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Italy’s Earthquake Rubble Recycled On-site Using Northern Irish Machinery

    Italy’s Earthquake Rubble Recycled On-site Using Northern Irish Machinery

Dungannon company Kiverco has won its first export success in the Italian market. The deal, worth six figures, sees its mobile recycling plant used to help recover post-earthquake rubble in

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Actavo Appoints Managing Director to Irish Building Solutions Business

    Actavo Appoints Managing Director to Irish Building Solutions Business

Actavo, a leading international engineering solutions company headquartered in Dublin and operating in 100+ locations worldwide, has appointed Michael Regan as Managing Director, Building Solutions Ireland. Michael Regan comes to

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BAM Acquires Stake in Irish Modular Homes Specialist

    BAM Acquires Stake in Irish Modular Homes Specialist

BAM has acquired a stake in leading modular homes provider Modern Homes Ireland (MHI). MHI constructs quality assured steel-framed homes and commercial buildings within a precision-controlled environment, with units being

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Parkwind and ESB to Develop Two Offshore Wind Farms at Oriel and Clogherhead

    Parkwind and ESB to Develop Two Offshore Wind Farms at Oriel and Clogherhead

Parkwind and ESB have reached an agreement to kick start the offshore wind generation industry in the Republic of Ireland through ESB’s acquisition of up to 35% in the Oriel

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ESB Networks Announces Successful Tenderers For First Phase of National Meter Replacement Programme

    ESB Networks Announces Successful Tenderers For First Phase of National Meter Replacement Programme

ESB Networks has announced the results of three major tenders which will pave the way for a programme upgrading electricity meters to modern smart ready technology as a key part

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Actavo Appoints Managing Director of UK Building Solutions Arm

    Actavo Appoints Managing Director of UK Building Solutions Arm

Actavo, a leading international engineering solutions company headquartered in Dublin and operating in 100+ locations worldwide, has appointed Adrian Williams as Managing Director for the company’s Building Solutions division in the

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Murphy Surveys is First Dedicated Survey Company to Achieve BSI Kitemark For BIM Level 2

    Murphy Surveys is First Dedicated Survey Company to Achieve BSI Kitemark For BIM Level 2

Murphy Surveys  has become the first dedicated survey company in the UK and Ireland to achieve the prestigious BSI Kitemark™ for BIM Level 2 (Design and Construction). The Kitemark is

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4site Appoints David Healy as Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Manager

    4site Appoints David Healy as Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Manager

4site, the providers of innovative engineering solutions for major infrastructural developments in telecommunications, has appointed David Healy as Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Manager. Headquartered in Limerick, with offices in

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Ardmac Awarded Commercial Fit Out of Hilti HQ in Dublin

    Ardmac Awarded Commercial Fit Out of Hilti HQ in Dublin

Ardmac, the leading International construction specialist, has been awarded the contract to commercially fit out the Dublin head office of Hilti, a leading software, products and services company which services

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Burkeway Homes Purchases Residential Site in Galway City Centre

    Burkeway Homes Purchases Residential Site in Galway City Centre

Following on from a strong year in 2018, this year will see even more activity for leading Galway property developers, Burkeway Homes. Responding to the housing demands of the Galway

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CRH Completes Phase 3 and Announces Phase 4 of €1 Billion Share Buyback Programme

    CRH Completes Phase 3 and Announces Phase 4 of €1 Billion Share Buyback Programme

CRH has now completed the third phase of its share buyback programme, returning a further €100 million of cash to shareholders (the ‘Phase 3 Programme’). Between 27 November 2018 and

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U+I Acquires Key Dublin 8 Site

U+I, the property developer and investor focused on regeneration, is continuing to expand its Dublin pipeline with the acquisition of the White Heather industrial estate on the South Circular Road

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Sisk and Designer Group to Establish New Joint Venture to Deliver Hard Facilities Management Services

