Concrete can perform just as well if three-quarters of its content has been recycled, a team has found. Concrete is made from granular materials such as sand and crushed stone – known as aggregates – bound together by a cement paste. Cement has a high carbon footprint due to the chemistry of its production and […]
Cork County Council have confirmed they will deliver 462 new social homes by the end of the year. The Council currently has 65 units under construction and plan to provide and additional 156 through direct build and the acquisition of turnkey schemes. Developments underway are situated in Kilnagleary Carrigaline, Masseytown, Macroom, and Cloyne. In delivering […]
Twelve new social houses have been completed in the centre of Dún Laoghaire at George’s Place. The ten 2-bed terraced houses and two 2-bed semi-detached houses are part of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s housing delivery target of 1,563 social housing homes by 2021. It is expected that the social houses will be available for dlr tenants in the coming […]