Dublin, March 2019. Significant advances in information technology are driving substantial change in the construction industry.  Building Information Modelling (BIM) involves the digitalisation of the construction industry through a combination of technology and standardisation and uses the digitalisation of physical and functional characteristics of places. To support this change the...

Damien English TD, Minister Of State For Housing And Urban Development will launch two reports on vacant properties authored by Dr. Philip Crowe on Wednesday 27th March 2019. Report 1: How data on vacancy is created and used: Case studies from Scotland, Denmark and Philadelphia. It can be...

21 March 2019International engineering federation FIDIC (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers) has set up a new diversity and inclusion task force to actively support representation and inclusion from more diverse groups so they can become leaders and influencers in the consulting...

The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTS) recently advised that the updates to Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual and the Temporary Traffic Management Document Guidelines are near complete and have been submitted to DTTAS for approval and publication.  A  letter detailing these can be found here. Following the...

A new report by Engineers Ireland has found that there is ongoing buoyancy in the sector, with 77% of employers’ financial position improving in 2018 and 89% expecting their financial position to improve in 2019. The report, titled ...