    Sisk and Designer Group to Establish New Joint Venture to Deliver Hard Facilities Management Services

John Sisk & Son (Sisk), Ireland’s leading provider of construction services, and Designer Group, the Dublin headquartered, international electrical and mechanical engineering business, have agreed to form a joint venture. Subject to

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Avondale Heights Social Housing Development Launched in Wicklow

    Avondale Heights Social Housing Development Launched in Wicklow

20 families have received an early Christmas present of a new home following the official opening of a new social housing development in Rathdrum, County Wicklow. The Avondale Heights development consists

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Apprentice Carpenters Spreading Christmas Cheer to Children in Need

    Apprentice Carpenters Spreading Christmas Cheer to Children in Need

John Sisk & Son, Ireland’s leading construction business, is delivering some 500 handcrafted wooden toys to children’s hospitals and charities in Ireland and across the United Kingdom in the lead up to Christmas. The beautiful

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Hines and APG Announce Additional €700 Million ‘Build-to-Rent’ Investment Program For Wider Dublin

    Hines and APG Announce Additional €700 Million ‘Build-to-Rent’ Investment Program For Wider Dublin

Hines, the international real estate firm, and partner APG Asset Management (APG) have commenced construction on the first new apartment buildings as part of the new Cherrywood Town Centre in

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Lifetime Achievement Award For Height For Hire

    Lifetime Achievement Award For Height For Hire

Flogas was the premier sponsor of the Drogheda Business Excellence Awards for 2018 and John Rooney, Managing Director of Flogas Ireland, presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Harry McArdle, Founder

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U+I and Colony Capital Granted Planning For Carrisbrook House Redevelopment in Dublin

A joint venture of U+I and investment vehicles managed by Colony Capital, has secured consent from An Bord Pleanála to radically transform and extend the landmark Carrisbrook House office building

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2018 Sisk Supply Chain Awards Winners

    2018 Sisk Supply Chain Awards Winners

John Sisk & Son, Ireland’s leading provider of construction services with extensive operations across Ireland, the United Kingdom and mainland Europe, has announced the winners of its Supply Chain Awards

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McAleer & Rushe Speculatively Develops Major Project in Brighton

    McAleer & Rushe Speculatively Develops Major Project in Brighton

McAleer & Rushe has announced that a speculative office development in Brighton has been fully let ahead of completion in 2019. The Brinell Building is a newly developed 65,253 sq ft

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FastHouse Could Deliver up to 40 New Houses a Month

    FastHouse Could Deliver up to 40 New Houses a Month

A Derry-based construction company says it could deliver 30 to 40 new builds per month to the Irish housing market. FastHouse specialises in rapid house delivery by building timber frame

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20 Trainees Accepted onto Ireland’s First Builder’s Merchants Sales Traineeship

    20 Trainees Accepted onto Ireland’s First Builder’s Merchants Sales Traineeship

Grafton Merchanting ROI, Ireland’s largest builder’s merchant, has announced 20 trainees have been accepted onto Ireland’s first Builder’s Merchants Sales Traineeship programme. The QQI accredited programme, which is run by

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New Global HQ For King & Moffatt

    New Global HQ For King & Moffatt

Mechanical and electrical contractors King & Moffatt Building Services has officially opened its new global headquarters in Carrick on Shannon. Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the company also announced

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FastHouse Delivers 466 Holiday Lodges at New Center Parcs

    FastHouse Delivers 466 Holiday Lodges at New Center Parcs

Leading rapid-build home manufacturer FastHouse has announced the completion of its contract to provide and erect the timber frames for

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Nationwide €149 Million Courthouse Project Completed

    Nationwide €149 Million Courthouse Project Completed

The new Mullingar Courthouse was has been officially opened by Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan TD, following a redevelopment

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Actavo Scoops Top Irish Customer Experience Award

    Actavo Scoops Top Irish Customer Experience Award

Actavo, a leading international engineering solutions company, has scooped the top ‘2018 CX Champion’ award at the Irish CX Impact

