Posted August 13, 2018
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Posted August 3, 2018
UK construction expands at fastest rate in 14 months
Britain’s construction industry unexpectedly gained momentum last month to grow at its fastest rate in over a year, boosted by the biggest increase in housebuilding since the end of 2015, an industry survey showed on Thursday. Just hours before the…
Posted July 27, 2018
14-storey apartments get go-ahead in South Dublin
An Bord Pleanála has given the green light for the construction of 460 apartments across five blocks ranging in height from six to 14 storeys in south Dublin. The board granted permission for the scheme at the Sandyford Business District…
Posted July 20, 2018
500 Homes To Be Built Instead of Stadium
Ambitious plans for a state-of-the-art football stadium have been ditched – as up to 500 new homes look set to get the green light instead. League of Ireland club St Patrick’s Athletic had drawn up a major development plan for…
Posted July 18, 2018
New home construction up 55% on last year
The number of new homes under construction is up 55% on this time last year, according to findings from the GeoView Residential Buildings Report. Over 9,000 housing units are currently being built, with about two-thirds of those in the Leinster…
Posted July 17, 2018
Glanbia unveils plans for €130m mozzarella plant
Glanbia Cheese’s new €130m mozzarella cheese manufacturing facility in Portlaoise, Co Laois, will have a production capacity of 45,000 tons per annum. Glanbia Cheese is a joint venture business between Glanbia plc and Leprino Foods, a mozzarella producer headquartered in…
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