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Micheál O’Connor has been appointed in the role of Managing Director at Dornan Group. A chartered quantity surveyor and former president of the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland, Micheál brings 30 years’ experience in the industry to the role. Prior to joining...
Conor Greham, Business Development Executive, CIF Learning and Development, outlines three new training programmes available from conservation and heritage to management and lifting operations Annually, the CIF learning and development department endeavours to...
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...
New scaffolding training due to get underway this autumn will help meet the evolving needs of the industry. CIF and the National Association of Scaffolding and Access Contractors (NASAC) in collaboration with Laois and Offaly Education Training Board and the National...
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...
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...
In the latest issue of Construction magazine we take an in-depth look at the housebuilding sector in Ireland and meet some of the people across the country who design, build and deliver the dwellings we call home. There are many real, urgent and complex challenges...
Managing Director of MP Joyce Contracting Ltd Michael Joyce began his career in construction as a site engineer in the early 80s with Moy Contractors - a leading main contracting company in both Galway and Limerick. He later joined Henry Connolly Builder Ltd as a...
Thankfully, all construction sites are now fully open again. For the past 18 months, the focus had been on Covid-related issues and are likely to remain with us for the coming year. But new challenges are emerging and old challenges, put aside during the pandemic, are...