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Glenveagh Now Has Landbank With Capacity For 11,634 Residential Units in Ireland

    Glenveagh Now Has Landbank With Capacity For 11,634 Residential Units in Ireland

Glenveagh Properties has completed two infill acquisitions in Dublin and Cork for a combined cost of about €20 million capable

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Strong Performance From BAM Ireland

    Strong Performance From BAM Ireland

BAM Ireland, one of the country’s largest construction businesses, had a year of strong revenue growth in 2017 with a

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Grafton Merchanting Joins the Irish Green Building Council

    Grafton Merchanting Joins the Irish Green Building Council

Grafton Merchanting, Ireland’s leading building merchanting company has announced that it has joined the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC). The

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Kevin Lagan Sets Out Investment Plans Following £455 Million Sale

    Kevin Lagan Sets Out Investment Plans Following £455 Million Sale

Following the landmark sale of his materials business to Breedon plc in April 2018, Kevin Lagan has outlined his plans

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John Paul Construction Achieves BIM Level 2 Certification

    John Paul Construction Achieves BIM Level 2 Certification

Leading building and civil engineering contractor John Paul Construction has achieved Building Information Modelling (BIM) Level 2 Certification for Design

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Flynn to Add 50 New Jobs as it Pushes into New Overseas Markets

    Flynn to Add 50 New Jobs as it Pushes into New Overseas Markets

Flynn, one of Ireland’s leading contractors and fit out specialists, is adding 50 new jobs to its current workforce over

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Dublin Airport North Runway Construction Contract Awarded to Irish-Spanish Consortium

    Dublin Airport North Runway Construction Contract Awarded to Irish-Spanish Consortium

daa has awarded the main construction contract for Dublin Airport’s new North Runway to a joint venture comprising Irish firm

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Property Bridges Launches Ireland’s First Peer to Peer Property Loans

    Property Bridges Launches Ireland’s First Peer to Peer Property Loans

PropertyBridges.com – a new Irish owned peer to peer property development company – has opened for business and has launched

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Fire Science Firm Efectis Establishes Testing Centre in Northern Ireland

    Fire Science Firm Efectis Establishes Testing Centre in Northern Ireland

Efectis is establishing a new business in Northern Ireland, offering fire testing services to UK and Ireland based manufacturing businesses who

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CRH Completes Phase 2 of Share Buyback Programme

    CRH Completes Phase 2 of Share Buyback Programme

CRH plc, the global building materials group, has completed the second phase of its share buyback programme, returning a further

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Ireland’s Major Utilities Launch New Construction Safety Campaign

    Ireland’s Major Utilities Launch New Construction Safety Campaign

ESB Networks and Ireland’s other major utilities, Gas Networks Ireland, Irish Water and Eir have joined forces with a new

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New Appointment at Ardmac

    New Appointment at Ardmac

Ardmac, the leading international construction specialist, has appointed Sarah McDonnell as Head of Interiors. Ardmac employs over 300 people across

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British Construction Market Growth Prompts Investment by Garage Doors

    British Construction Market Growth Prompts Investment by Garage Doors

Garage Doors in Ballymena is recruiting 17 additional staff to help deliver growing sales across Great Britain. The family business

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Kingspan Joins Science Based Targets Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    Kingspan Joins Science Based Targets Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Kingspan Group, a global leader in high performance insulation, building fabric, and solar integrated building envelopes, has joined over 370

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Dublin Housing Crisis Restricts Employers’ Ability to Recruit

    Dublin Housing Crisis Restricts Employers’ Ability to Recruit

New research commissioned by specialist regeneration and property developer U+I shows that Dublin’s housing crisis is seriously hampering business’ efforts

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CRH Announces New Board Appointments

    CRH Announces New Board Appointments

CRH plc has announced the appointment to the Board of Mary Rhinehart and Siobhan Talbot (pictured) as non-executive Directors. Ms.

