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Would you move to Ireland to work in construction? The number of people working in the construction sector in Ireland has jumped by 14 per cent, or 17,900 jobs, in the past 12 months, but Ireland will need an influx of workers from abroad to meet housing targets, according to the ESRI. This may put even more pressure on an already strained housing market, however, and worries about another property crash is putting some construction workers off moving here from abroad, according to one major building company. The Irish Times would like to hear from construction workers based overseas, or...

Despite delays, Union Station construction marks another milestone as new food hall opens Commuters heading through Union Station will get a new experience on Monday when the food hall in the York Concourse officially opens.  It marks a major milestone for the redevelopment of the iconic train station, a project that is years behind schedule and considerably over budget. The projected cost has ballooned from $640 million to $823 million over the course of construction.  "We've worked really hard to have a retail experience that is unique and really represents the best of Toronto," said Vanessa McDonald, who manages partnerships for the station.  The lower...

Dozens of construction workers came to the closed town of Vilyuchinsk to build military facilities. Now they aren’t being paid, and they’re not allowed to leave. In September 2018, an electrician living in Kazan named Ruslan Shamsutdinov came across an online job posting from a company called “Buildings and Structures Construction Management” (SUZS) looking for electricians to work on a project in the town of Vilyuchinsk in Kamchatka, offering 80,000 rubles ($1,180) a month. Shamsutdinov applied for the job and got it. He arrived in Kamchatka on October 12. Situated on the Krasheninnikov Cove, Vilyuchinsk is restricted-access territory and homebase...

Construction of new homes rises but still lags behind demand The volume of new homes built in the Republic is continuing to increase but still remains far below the level of demand, figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show. So far this year 12,582 new properties have been built, an increase of 27.7 per cent on the first nine months of 2017 when 9,856 properties were completed. Although the trend is positive, the total is considerably lower than the estimated 30,000 homes needed every year to service demand in the property market. However, Davy economist Conall Mac Coille estimates...

US judge halts construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline  A federal judge in Montana halted construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The judgment was on the grounds that the U.S. government did not complete a full analysis of the environmental impact of the TransCanada project. The ruling deals a major setback for TransCanada and could possibly delay the construction of the $8 billion, 1,180 mile pipeline. A federal judge in Montana halted construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Thursday on the grounds that the U.S. government did not complete a full analysis of the environmental impact...