Colm McGrath describes how the shortage of tradespeople and construction professionals could constrain housing output and overall construction growth and outlines the problems of rising costs and public procurement contracts. Looking back over 2018, in January it was predicted by Aecom that the construction industry would grow by 14% which

CIF: IMPLEMENTATION IS KEY TO ENSURE €115BN PUBLIC CAPITAL PROGRAMME AND THE NATIONAL PLANNING FRAMEWORK SUCCEED The CIF has welcomed the €115bn investment in infrastructure announced by Government today as a ‘potential gamechanger’. The announcement was made as part of the Government’s 10-year public capital programme and National Planning Framework.

December 13, 2017 05:21 PM Eastern Standard Time DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) and CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. today announced that, based on a preliminary vote tally from the special meeting of CH2M stockholders held on December 13, 2017, CH2M stockholders approved the proposal pursuant to which Jacobs will acquire CH2M pursuant

Lean Construction Ireland (LCI) has organised events, webinars, and launched a new website in the past year. There is a growing interest in Lean Construction in Ireland. Irish building magazine spoke to Richard Fitzpatrick of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board to get a client’s perspective and Gary Widger of

Sagging Productivity in Construction The McKinsey Global Institute reports: "Rvery year, there is about $10 trillion in construction-related spending globally, equivalent to 13 percent of GDP. This makes construction one of the largest sectors of the world economy. The sector employs 7 percent of the world’s working population ..." However,