A Sustainable Approach to Ireland’s Infrastructural Needs: Balancing Housing Delivery, Infrastructure Expansion and Environmental Protection in Modern Ireland.

Balancing Housing Delivery, Infrastructure Expansion and Environmental Protection in Modern Ireland.

The Irish Construction Industry is valued at around €36 billion annually and employs approximately 190,000 personnel. It is a hugely important industry, as the houses we live in, the roads and railways that we travel on and the offices that we use were all designed and built by the construction industry.

During the Celtic Tiger eraof 1994 to 2007, Ireland’s construction industry boomed. Within that period, significant infrastructure was delivered in the form of motorways, wastewater treatment plants and similar schemes. However, we now know that a large percentage of residential developments were highly defective, particularly in relation to fire safety and structural compliance. Large investments were subsequently required after the 2008 financial crash to rectify many such schemes.