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Full coverage: Construction

Costs, controversies and the courts: Why the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh is heading to the High Court

Having been blighted by overruns, the fall-out from the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh into a 45,000-capacity stadium is now increasingly litigious, with several legal actions taken. Just what is going on?

Ian Kehoe
9th Dec, 2022 - 2 min read

Croí Cónaithe, developer profits, and the state’s decision to subsidise apartment construction

Some of those criticising the Croí Cónaithe scheme have been consistent in their suspicion developers are making large profits from building homes. The problem with this theory is that there is effectively no evidence for it.

Ronan Lyons
1st Jun, 2022 - 7 min read

A millionaire in his twenties, Marco Herbst now wants to use AI to take delays and disputes out of construction

The construction industry is entering an era of predictive technology and building out this new frontier is Evercam. Founded in 2013, by Marco Herbst and Vinnie Quinn, the company is shaving seven figure sums off the cost of building projects through its use of AI.

Rosanna Cooney
4th May, 2022 - 4 min read

Roadbridge is one of Ireland’s largest construction firms. And it is now in talks with its main lender

Roadbridge has long carried heavy debts by industry standards. And it is now in talks with Bank of Ireland over the facilities.

Sean Keyes
11th Mar, 2022 - 3 min read

The cost of building: The data behind the 3 dysfunctions of the Irish housing market, and how to fix them

Major new data on housing delivery and costs reveal just how weak supply really is. But to fix the problem, we need to focus on land, the role of public housing and the vexed issue of construction costs.

Ronan Lyons
25th Jan, 2022 - 6 min read

Lonely Planet, Bennett Construction, Decawave and the Caulfield McCarthy Group have published their results. This is what we have learned

Decawave was bought for $400m two years ago. New financial data reveal how it has performed since and what it is planning next. Meanwhile, accounts for Lonely Planet, Bennett Construction, and the Caulfield McCarthy Group show how different sectors of the economy are dealing with the pandemic.

I. Kehoe and T. Hubert
14th Jan, 2022 - 6 min read

Margins, revenues, costs: How Collen went from domestic contractor to European construction player – in nine charts

Collen Construction can trace its roots back to 1810 and it remains one of Ireland’s largest construction firms. However, in the past number of years, the family-owned business has seen its European division become the dominant division. This is how it did it.

Ian Kehoe
12th Jan, 2022 - 4 min read

An inconvenient truth: Costs, completions, and the real data behind the cracks in the Irish housing market

Startling new data on house completions, prices, and costs over a 50-year period paints a stark, sobering picture. To achieve the government target of 30,000 new completions a year, prices must either increase by 24% or construction costs will have to fall by 40%.

Ronan Lyons
11th Jan, 2022 - 9 min read

Sisk buys Designer Group out of facilities management JV

The deal has been notified to the competition watchdog and will see the engineering group led by Michael Stone exit Sensori Facilities Management.

Ian Kehoe
3rd Dec, 2021 - 1 min read

Cool exit: Family-owned air conditioning company sells to multinational giant

Cork-based Airflow Services offers a range of installations from domestic heating to high-tech ventilation. Its founders have just sold it to New York-listed Johnson Controls.

Thomas Hubert
21st Sep, 2021 - 2 min read
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