Safety requirements for clients in construction: An overviewJuly 24, 2018
Clients can have a major impact and influence on the safety of any project, both at the design and construction stage, as well as during the life cycle...
Combined turnover of Ireland’s top construction firms up by €720m on 2017July 24, 2018
Top 50 Irish contractors had combined turnover of €6.7bn over last 12 months, with €5.1bn taking place in Ireland and €1.6bn resulting from export...
Rehabilitation of Runway 06-24 at Shannon airport: An overviewJuly 10, 2018
In 2017, Shannon airport carried out the resurfacing of 75% of its main runway, and RPS' Eoin Colgan describes the issues, technical solutions availabl...
Pre-tax profits at Sisk rise by 73% to €24.7mJuly 10, 2018
Engineering and construction sectors stood out, especially in areas of data and technology, life sciences and biopharma, advanced manufacturing, commerc...
Dame Judith Hackitt meets young chemical engineer to discuss fire safety of buildingsJune 26, 2018
Chair of the UK's EEF (the Manufacturers' Organisation), Hackitt met to discuss respective reports for UK government on fire safety of buildings and bui...
€1.25m for new peer-to-peer funded residential housing development unveiledJune 26, 2018
Residential development project in Co Kildare aims to deliver more than 65 houses to the market over the next three years...
Complex shoring project is a walk in the Center Parcs for GroundforceJune 26, 2018
Modular hydraulic props and braces from Groundforce have helped civil engineering contractor Roadbridge install a number of underground pumping stations...
Student entrepreneurs seek investment as LaunchBox 2018 journey beginsJune 18, 2018
Ten student entrepreneur teams will commence TCD accelerator programme: Launchbox, Ireland’s first and most successful student accelerator programme...
Configuration management: An overviewJune 12, 2018
First developed in the Cold War, configuration management was conceived to prevent common project afflictions of scope creep, poor documentation, and un...
What steps can your business take to improve the effectiveness of your people and projects?June 12, 2018
In a webinar hosted by Deltek on June 27, you will get an exclusive insight into the working practices of both DBFL and Clifton Scannell Emerson Associa...
Construction projects and soft logic? Time for some hard talkMay 29, 2018
Seán FitzSimons investigates hard and soft logic links in construction projects and makes the case for avoiding the use of soft logic without any consi...
Green light for Sisk to deliver £96m commercial development at Manchester’s Circle SquareMay 29, 2018
Construction firm to complete £240m project, including residential development, by 2021...
Construction industry recovery masking underlying capacity challengesMay 15, 2018
A recent construction industry economic outlook has heard of underlying challenges facing the sector that could impact on its ability to deliver esse...
Claridges Hotel: Construction of the five-storey ‘iceberg’ basementMay 1, 2018
Methods employed in hotel's basement construction not unusual, but the techniques - and working in restricted headroom under a live building - make t...
This park planned to be built in NYC functions as a flood barrierMay 1, 2018
The East Side Coastal Resiliency Project is an initiative that aims to respond to the unique challenges of climate change that the city of New York face...
Minister turns the sod on Cork city’s North West Regeneration ProjectMay 1, 2018
Works include construction of 1km of new roadway, realignment of 1km of existing live carriageway, utility diversions, new storm infrastructure, new fou...
The design and construction of Rathmorrissy Junction: An analysisApril 17, 2018
Design co-ordinator Seán FitzSimons of Clandillon Civil Consulting and Noel Curtis of John Sisk provide their insights into the design and con...
Protecting the house buyer – an overviewApril 17, 2018
With 550,000 households due to be built by 2040, there will be a big need for engineers and others to provide a comprehensive service to house buyers, s...
PMI survey: 75% say skills shortage negatively impacting on projectsApril 17, 2018
The survey by members across the IT, construction and pharma industries outlined that 75% had projects negatively impacted in the past year due to ch...
Why do bridges fail?April 3, 2018
What are the most common causes of bridge failure, and are they as intuitive as we think? Sean Brady takes the Florida International University collaps...