The Irish Green Building Council is hosting Build Green Now on 6th May 2022 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm at The Gibson Hotel. Members will get together, network with industry leaders and policy makers, and design pathways for a low carbon future. The past two years has seen ESG and sustainability rise to the […]
Eight new low-carbon houses are under construction in both Kilkenny and Carlow as part of a scheme by 3cea. 3cea is a non-profit, independent energy agency working primarily in Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford. The houses form part of an EU project to lower embodied emissions in house builds by utilising a 'Design for Manufacture and […]
The National Energy Summit 2022 takes place Thursday 26 April, at Croke Park, Dublin The Summit will bring together industry experts and thought leaders from both the public and private sectors to find solutions to the issues facing us in securing our energy supply. It will examine the programme of work that is being delivered […]
Construction Industry Federation (CIF) is hosting a lunchtime webinar 'Equality, Diversity, Inclusion in Construction' ahead of International Women’s Day. Southern Region Director Conor O’Connell is joined by Louise Hogan, discussing her career as an Electrician, her success on the international soccer pitch and her challenges and drive in a professional and sports career with a […]
The 6th Annual National Construction Summit is being held on 3rd March 2022 in the Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown. The National Constriction Summit brings together over 2000 construction companies, developers, policy makers, project owners, building owners , government and municipal bodies, lenders & private investment firms, architectural and design firms, planners, facility managers, property managers, large industrial companies technology companies, legal & […]
The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) invite you to join them on Wednesday, 9th March to celebrate International Women’s Day and discuss Breaking Bias in the Workplace. Speakers & panellists on the day include Phil Kane (Eaton), Sinead Savage (Mannings Group), Lorraine Brady (BAM), Joanne Cluxton (Mercury Engineering), CIF President Frank Kelly, MBCA President Tara Flynn, […]
In keeping with government's plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Ireland will seek to retrofit one-third of the country's housing stock by 2030. A move that will require a big increase in construction workers. Ireland estimated last year that binding climate targets for key sectors of the economy to cut emissions by 51% over the […]
The 10th annual STEPS Engineering Your Future programme is taking place from March – May 2022 and once again, engineering employers are set to join forces with third-level institutions across Ireland to provide Transition Year students with the opportunity to gain insight into the diversity and creativity of contemporary engineering. STEPS Engineering Your Future is run […]
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has released figures for New Dwelling Completions in the fourth quarter of 2021. The figures help to provide annual figures for 2021. Commenting on the release, Justin Anderson, Statistician, said: “A late surge in New Dwelling Completions in quarter four of 2021 brought the annual figure very close to that seen […]
The Institute of Technology Sligo (IT Sligo) has established the Female Student Network initiative which aims to promote construction-related programmes to females. The initiative comes at a time whenthere are significant shortages of graduates from construction-related programmes, according to the Construction Industry Federation (CIF), and only 1 in 10 employees are female. The CIF has […]
