CIF Construction Outlook Survey reveals majority expect further rise in material costs over the next three months, as Government pledges to respond to hyperinflation issues Nine-in-10 construction companies are unwilling to take on fixed price contracts given the...
Skills shortages, rapid cost inflation, planning, utility connections, sustainability … there are many issues facing the homebuilding sector today in Ireland. Enterprise Ireland engaged with nearly 100 companies in the industry, in one-to-one and group settings to try...
The year 2040 seems a long way off but it’s not. By then, we will have to have built new homes and provided jobs for an additional one million people across Ireland. The way we build now has to change. We need to build smarter and with a lower carbon footprint. As...
When taking over the Presidency of the CIF from Pat Lucey in late 2020, he wished me well and expressed hope that 2021 would be a more ‘normal’ year. I agreed and acknowledged Pat’s excellent work in stewarding the industry and the CIF through such a tumultuous year....
