CIF Conference
2024
ELEVATING IRELAND: THE VITAL ROLE OF CONSTRUCTION IN BUILDING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
Ireland reached a significant milestone in 2023, as its population reached 5.2 million. We have a prime opportunity to seize the potential of this growth as a nation, with the construction sector poised to drive our progress forward.
Yet, these changing dynamics underscore the need for policy initiatives to ensure we can foster sustainable economic prosperity and competitiveness by delivering a built environment to support our evolving nation. The construction industry plays a key role in building this resilience.
We critically need a built environment including roads, transport systems, schools, hospitals and utilities, which in turn will underpin the country’s ability to realise housing targets and climate commitments.
A clear pipeline of work to support investment by the construction industry in the resources needed to deliver infrastructure is essential. The Government’s commitment to investing in the NDP is crucial for providing this certainty to support investment and growth in the sector.
Join us on 24 September 2024 in Croke Park, as we explore the construction industry’s key role in building for a growing nation and how the sector can scale up to drive Ireland’s development.
We will have contributions from the CIF, the industry and government on:
- Elevating Ireland: the vital role of construction in building sustainable growth
- Supporting foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth for the construction industry
- Delivering sustainable energy and growth for the population
- Addressing the challenges of population growth
- Delivering a planning system that supports progress
- The journey into construction
- Implementing the National Development Plan (NDP)
- Impact of the National Planning Framework (NPF)
- Meeting our critical climate commitment targets
- Building a prosperous thriving society
- Infrastructure investments
- Expediting infrastructure delivery
- Constructing a sustainability built environment
- Decarbonising construction
- Innovating for enhanced productivity
- Emerging technologies and the surge of ArtificiaI Intelligence (AI)
- Quantum computing in the built environment
- Offsite Manufacturing/Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) – the key challenges
- The role of youth in sustainable development
- Education and Careers
- Increasing pathways into construction
- Ensuring a diverse and inclusive work culture
- Educating the workforce of the future
- Upskilling and empowering our current workforce
- Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI)
- Local authorities, semi-state agencies, government department
- Contractors, sub-contractors
- Home builders
- Developers
- Build and design professionals
- Business owners, directors and managers
- ESG leaders
- Infrastructure project leaders
- Planners and policy makers
- IT professionals
- Distributors
- Engineers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors
- Plant and Site Managers
- Industrial relations worker representatives
- Digital construction professionals
- Technology providers
- Educators
- Manufacturers and suppliers
- Craftspeople and apprentices
- Procurement, tendering and contractual officials
- Quality Assurance Managers
- Taxation and investment managers
- Legal firms
- Education, skills and training providers
- Recruitment Consultants
- Research and development experts
- Infrastructure project leaders
- FDI firms
- Utility companies
Getting there
Car Parking
Croke Park provides up to 600 free parking spaces. Click here to learn more about how to access them.
On foot
Croke Park is just a 15 minute walk from the City Centre.
By train
The closest railway station is Drumcondra at the intersection of Drumcondra Road (N1) and Clonliffe Road, a 5 minute walk from the stadium. The closest DART stations are Connolly and Clontarf. Connolly is a 15-20 minute walk and Clontarf a 20-25 minute walk to the stadium. The closest LUAS stops are Connolly (Red Line) and Parnell (Green Line). The nearest Intercity Rail stop is at Connolly Station
By bus
Take the No 3, 11, 11a 16, 16a and 41 from the City Centre to Drumcondra Road.
By bike
Croke Park is just a cycle from the City Centre. The nearest Dublin Bike stations are located on North Circular Road and Mountjoy Square. There is also a two-tier parking facility in the Davin Stand car park.
