Net balance for future workloads fell again in Q3 to –38% Quantity Surveyors in Northern Ireland have a far less optimistic outlook for the next four quarters than their counterparts in the rest of the UK, expecting construction workloads to decline steeply during the 12 months ahead. The net balance for Northern Ireland was –38% compared to +8% ... [read more]
NI construction activity massively underperforming UK regions
NI construction professionals less optimistic at start of 2022 Construction workloads in Northern Ireland fell again in the final quarter of 2021. Surveyors here are far less optimistic about the outlook than their counterparts across the UK. Skills shortages and material costs continue to present major challenges to the construction sector in NI. ... [read more]
Managing construction costs central to sustaining economic recovery
As we begin the second quarter of 2021, almost one year from the beginning of the first coronavirus lockdown, the construction sector shows that it can be central to economic recovery. Social housing driving construction workloads The latest RICS and Tughans Construction and Infrastructure Monitor shows that workloads in Northern Ireland ... [read more]
Construction in Northern Ireland trended up in Q3 and Q4 of 2020
In Northern Ireland, the outworking of Brexit and the on-going Covid-19 pandemic are the two key factors behind three successive quarters of negative construction balances. Construction workloads trending upward But, if we are to look for a glass-half-full, the final quarter of 2020 was at least trending back in a positive direction. A survey ... [read more]
Construction sector in Northern Ireland will help drive recovery in 2021
Article originally published in The Irish News - 24 November 2020. ANYONE who was in any doubt about the impact of Covid-19 on the construction sector need look no further than the latest construction output figures from NISRA. They highlight the huge fall in Northern Ireland construction activity in the second quarter of this year as a ... [read more]
Orthopaedic theatre at Musgrave Park Hospital
Sector Health Role Full QS service View all Projects Provision of a new orthopaedic theatre within an enclosed courtyard adjacent to the existing theatres at Musgrave Park Hospital complex. Careful planning and programming was required to integrate the new theatre into the existing hospital, providing access from inside ... [read more]
Central Elective Endoscopy Decontamination
Sector Health Role Full QS service View all Projects Refurbishment, alterations and extension to the existing endoscopy decontamination department in the Belfast City Acute Hospital. Compliant with Department of Health recommendations and National Health Guideline HTM01-06, Works were undertaken within a ‘live’ endoscopy ... [read more]
Regional Cultural Centre
Sector Culture Role QS Service under an RIAI contract 'with quantities' View all Projects The award-winning RCC building in is one of the finest arts facilities in Ireland and specialises in exhibitions, music, film and community arts. Letterkenny's impressive new arts building places Donegal in an international context rather than on ... [read more]
Old See House
Sector Health Role Full QS service View all Projects Old See House is a new community mental health facility that provides support for patients in North Belfast. Old See House caters for day patients and includes an 8 bed residential unit and treatment rooms. The project achieved BREEAM Healthcare 'Excellent'. The design team and ... [read more]
Aura Leisure Centre
Sector Sport Role QS Service under GDLA 'with quantities' View all Projects Aura Letterkenny Leisure Complex offers excellent and state of the art facilities for health and fitness. New build sports complex for local authority comprising six-lane swimming 25m pool and a toddler pool, hydro pool, gym, two saunas, steam room, Jacuzzi, ... [read more]
Garden of Reflection
Sector Culture Role Full QS service View all Projects An infill city centre site within a conservation area and the commercial/tourist Walled City area of Derry. The project is a partnership between Inner City Trust, Derry City Council and Diverse City Community Partnership and is funded by the PEACE III Programme through the European ... [read more]
Premier Inn, Titanic Quarter, Belfast
Sector Hotel Role QS Service, Design & Build contract View all Projects The Premier Inn, in Belfast's Titanic Quarter is a 122 bed hotel (shell only) with basement car parking. The challenge for this project was to set a realistic cost target in advance of design and to control costs throughout the D&B process. Liaison with ... [read more]