People
Kirby Group Engineering has made a festive donation of €100,000 to be shared among three charities. Focus Ireland, which helps people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. has received €50,000. Women’s Aid, which works to end domestic violence against...
The job of a slinger signaller is one of the most important jobs on a building site. It requires skill, diligence and concentration, working alongside the lifting teams to provide safe direction and supervision to crane operators. AP, Crane Coordinator and Dowling...
Co. Kildare’s John Craddock Ltd (JCL) has been honoured at the annual Sustainable Business Impact Awards. The accolade event, now in its second year, showcases best practice in sustainable development and social responsibility undertaken by companies of all sizes...
Project: Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital - Refurbishment to Emergency Department and Radiology Unit Location: Adelaide Road, Dublin 2 Sector: Medical Main Contractor: MJ Clarke & Sons Ltd Quantity Surveyor: Michael Nolan Project Director: John Clarke...
If the only exit from Ireland’s housing crisis is building our way out of it, then Stephen Garvey, Chief Executive of home builder Glenveagh, looks very close to the driving seat. “Yeah, it’s been a very interesting 18 months,” he says. The pandemic, he adds, has...
These past two years have thrown significant challenges to the construction industry, many of which could not have been foreseen or planned for. While price inflation and volatility, wage inflation and labour shortages were all evident prior to the pandemic, these...
Bernard Dwyer began his career in construction as a labourer at the age of 17 in London. But the allure and physicality of scaffolding soon took over and he started scaffold company PHD in 1984 with just £460 in pocket. Following a housing recession he was obliged to...
CIF corporate partner company AG has reinforced its position as a leader in sustainable construction by switching to bio LPG energy resulting in a carbon saving of 70 per cent - equal to a person driving around the world three times. The Fivemiletown headquartered...
The construction boardroom is still the most male of any sector in Ireland. A full 94 per cent of board members in the Irish construction industry are men, according to new data released in July by the Central Statistics Office. This is even while across Irish...
The CIF Top 50 Contractors 2021 has been published as part of the September issue of Construction magazine. The opportunity to catch a glimpse behind the curtain of an industry is a valuable thing. It provides a rare chance to analyse the health and vibrancy of a...
