Children’s hospital development board spent €672,000 on public relations services
Spending over less than three years came during period where project has been hit by successive delays and spiralling cost overruns
BAM
Articles realted to the BAM construction company
Minister for Health still ‘fully expects’ State to take ownership of children’s hospital next year
Stephen Donnelly says commissioning of facility accelerated and staff could move in ‘maybe before final completion date’
National children’s hospital project is a ‘hostage’, says body overseeing long-delayed development
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board said it could not give ‘assurances’ on June 2025 completion date
National children’s hospital: Board tells politicians project is a ‘hostage’ in the €2.2bn controversy
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board said it could not give ‘assurance’ on June 2025 completion date
National children’s hospital: ‘Fiasco’ is rooted in Government incompetence, Sinn Féin leader tells Dáil
No rooms finished in line with required standards, TDs to be told at committee on Wednesday
Children’s hospital completion date now June 2025, TDs to be told
Board overseeing €2.2 billion project says contractors will ‘not be given another cent’ as Taoiseach warns of penalties
National children’s hospital to seek damages from construction firm BAM over further delays
Latest development in row over the construction of new children’s hospital, which has been hit by successive delays and spiralling cost over-runs
Concerns over construction quality and completion date of national children’s hospital flagged in report
Spokesperson for contractors BAM says it is ‘fully confident in the quality of the construction work for this world-class hospital’
New national children’s hospital board set to sanction project’s builders, correspondence shows
‘Continued failure by BAM’ to deliver a compliant programme of works for facility, Public Accounts Committee told
State funding decision for delayed Cork Events Centre to be made in coming weeks, says McGrath
Multipurpose 6,000-capacity venue to host concerts and conferences planned for site close to South Gate Bridge in city
Building firm goes to court in fresh row over children’s hospital
BAM to initiate High Court action over extra €107m as conciliator extends formal completion date by more than a year
BAM, criticised for delays in national children’s hospital, building €100m cross-Border bridge
Taoiseach at ceremony marking breaking of ground on Narrow Water Bridge linking Omeath and Warrenpoint
National children’s hospital development stretches back 13 years
Development marked by missed deadlines and ballooning costs
The Irish Times view on the National Children’s Hospital: another chapter in the never-ending saga
With massive State investment planned over the next few years in a range of areas, it is vital that lessons are learned and applied in future big projects
National Children’s Hospital: New ‘substantial completion’ date now February 2025, TDs told
Hospital will not be able to admit patients until August 2025 at the earliest, public spending watchdog hears
Delivery of new national children’s hospital set to be further delayed
The project has been beset by delays and spiralling costs but it was expected that ‘substantial completion’ of the hospital would happen by October 29th
PAC wants to recall board members of children’s hospital over new estimate
Cost of building the hospital has increased by €512 million, to €2.24 billion, Stephen Donnelly tells Cabinet colleagues
Donnelly refuses to give commitment that national children’s hospital will be open in 2025
Minister for Health says current handover date of October 2024 is being reviewed
Further delay on completion date for National Children’s Hospital
Project delivery team to appear before Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee in attempt to explain cost overruns and delays
National children’s hospital board complained of ‘fragmented’ work on Dublin site
Dáil due to get new ‘guidance’ this week on timeframe for completing building
BAM results show children’s hospital developer had profitable 2022
Court dispute in June heard contractor is in dispute over claims valued at hundreds of millions of euro
Expert in contentious construction disputes put on national children’s hospital board
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced a number of appointments and reappointments to the board
New children’s hospital board says design changes not to blame for costly delays
Documents also reveal that more than 300 doors in the hospital may have to be replaced or demolished
Who are Kroll, the investigators brought in to run rule over National Children’s Hospital?
