Posted July 26, 2017
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Posted July 24, 2017
Rising insurance premiums adding to cost of construction
The CIF has warned that rapidly increasing insurance premiums are adding to the cost of construction. Over the past year, construction companies around Ireland have reported disproportionate increases in Employer Liability/Public Liability (EL/PL) premiums, rising by up to 50% in some…
Posted July 21, 2017
Plans for almost 1,000 new Dublin homes
Almost 1,000 new homes are planned for south Dublin in the first housing scheme to use the fast-track development system which by-passes the local authority planning process. Developer Michael Cotter’s Viscount Securities wants to build 571 apartments and 363 houses at Clay Farm, Ballyogan,…
Posted July 20, 2017
Páirc Uí Chaoimh opens after €80m redevelopment
It’s taken over €80m, 33,000 tonnes of concrete, 1,500 tonnes of steelwork, some 500 construction workers and about two years — but Ireland’s newest sports stadium has finally been unveiled. And the regenerated 45,000-capacity Páirc Uí Chaoimh GAA stadium in…
Posted July 19, 2017
Construction workers in line for 10% rise in minimum pay
Minimum hourly rates, or minimum pay, for up to 50,000 workers across the construction industry could rise by close to 10 per cent. A number of highly placed sources believe a pay increase of this order will form part of…
Posted July 18, 2017
Construction upturn gets estates finished in Cork
The upturn in housing construction is leading to a large number of previously unfinished estates being completed in Co Cork. That is according to the council’s senior planner, Andrew Hind, who said that, in 2010, there were 296 unfinished estates…
Posted July 17, 2017
FAQs – Moving home to Ireland
How busy is the market? Very busy, as of the beginning of July ‘17, there were 69 tower cranes standing in Dublin. In the last 18 months, the rate of growth and demand for skilled construction and engineering professionals has…
Posted July 13, 2017
Guinness announces €16m expansion plan
The Guinness Storehouse has announced details of a €16m expansion plan which will see the gravity bar double in size. The plans announced involve the creation of a new 360 degree space, which will directly link to the original Gravity…
Posted July 11, 2017
€20bn spending plan set to deliver key road projects
The Government is planning to announce a 10-year capital spending plan worth in excess of €20bn, or €2bn a year, which is set to deliver major projects like the long-awaited Cork to Limerick motorway. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Finance Minister…
Posted June 30, 2017