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As he steps into the role of CIF Director General, Hubert Fitzpatrick shares his outlook and vision for the construction industry I recently attended a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, where the construction sector was described as an engine of the...
The construction industry in Ireland is undergoing a significant transformation, with diversification and innovation emerging as key drivers of success. Traditional concentration on large commercial office developments is giving way to a more diversified market...
The publication of CIF’s Top 50 contractors 2023 in Ireland goes beyond a celebration, it is an occasion to acknowledge the immense contribution of the construction industry to the nation’s economy. As an industry, we account for seven per cent of the country’s GDP,...
The drive to reduce embedded carbon in the construction industry is likely to have a transformative impact on how business is done. This process may take several years but with more and more private and public clients, along with their funders, looking at whole life...
Ahead of retiring this summer as Director General of the Construction Industry Federation, Tom Parlon reflects on 16 years at the helm As the CIF's Director General for the last 16 years, Tom Parlon has been a passionate advocate for the organisation, its members and...
How can the industry drive deeper digital adoption? The Build Digital project is really central to driving digital adoption. I’m quite confident that we will see a new dimension to Build Digital that will really take a focus on clientside needs. To make an effort in...
An electrician by trade, Joseph Mady returned to college in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and construction slowdown. He undertook a course in Electrical Engineering Design and Energy Management. He first learned of Building Information Modelling (BIM)...
President of the Water Services Operators Group Patrick Buckley on delivering value to the water services sector and embracing innovation to get work done The future of Irish water provision is in a period of change. Indeed Irish Water is no more and is now Uisce...
CIF Director of Main Contracting Paul Sheridan talks green procurement, project scope and why we need to zoom out and look at the entire life cycle of our built assets Amid all the doom and gloom around climate change it is easy to forget the progress that has been...
Some might say print media is a thing of the past and that for a lot of companies it is no longer seen as a viable option for trying to reach out to their target markets. I’d suggest the fact that you are reading this article disproves that sentiment. Nine times out...
