The York Street Interchange project in Belfast, aimed at alleviating congestion at Northern Ireland’s busiest road junction, has faced persistent delays and escalating costs since its announcement in 2007. The
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In 2023, Belfast experienced a tempered pace in construction activity, as revealed by Deloitte’s annual regional crane survey. The city witnessed a dip in new projects and a modest decrease
As construction begins on the new £175 million Belfast Transport Hub, Translink’s CEO says the project will offer “lots of opportunities to enhance public transport and active travel” in Northern
The author of the Grenfell Tower Fire Report, Dame Judith Hackitt DBE (pictured), is to speak at a major construction industry conference in Belfast on 2 April. The event is
There are many advantages to Offsite Construction (OSC), whereby the planning, design, fabrication and assembly of building components, elements and modules are conducted in a controlled ‘factory’ environment prior to
The UK Government has announced that Belfast-based construction firm Lagan is to develop a $246 million business park in Uganda in a boost to the Northern Irish company. It was
Osborne+Co’s proposals for The Waterside Belfast, a £400 million masterplan to regenerate the former Sirocco Works site in Belfast, have been approved by Belfast City Council’s Planning Committee. The award winning
At £50 million, City Quays 3, which will accommodate 1,800 people, represents Belfast Harbour’s largest development project to date and is the latest component of its very successful City Quays
The inaugural Northern Ireland Construction Expo in tandem with the Northern Ireland Smart & Green Building Expo will be held at the Titanic Exhibition Centre, Belfast, on Wednesday, 13th February
NI Water has announce that work has commenced on a £5 million project to improve the sewerage infrastructure in the Ormeau area, which will include Ormeau Avenue, Dublin Road, Bruce
The location for paramilitary trials during the Troubles, the Crumlin Road Courthouse in Belfast is to be transformed into a luxury hotel. Liverpool-based hotelier and developer Lawrence Kenwright said he
Queen’s University has entered yesterday into a deal with developers McAleer & Rushe to develop 1,200 student bedrooms on two of their city centre sites, in a deal worth €90 million.
Planning permission for a 206-bedroom hotel on the site of the former Belfast Metropolitan College has been granted to a County Tyrone development firm. McAleer and Rushe acquired the site
Belfast’s Cathedral Eye Clinic is investing £2m in a brand new clinic and bringing the latest laser surgery technology to Ireland for the first time. The brainchild of Ballymena ophthalmic
The second phase of the Ulster University’s new Belfast campus will be built by a joint venture between Lagan Construction Group and the Portuguese firm Somague. The £150m contract will
Hill International and the Chartered Institute of Building announced today that leading speakers from top law firms will join construction experts at a Masterclass in the Europa Hotel, on 14th
Education Minister Paul Givan has revealed that ten new-build integrated school projects in Northern Ireland are facing delays due to the withdrawal of funding by Westminster. The setback is attributed
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), has welcomed the Irish Government’s pledge of €800 million for projects benefiting Northern Ireland. However, he emphasized that funding for
Mobility Now will see industry leaders and innovators discuss the latest technology disruptions and opportunities in building a sustainable and efficient transport system fit for the future. The inaugural Mobility
A collaborative effort between Irish business group Ibec and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Northern Ireland underscores the imperative for Ireland to enhance cooperation with the UK, particularly through
National railway operator Iarnród Éireann-Irish Rail (IE) has released tenders that underline its central role in the decarbonisation of Ireland’s infrastructure, writes David Keniry. Irish Rail has issued a Pre-Qualification
Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, to Speak at National Construction Summit –18th April 2024 – Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown, Dublin Incorporating a comprehensive conference programme, including
The advent of the railways, motorised road vehicles and air travel has revolutionised transport and society during the last two centuries. However, we are now entering a new epoch when
Belfast’s Titanic Quarter is set for a transformative phase with the appointment of James Eyre as the new Chief Executive.
A contractor has been appointed for the Queen’s University-led Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC), a £100 million Belfast Region City
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has been strongly criticised for building a second park-and-ride facility on the outskirts of
Two walls – one in the north of England and the other in the north of Ireland, separated in their
Work is under way on a bid to open a multi-million pound offshore floating wind farm off the coast of
Focus Ireland has called for ‘generation rent’ to be saved as Ireland has been cited as one of the most
BELFAST construction supply firm Ridgeway has projected significant growth in 2022 after acquiring the European rights to distribute ‘filter units’
One of Northern Ireland’s biggest construction and building materials firms has swung from profit to posting a loss before tax
A pilot project to revive the ancient craft skills needed to maintain historic monuments and buildings is being expanded across
Irish transport minister Eamon Ryan and Northern Ireland’s minister for infrastructure Nichola Mallon have launched a consultation on an all-island
Hawkins Brown has opened an office in Dublin, its fourth new studio in six years but only its second overseas.
Building a bridge or tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland would be “impossible to justify”, British officials have concluded. A
Construction company Henry Brothers has claimed the top award at the 2021 Responsible Business Awards in Northern Ireland. The Magherafelt-headquartered
24 new hotels, comprising 4,500 rooms, will be delivered in Dublin by the end of 2023, according to property advisor,
Fire-safety defects estimated to cost more than €5 million to fix have been discovered at a large Celtic Tiger-era apartment
With 150,000 people working in construction in Ireland and the sector experiencing annual growth of 10%, a sustainable safety culture
Technical fire engineering services specialist, Joule Group is winning new business in United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar following R&D
Extraspace Solutions, a leading modular construction company in the UK and Ireland, has announced a rebrand to ESS Modular after
Jacobs announced 200 new jobs for Ireland over the coming two years, as it unveiled a €4.5 million investment in
Ballymoney-based Dowds Group, a mechanical, electrical, facilities management and build contractor, has announced that it will create 68 new jobs
Energia Group, the major all-island energy provider and infrastructure investor across Renewable Technologies, Flexible Generation and Customer Solutions, will invest
Kieran Holohan, Marketing Director of Saint-Gobain Ireland, has announced that the Saint-Gobain Build Better Roadshow will travel to Galway (25th June),
McAleer & Rushe has announced that a speculative office development in Brighton has been fully let ahead of completion in
A European survey conducted by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB NI), as part of a Belfast Met-led EU Horizon 2020
Whitbread, the owner of the Premier Inn hotel chain, has secured planning permission for a 97-bedroom Premier Inn hotel at
Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), an award-winning specialist firm focused on the delivery of infrastructure projects involving complex and challenging
Over the past 5 years, Irish owned engineering consultancy, Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), have worked on a range of
BAM’s construction of the new 23-storey Air Traffic Visual Control (ATVC) tower at Dublin Airport, which is set to become
Builders merchants from Belfast, Lisburn, Newry, Larne, Coleraine and Ballywalter have been honoured in the fifth Octabuild Builders Merchant Awards
The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Eoghan Murphy, TD, has launched the Donabate Distributor Road, which is the first
The Government’s newly published draft National Planning Framework correctly recognises that Ireland’s future is urban – now that appreciation must
Thousands of new construction jobs in the North are awaiting the release of money from the DUP’s deal with the
The largest single commercial property transaction in recent years in Northern Ireland has taken place. The deal was completed by
US-based State Street Global Advisers has paid €11.05 million for a high-profile building in Fonthill Business Park in Dublin 22,
Eurotek, the Irish owned specialist provider of audio-visual solutions to companies nationwide and across the world, has designed and installed
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