News Ireland gets world’s first printed social houses The world’s first printed concrete social housing project has gone up in Ireland – a terrace of three, 3-bedroom houses in Grange Close, Dundalk, County Louth. The 330-sq-m development was…
News Light rail system for Galway? Study says maybe yes Ireland’s National Transport Authority has published a feasibility study produced by Montreal-headquartered AtkinsRéalis that makes a case for a light rail transit (LRT) system in Galway. The study concluded that,…
Trends Ireland’s concrete block nightmare Thousands of homes in Ireland are crumbling. In videos posted online, angry and despairing owners pull rotten concrete blocks from their walls and dash them to dust on the ground.…
News EU starts procedure against Ireland over defective block crisis In response to thousands of homes crumbling in Ireland because of defective concrete blocks, the European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against the Irish government for allowing the sale…
News Turner Construction buys Irish engineer Dornan Turner Construction has announced that it will acquire the shares of Ireland’s Dornan Engineering for an unspecified amount. Turner hopes the deal will allow ity to attract blue-chip clients in…
News Bam starts building cross-border bridge in Ireland Contractor Bam has started building a bridge over the Newry River in Ireland linking communities to the north and south of the Irish border. Costed at €102m, the 195m-long, cable-stayed…
News Ireland issues guidance on the reduction of embodied carbon The government of Ireland has issued guidelines aimed at reducing the amount of embodied carbon in public construction projects. The measures look to reduce the use of conventional concrete, increase…
News Cowi lands role on major Irish wind farm Danish consulting engineer Cowi has won a contract to provide the front-end engineering design (FEED) and detailed foundation design for the proposed Codling Wind Park off the Wicklow coast in…
News Sisk to build €330m Japanese drugs factory in Ireland Irish builder Sisk has been named construction manager for a €330m drugs factory in County Kerry, Ireland, for Japan’s Astellas Pharma. Astellas announced plans to build a 7,300-sq-m, three-storey factory…
News Ireland re-hires Jacobs as transport planning advisor Jacobs has won another contract to provide planning and advisory services to Ireland’s National Transport Authority (NTA). The company will advise on urban and local transport development plans, and general…
News Jacobs lands role on Ireland’s new M28 motorway Ireland’s Cork County Council has picked US engineer Jacobs to be its technical advisor for the new M28 motorway linking the N40 South Ring Road to the Port of Cork…
News Turner & Townsend appointed delivery partner for Irish airports Irish airport operator daa has appointed Turner & Townsend as its integrated delivery partner on a five-year framework. It is joined in the framework by Aecom, Arup, and logistics specialist…
News Increase VAT on demolition to cut carbon, CIOB tells Ireland The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has called on the Irish government to raise the Value Added Tax (VAT) on demolition projects from the discounted rate of 13.5% to the…
Perspectives A good day for adjudication in Ireland: DNCF Ltd v Genus Homes Key takeaways from the case: This case – DNCF Ltd v Genus Homes Ltd [2023] IEHC 490 – shows that the Irish High Courts will not resist the enforcement of…
News Irish government announces €250m schools upgrade programme Construction has begun on Project Nore, a €250m development to fund seven school buildings in counties Tipperary, Kilkenny, Westmeath and Kildare. A joint venture between ABM Design and Build and…
News 2km of plastic kerbs installed in Longford, Ireland Clandillon Civil Consulting and precast specialist Killeshal have installed around 2km of Dura Products’ recycled kerb-and-drain system on the N63-Majors Well Road in Longford, Ireland. Made from 70% recycled plastic…
News Egis to modernise Cork’s city rail service France’s Egis has won a four-year contract to modernise the rail system in the southern Irish city of Cork. Working alongside Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail), Egis will adapt existing signalling,…
News Team picked to deliver Ireland’s first metro UK-headquartered Turner & Townsend will lead a team of WSP, Mace and PwC in delivering Ireland’s first metro in Dublin.