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Householders who use registered tradespeople for home maintenance and improvements should be given tax relief in the forthcoming Budget.

The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has hailed a Westmeath company a“one of the success stories of the recession”. Shay Murtagh, a precast concrete specialist company based in Raharney just outside Mullingar, were visited by a delegation from the CIF during the week.

Seventy six per cent of construction companies have come across black economy operations in the last three months. In a new Construction Industry Federation (CIF) survey on the black economy in the sector, 85 per cent of construction companies have also come across an increased number of black economy operations in the last 12 months.

Some 38 new housing units were commenced in the first four months of 2012 in Westmeath, according to new statistics released by the Construction Industry Federation (CIF). This represents a decrease of four units or 10 per cent on the same period during 2011, when work began on 42 new units, according to the CIF’s latest Housing Statistics Bulletin.

Two new reports released this week show that construction in the county continued to fall in the first half of this year. The Construction Industry Federation released a report that has shown there has been a 21 per cent decrease in the number of commencements of housing units in the first four months of the year in Mayo. According to the report, 70 new housing units were commenced in Mayo in the months from January to the end of April. At the same stage in 2011, there were 89 commencements on housing units in the county. Out of the 20 new commencements, 66 were on single one off housing units according to the figures.

88 new housing units were commenced in the first four months of 2012 in Galway, according to new statistics released by the Construction Industry Federation (CIF). This represents a drop of 25 units or 22 per cent on the same period during 2011, when work began on 113 new units, according to the CIF’s latest Housing Statistics Bulletin.

A list of 20 Mayo road and sewerage projects previously announced but not yet completed, have been compiled by The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) which claims they could be advanced if the Government secures an EU stimulus package.

The current state of the construction industry is the focus of the second annual International Construction Management Day Conference hosted by Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology on March 12 .

More than four thousand customers cannot be wrong

A conference to mark the first international construction management day will be hosted by the GMIT Department of Building & Civil Engineering at GMIT’s Dublin Road campus, Galway, on Monday next March 14. The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), the International Project Management Association (IPMA) and the Construction Management Associations of America (CMMA), Japan (CMAJ) and Korea (CMAK) promote International Construction Management Day.