Corporate-intelligence firm with global reach regularly employed by multinationals and governments
Not possible to calculate total cost of children’s hospital works until court case resolved – BAM
Application for case to return to fast-track list was made by lawyers for the contractor after intensive talks over 18 months ‘broke down’
Stephen Donnelly says ‘nobody right now’ knows final cost of national children’s hospital
Minister for Health accuses Sinn Féin of ‘playing politics’, saying providing estimated cost could open State to further claims
National Children’s Hospital: Still no completion date for the project, board will tell Oireachtas committee
The chief officer of the board will cite examples of the developer’s low productivity and its failure to provide monthly progress reports
The Irish Times view on the National Children’s Hospital: a project cloaked in secrecy
The Government will get its ‘grand projet’ but future generations will be saddled with the cost of paying for it
National children’s hospital delays: Government was told in April that delivery date would be pushed back further
Contractor BAM issued a report in February citing a ‘substantial completion date’ of May 2024, instead of March which was stated in a previous report
National children’s hospital: Public have well founded scepticism when it comes to costs and open date
Inside Politics: Any suggestion NCH might cost more, or more importantly, open late, retains the whiff of political cordite
Why is the national children’s hospital back in the news?
New children's hospital faces issues relating to the layout of ventilation systems in theatres that could add millions to its cost and add months to the delivery
BAM profile: The building firm at centre of latest National Children’s Hospital controversy
Dutch-owned building giant has won deals on State projects but hospital project has been dogged by large cost over-runs
National Children’s Hospital timeline
News that half operating theatres in National Children’s Hospital may need remediation work after main contractor BAM was told to stop works there latest twist in a saga stretching back 30 years
Children’s hospital lead contractor told to stop key works on half of facility’s operating theatres
Claims that fresh NCH setback could cost tens of millions to address, while Department of Health downplays development
‘No agreed figure’ on final cost of new national children’s hospital, says Donnelly
Minster for Health says it was known for some time the cost of the hospital would go above €1.4 billion
Cork event centre worth €80m ‘will still happen’, Coveney says
Public money of €50 million for the 6,000 seater facility remains intact, Minister says
Cork can capitalise on need for office space post Covid-19, council chief says
Multinationals will need employees to work in group settings to stilmulate innovation, says Doherty
The Kerryman building for the future in Dubai
Wild Geese: Engineer Shaun McGinley is working on one of world’s most futuristic buildings
€80m event centre in Cork city gets planning approval
Business leaders hopeful Government and developers can resolve €10m funding issue
Dragons at the Docks boat race raises €350,000 for charity
Kennedy Wilson overall winner of property industry fundraiser for Dublin Simon Community
McKillen jnr backers lend €80m into Ireland in first six months of 2019
GreenOak’s Crampton drives business with loans to Oakmount and Avestus arm
Coveney calls for cool heads in debate on €80m Cork events centre
Tánaiste says legal issues over the €30m State aid investment need to be resolved
Cork business groups seek clarification on events centre progress
Proposed 6,000 seat venue on site of former Beamish and Crawford brewery has been hampered by delays, say advocates
Viking centre discovered in Cork city predates Waterford settlement
Items including swords and foundations of buildings found at site of the planned events centre
Developer of planned Cork centre to seek extra €12m in public funds
Cost rises stem from increase in size of centre to meet needs of the operator , says BAM
Nama takes control of BAM Group subsidiary
JPDC sold site in Cork in 2007 to John F Supple whose debts agency took over
Sky’s the limit as construction group BAM buys cranes
The number of cranes on the Dublin skyline is expected to increase in the near future
New section of M11 in Wicklow bypasses road death blackspot
Arklow/Rathnew motorway to reduce journey time by between 10 and 20 minutes
BAM expected to win State contract worth €100m
Three divisions of the construction and engineering group joined forces to make the bid
Multinationals and semi-states to attend Meet the Buyer event at Kildare Expo 2015
Chamber of Commerce initiative will provide an opportunity for business development
Consortium led by construction group BAM in pole position to win €220m road contract
BAM confirms National Roads Authority has announced it as preferred bidder for New Ross bypass
Newlands Cross junction to open next week
Scheme removes last traffic light between Border and Cork on national road network
Debate on works contracts likely to flare again with increase in State spending
Problem rooted in insanity that seized the construction in boom times
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