council. Originally from the rebel county - ‘I’m from Cork, work in Cork, and won’t ever work anywhere else’ she says - Valerie has been in her current...
Federico Nahuel Lazzari is Secretary-General of Build Europe and Director of Communications and Public Affairs, the umbrella organisation for national federations of developers and housebuilders. It represents around 70 per cent of the EU’s homebuilding capacity. As...
As Director of Hempbuild Sustainable Products, Ronan McDermott has spent the last decade working with innovation on specialist heritage renovations across Ireland and the UK. He talks to AIDAN PRIESTLEY about disrupting the status quo when it comes to building...
The Construction Industry Federation has said that a clear pipeline of work is vital to support investment in resources needed to deliver critical infrastructure, but that the industry is well-positioned to respond to the ambitions of the National Development Plan....
Jimmy O'Friel, the new Chairman of the Board at the Register of Heritage Contractors, brings a wealth of experience from the civil engineering and construction realms. His journey into conservation commenced about 15 or 16 years ago, venturing into the field and...
Commercial Partnership: ECOLIT My name is Denis Lozenko and I am the founder of global construction company ECOLIT which has, for over 15 years, provided our unique proprietary patent pending light gauge steel and light weight foam concrete construction system to the...
Eamon McGrattan is the Managing Director of McGrattan & Kenny Ltd, a mechanical services contracting company founded by his father in 1968. McGattan & Kenny is now part of a the CJK Group with a turnover approaching €50million. An early school leaver, Eamon...
Irish construction is a global scene. This makes it exciting, with large numbers of Ireland’s building professionals working overseas, as far away as Brisbane and as close as Birmingham. But Ireland, and its construction sector, also now offer many opportunities for...
CIF members share personal experiences from on and off site to raise awareness of real-life issues affecting people working in the industry Following World Mental Health Day, celebrated on October 10, one of the themes of this year’s Construction Safety Week was Mind...
