40,000 building jobs to go this year Government failure to tackle crisis is “unacceptable” as SCS calls for new construction chief

Irish fiscal strategy 'very impressive' - ECB Liquidity measures may be scaled back next month as confidence in Eurozone recovery strengthens

Calls for compulsory rainwater harvesting The recent water shortages could have been avoided if all new builds had rainwater harvesting as mandatory, claims Kingspan

Sub-standard construction slated in Haiti Lack of building codes and cheap concrete have made devastation even worse following earthquake

	Festive duty		Flooding where we build		On the outside looking in
	With transactions low and the market in flux, now is the best time to make changes to property taxation. Geoff Tucker looks at the options for Budget 2010		With a doubling of flood risk by 2050, we need new policy for development on floodplains sooner rather than later, writes Éanna Nolan		The OECD's take on how to pull Ireland back to economic growth makes for interesting reading. But is the government listening, asks Derry Scully

Game on

The green light has been given for the €30 million development of Parnells’ GAA club in Coolock, Dublin. It is estimated that 200 people will be employed during construction of the state of the art development which will include two all weather pitches. The development will also include a medical centre and pharmacy and a small development of 17 houses and 53 apartments in a deal between the Marist Fathers and Parnells’.

Parnell's GAA club's €30m development A Dublin GAA club is planning a €30m construction project which includes a new clubhouse and almost 100 residential units.

€300m energy station planned for Offaly A formal application has been lodged with An Bord Pleanala for a new €300m electricity generating station on the site of the old Ferbane power plant in Offaly.

Massive South Korean sustainable plan unveiled		Obel Tower, Belfast
Foster + Partners, together with PHA and Mobility in Chain, has won an international competition to build a 300 square-kilometre sustainable masterplan in South Korea. The plan sees the expansion of the Incheon Free Economic Zone, an extensive mixed-use scheme encompassing the islands of KangHwa and OnJin-gun, to the north west of Seoul		The use of a crane-independent formwork solution helps the Karl Group to meet its tight construction schedule at Belfast’s tallest building. The construction team at the 28-floor Obel Tower at Donegall Quay in Belfast have to progress the build at the rate of one 600 m² floor fully cast per week of build time.