Minister Pat Breen signs new regulations to improve reporting by employers of workplace accidents and dangerous occurrences The new Regulations will come into effect from 1 November 2016 The Minister for Employment and Small Business, Mr. Pat Breen T.D., signed regulations entitled the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) (Amendment) (No. 3)...

The Framework for Building Control Authorities V1.0 published in July of 2014 has been reviewed and updated by the Building Control Project Board Framework working group to accommodate changes in Building Control Legislation and to provide standard methodologies for delivering the Building Control Service to the sector. The updated version “Framework for Building Control Authorities V 1.1 June 2016” was approved by the PSROG on...

 Briefing materials have been provided by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) on changes in EU Directives relating to the public sector, the utilities sector and concession contracts.  Read more ...

Minister Pat Breen recently published a Code of Practice Governing the Conduct of Adjudications under the Construction Contracts Act, 2013.  Minister Breen thanked ACEI Member Dr Nael Bunni, Chairperson of the Construction Contracts Adjudication Panel, along with the stakeholder organisations for their valuable contributions to the preparation of the Code.   ...

Sarah Ingle has written an article for the Irish Construction Industry Magazine detailing the challenges and opportunities facing the construction engineers' profession and the stances that ACEI takes on key engineering and construction issues.Read the full article ...