Bespoke joinery company , The Deluxe Group, has completed a major project at the former Metropolitan Police Headquarters in London’s Whitehall. The historic landmark building which was developed by Galliard Construction, has been transformed into The Great Scotland Yard Hotel, a 153-key luxury lifestyle hotel featuring several sophisticated food and beverage outlets. Working in association with Galliard’s in-house team along with HBA, […]
37% of Irish construction companies recently hired Irish workers returning from living and working abroad, according to recent survey findings. The survey, which was conducted by the Construction Industry Federation, also shows that family was the main reason for the returning diaspora. The housing crisis has seen a huge need for more homes to be […]
Komatsu’s Intelligent Machine Control was to the fore at the recent Bauma exhibition with the launch of their latest PC360LCi-11 excavator – a unit recognised as bringing benchmark technology to the construction industry and is said to deliver step changes in terms of productivity, efficiency and cost saving. Launched in Ireland through distributors McHale Plant […]
Irish homeowners have spent over €2,471 million in total through the Home Renovation Incentive (HRI) since its launch in 2013. This incentive has facilitated homeowners throughout Ireland in carrying out 147,349 home improvement projects over the last four years. These projects throughout the country have had an average spend of €16,774 per project, providing a […]
Initiative Ireland (www.initiativeireland.ie), a social impact finance firm specialising in the provision of lower-cost alternative finance loans to experienced developers, today announced that it has secured a €1.5 million investment. The investment will support the strategic growth of Initiative Ireland over the next 3-years. As part of its expansion strategy the company has also announced […]
The Saint-Gobain – The Better Build Roadshow will travel around the country throughout 2019 to meet the demand in construction upskilling – with Belfast being the first stop on the route. The Technical Academy offers free, day-long upskilling programs for tradespersons and professionals working within the construction sector. The Technical Academy has trained over 6000 […]
Over 84% of women working in the construction industry feel they have been supported by their male colleagues in their career progression to date, with the majority (73%) reporting that there has been a significant, positive change in attitudes across the industry towards female workers in recent times. According to a survey carried out by the Construction […]
A €31 million project has been approved for an ambitious four-year floating offshore wind project. Subject to consenting, it is planned that a full-scale floating wind turbine be deployed for testing off the west coast of Ireland at a Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) test site near Belmullet, Co. Mayo, by 2022. The project is […]
A hassle-free painting system, a steel fence that requires no annual treatment or repairs, and a universal glue that can be used instead of nails were among the winners of the 2019 Innovation Awards, organised by Hardware Association Ireland, the national representative body for over 370 hardware and DIY retailers, builders’ merchants, and manufacturers and […]
Northern Ireland-based construction firm FORRME has recently completed a £5m social housing project at Dromore Street, Banbridge, County Down. Appointed by Clanmil Housing Association, FORRME have constructed 32 modern social housing units, made up of a mix of new-build houses, apartments and complex needs bungalows. The development has been designed to bring together clever space […]
