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05 Aug '22 |
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Minister Darragh O’Brien receives report on defects in apartment and duplex buildings
Report of the working group reveals between 50% and 80% of the approximately 14,000 apartments and duplexes built in the country between 1991 and 2013 many have issues. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
29 Jul '22 |
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Residential construction surges in first half of 2022
“This activity indicates a strong pipeline of residential properties that we would expect to enter the market in the months ahead,” said GeoDirectory chief executive Dara Keogh. A total of 34,198 - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
25 Jul '22 |
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Mick Clifford: Apartment defects the latest step in a sorry saga
Mr Fitzpatrick thinks times have changed.
“We are in a highly regulated industry today,” he said. “Any levy would question the future viability of many developments needed today.” - Subscribe |
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18 Jul '22 |
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Ireland’s Celtic Tiger legacy: expensive loans, faulty apartments and Europe’s worst housing crisis
The working group has found that problems such as a lack of fire-safety material, structural defects and water ingress are present in up to 80 per cent of apartments and duplexes built between 1991 an - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Jul '22 |
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Number of house construction starts down 30% in June: Department of Housing
2,060 commencement notices for new residential homes were received by building control authorities in June. That figure is 30.2 per cent lower than the number of notices received in June 2021. - Subscribe |
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11 Jul '22 |
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BNP Paribas Real Estate: Construction activity contracts amid soaring costs
BNP Paribas Real Estate’s June purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for the construction sector suggests that new orders fell “at a sharp and accelerated pace for the third consecutive month with - Subscribe |
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03 Jul '22 |
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Cushman & Wakefield.: Construction activity hits 20-year high in Dublin industrial and logistics market
More industrial and logistics property is under construction in the Dublin region than at any point since 2002, according to new research. Cushman & Wakefield expect that 74,085 sq m of new industria - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
13 Jun '22 |
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Government ‘to miss targets on housing construction’ – EY report
Annette Hughes, a director at EY Economic Advisory, said “a lack of services and other infrastructure” is preventing planning permissions being converted into completions.
A total of 42,991 uni - Subscribe |
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13 Jun '22 |
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Growth in construction sector slowed again in May
Activity in the construction sector continued to increase in May but at its slowest pace in more than a year, according to the latest Construction Purchasing Managers' Index from BNP Paribas Real Esta - Subscribe |
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15 May '22 |
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Emma Maye and Alan Hegarty, owners of Ardale Property Group call for 0% Vat on building materials
The government should temporarily abolish Vat on construction materials used in housing and retrofits as part of its response to the current inflation crisis, the heads of a Dublin-based property deve - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 Apr '22 |
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Cost of commercial building set to keep soaring
Figures released by the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland show the annual rate of construction inflation hit 13.4 per cent from January to December last year. Its Tender Price Index shows that - Subscribe |
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12 Apr '22 |
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LDA submits a SHD planning application for 345 homes in Hacketstown in Skerries, Co. Dublin
The Land Development Agency (LDA) has submitted a planning application to An Bord Pleanála for a Strategic Housing Development (SHD) in Hacketstown in Skerries, Co. Dublin. The 6.9-hectare site was m - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
12 Apr '22 |
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KPMG Ireland buys construction consulting firm KMCS
News of the deal comes as figures from BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland showed that growth in construction activity slowed in March from the previous month, likely reflecting the impact of soaring pric - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
28 Mar '22 |
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Construction firms threaten to down tools on roads and housing schemes
The companies have warned that “hyperinflation” means the works are no longer viable and that they cannot afford to deliver them, as the costs of steel, timber, diesel and other materials have soa - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Mar '22 |
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Inflation pushes standard cost of two-bed apartments to €440,000
Mitchell McDermott has also warned that Dublin planners’ efforts to limit build-to-rent apartment blocks threatens supply, as costs mean building them to sell is not viable. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
01 Mar '22 |
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Residential construction activity tops pre-pandemic levels
Deloitte Ireland’s latest Real Estate Planning & Development Statistics report says commencement notices were lodged on 24,304 units in residential schemes comprising more than 20 units last year. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
25 Feb '22 |
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Paul McNeive: Soaring costs are undermining industry viability in construction
the recent announcement by Latvian specialist Forta that they are establishing here will open up possibilities. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Jan '22 |
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Legislation aimed at keeping ‘cowboy’ builders out of industry published
There is an appeals board to which people can make complaints about a registered builder, but “there isn’t any redress, it’s not an insurance scheme” - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Nov '21 |
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Cop26: Construction industry must embrace sweeping changes – and fast
Rami Nassar, head of sustainability with JLL: The Irish market is not without shortfalls. We have seen inadequate implementation of technology, less than optimal operation of buildings, poor maintenan - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
08 Nov '21 |
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Construction activity rises sharply again as new orders surge
Growth in Irish building activity accelerated again in October, with the sector expanding for the sixth consecutive month, according to Ulster Bank’s construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI). - Subscribe |
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