Posted July 17, 2018
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Posted July 13, 2018
Dublin crane count rises to 79 in July
There were 79 cranes visible over the centre of Dublin on July 1st from the seventh floor on The Irish Times building on Tara Street. This is a rise of seven (10 per cent) on June’s total and one off the 80 recorded on…
Posted July 13, 2018
€30m affordable housing project proposed for Cork City
Plans for a €30m sheltered and affordable housing apartment complex close to Cork city centre have been unveiled. The proposed development in Blackpool, to be delivered by Clúid Housing in partnership with Cork City Council, will involve the construction of…
Posted July 9, 2018
Construction firms hiring amid growth
Ireland’s construction firms have continued hiring amid a strong pace of growth in the sector. The latest Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index stood at 58.4 in June. While that compared to a stronger 61.8 reading in May, any figure…
Posted July 4, 2018
Unemployment in Ireland falls to post-crash low of 5.1%
The strength of the Irish economy was underscored on Tuesday with new figures showing unemployment falling to another post-crash low of 5.1 per cent and stronger-than-expected exchequer returns putting the Government on course to exceed its budgetary targets for the…
Posted June 29, 2018
Modular Homes: The Future of UK Housing
The column inches written about the dysfunctional British housing market are legion. Too few homes, at too high a price, built for too few people. Two years ago, the Farmer Report commissioned by the Government concluded that the British construction industry, using…
Posted June 19, 2018
Additional 80,000 workers required to satisfy housing demand
Employment in the construction sector will need to increase by 80,000 people just to meet current demand, a report from business lobby group Ibec suggests. And the number would have to increase to around 110,000 if the required 36,000 housing…
Posted June 12, 2018
Activity in Irish construction sector rises at fastest pace for a year
There has been increased growth in the Irish construction industry again in May, latest figures show. New business and input buying also rose at faster rates, while job creation remained strong, according to the Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index…
Posted June 11, 2018
Private Sector Building Booms
State infrastructure building slowed last month as construction of homes and offices rocketed ahead, a survey published on Monday shows. The Ulster Bank construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) shows that commercial and house-building drove further expansion in the industry last month. The…
Posted June 5, 2018