When you compare the traditional construction of a commercial business to modular buildings you will see a great deal of benefits in modular buildings. Most of these benefits lead to saving you a lot of time and money – both of which are important in today’s economy. Unlike the expected 3 to 5 months that [...]

Principal of the primary school in Enfield, Enda O’Flynn, was delighted that  plans for a new primary school in Enfield have moved a step closer.  He said it was a “big step forward” towards their new school. “Everyone is delighted and it will give the town a lift. It will be a facility to serve [...]

Inset: Spanish pavilion ubder construction. To get to the Shanghai World Expo site, you drive to the west of the Shanghai, about half an hour’s drive from downtown. Tens of thousands of people were relocated to make way for the Expo. The site offices are on both sides of the Huangpu river, but the biggest [...]

Maccom recently assisted the Garden of Eden Childcare Project Edenmore in providing a state of the art modular building childcare facility for permanent use at St Malachy’s school Edenmore. Childcare Facility Manager Ms Emma Lynch and her Design Team set Maccom the task of creating a Modern, Bright and Energy efficient Childcare Facility which could [...]

Maccom recently assisted the Raheny & District Credit Union in finding temporary accommodation until such time as a new and more permanent facility could be found. Credit Union Director Tom O’Connor set Maccom the task of finding a robust and workable modular building which he wanted to specifically tailor to suit the needs of the [...]

Labour MEP Nessa Childers has encouraged the government to fully embrace the new EU-wide European Heritage Label initiative, launched last week by the European Commission, to build on Ireland’s potential as a significant cultural tourism destination, “The scheme has already designated 64 sites for the European Heritage Label including the Gdansk shipyards which saw the [...]

The common perception of modular buildings is that they are rectangular blocks with a door and window. Portable buildings are frequently connected with construction sites, special events and any other locations the term “temporary” could be appropriate for. But there is so much more to modular buildings.  They can be expanded simply by adding new [...]

The Modular Building Institute today announced the formation of an alliance, Start Today and Rebuild Together (START), to leverage the resources of the construction industry, nongovernmental organizations, and government agencies to respond quickly and efficiently with relief and rebuilding efforts following natural disasters. The first joint initiative is START Haiti. As we all know on [...]

Mahon-based Labour Cllr Denis O’Flynn confirmed last night that despite the desperate need for jobs in his area, he will be voting against the rezoning. Planners have recommended rezoning land near one of the country’s busiest junctions in Cork for a €200 million office development which has the potential to create some 1,500 jobs. “I [...]

The latest on-campus accommodation Australian National University’s in Canberra is comprised of 70 tailor-made modular buildings. The modern, modular buildings have been factory built and were dispatched to Canberra by ship. Construction time was roughly half that of traditional building half and cost-effective installation techniques reduce costs by an average of 20 per cent. The [...]

The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, announced details of 52 school building projects which can go to tender and construction as part of the Government’s €579 million school building programme. Of these, 25 major school building projects which have planning permission will move to tender and construction shortly. A further 27 major [...]