Construction Industry on Track to Have the Lowest Recorded Workplace Fatalities This Year
The construction industry is on track to have the lowest recorded workplace fatalities this year, with two recorded deaths in 2019. The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) reports 164 non-fatal workplace incidents in construction from [...]
We Must Increase Efforts to Better Health And Safety of Workers on and Off-Site
CIF Launches Inaugural Health and Safety Summit The inaugural CIF Health & Safety Summit was held in Croke Park on Wednesday 28th November 2018 against the backdrop of expansion in construction activity, The Health and Safety [...]
Recent Retirees Helping to Fill Construction Skills Gap
Recent retirees and women are being targeted for heavy plant machinery construction jobs as the building boom continues unabated. Industry experts say there is a crisis in recruitment for machine operators, with an estimated 1,500 [...]
Brexit and the Irish Construction Sector
The Irish construction industry is struggling to plan for Brexit and resultant delays in housing and infrastructure delivery over the next decade a survey carried out by PWC for the construction industry has found. The [...]
MAJOR CHANGES IN IRISH PERMIT CRITERIA FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
– Civil engineers, QS’s, construction project managers, and M&E engineers with BIM capabilities added to Critical Skills List – Sheet metal workers, welders, pipefitters, air-con and refrigeration engineers, shuttering carpenters, glaziers, window fabricators and fitters, [...]
MAJORITY OF FEMALE WORKERS WOULD RECOMMEND CONSTRUCTION CAREERS
The CIF celebrated International Women’s Day (8th March) by hosting an event at the Morrison Hotel, Dublin, where it published results from a survey that showed marked changes in attitudes towards female construction workers. Survey [...]