It sets out to plan for a population growth of 1 million people in the next 20 years, including additional 660,000 jobs in a sustainable...

Design-and-build contracts have become increasingly common in construction, a trend that must be reversed in light of the Grenfell Tower...

One of the most common questions I’m asked in by people is how much does it cost to build a house per square foot or square meter. The...

The construction industry is over-due for a massive shake up. While other industries have seen productivity increases and costs fall,...

If you have been to both Dublin and Cork recently you may have noticed an even greater distinction between the two largest cities in the...

Measuring embodied carbon in the construction of new buildings has long been a distant cousin of measuring carbon from building use. This...

In this article, we examine other ways to make housing affordable, especially for first time buyers. In ‘The Real Cost of Housing’ I...

Just take a look at a map of Ireland. All roads lead to Dublin. Its tentacle arms reach out to all corners and it sucks up its resources,...

Housing is the hot topic of this decade. First there was the housing-led collapse, followed by stagnation and, now, we have a chronic...