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Zutec Holdings Increases Turnover by 40%

    Zutec Holdings Increases Turnover by 40%

Zutec Holdings, the Irish construction software company which listed on the Nasdaq First North market in March this year, has

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Grafton Merchanting to Invest €500,000 in Chadwicks Brand This Year

    Grafton Merchanting to Invest €500,000 in Chadwicks Brand This Year

Grafton Merchanting, Ireland’s leading building merchanting company which operates brands including Chadwicks, Heiton Buckley and The Panelling Centre across 49 locations,

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Resilient Performance by Breedon Group

    Resilient Performance by Breedon Group

Breedon Group, a leading construction materials group in the UK and Ireland, has reported revenue of £378.4 million for the

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Glenveagh Properties is Ahead of Schedule

    Glenveagh Properties is Ahead of Schedule

Glenveagh Properties, a leading Irish homebuilder listed on Euronext Dublin and the London Stock Exchange, has reported revenue of €1.3

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Essential Learning Series Roadshow From Kilsaran International

    Essential Learning Series Roadshow From Kilsaran International

Kilsaran International are taking the hugely successful Essential Learning Series suite of technical seminars to the road with events to

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Lisburn-based KME Steelworks Braced For Growing Sales

    Lisburn-based KME Steelworks Braced For Growing Sales

Engineering business KME Steelworks is expanding its workforce in Lisburn to help leverage the growing opportunities which exist for its precision engineering

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CRH Delivers Solid First Half Performance

    CRH Delivers Solid First Half Performance

Impacted by severe and prolonged winter weather conditions early in the year, CRH plc has reported sales of €11.9 billion

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GDG Wins European Funds to Develop Novel Asset Management Software

    GDG Wins European Funds to Develop Novel Asset Management Software

Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), an award-winning specialist firm focused on the delivery of infrastructure projects involving complex and challenging

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Grafton Group to Raise €160 Million

    Grafton Group to Raise €160 Million

Grafton Group, the merchanting and DIY business with operations in the UK, Ireland and Mainland Europe, has agreed to raise

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U+I Starts Construction at Ballymoss House, Sandyford, Dublin

    U+I Starts Construction at Ballymoss House, Sandyford, Dublin

U+I, the specialist regeneration and property developer, has commenced construction activity on the Ballymoss House site in Sandyford, in partnership

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CRH Completes Phase 1 of Share Buyback Programme

    CRH Completes Phase 1 of Share Buyback Programme

CRH plc has completed the first phase of its share buyback programme, returning €350 million of cash to shareholders. Between

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Irish Engineering Firm GDG Combats Geohazards to Overcome Changing Environmental Conditions

    Irish Engineering Firm GDG Combats Geohazards to Overcome Changing Environmental Conditions

Over the past 5 years, Irish owned engineering consultancy, Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), have worked on a range of

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Heiton Buckley Unveils Newly Refurbished Mayo Branch

    Heiton Buckley Unveils Newly Refurbished Mayo Branch

Heiton Buckley, Ireland’s leading supplier of doors, floors, bathrooms, garden, plumbing and heating products, has officially unveiled its newly refurbished

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CRH Disposes of Benelux DIY Business For €510 Million

    CRH Disposes of Benelux DIY Business For €510 Million

CRH plc, the global building materials group, has completed the divestment of its DIY business in the Netherlands and Belgium,

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Turnover in Top Construction Firms Grows to €6.72 Billion

    Turnover in Top Construction Firms Grows to €6.72 Billion

The combined turnover of Ireland’s top construction firms has increased by €720 million on last year according to Construction Magazine’s

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Brooks to Reduce Energy Bills by €90,000 by Switching on to Smarter Lighting

    Brooks to Reduce Energy Bills by €90,000 by Switching on to Smarter Lighting

Brooks, one of Ireland’s longest established timber distributors and builders merchants, will reduce their lighting costs by over €91,000 per

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