Anne Hoey, Irish Special Olympics athlete and double silver medallist, visited the Irish Cement plant at Platin in Drogheda. She was warmly welcomed by David O’Brien, the Plant Manager of Irish Cement Platin, and Helen Bennett, HR Manager, and other …
Irish Cement has recently been awarded the BES 6001 ‘Excellent’ rating for our cement products, becoming the first company in Ireland to achieve this rating. The Environmental and Sustainability Standard, BES 6001, assesses products to ensure that they are responsibly …
Details of the 7th cycle of the popular International Concrete Design Competition for students of Architecture, Design and Engineering have been announced. Germany will host the competition in 2015/2016. Other participating countries include Turkey, Belgium and Ireland. In Ireland the …
A revised National Annex to accompany I.S. EN 206-1: 2013 Concrete Specification, performance, production and conformity was published in May 2015 by the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI). The new standard includes the latest guidance on the use of concrete …
Irish Cement were delighted to be a gold sponsor of the recent Irish Concrete Society “Concrete Practice in Ireland” conference held at UCD on 18th of June 2015. This conference, first held in 1965, is normally held once every 10 …
Irish Cement product from Limerick Works blasted off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in the USA, as part of an experiment designed by students from St Nessan’s Community College, Limerick. The students were winners of a competition ‘The Only Way …
Members of the CIF Western and Midland Region visited Platin works on the 28th of May 2015 where they were welcomed by Irish Cement Managing Director, Jack Dalton. The delegation, led by CIF Director General Tom Parlon, got a guided …
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan T.D. visited Platin Works in Drogheda on June 25th to mark the achievement of replacing 50% of the fossil fuels, needed for cement production, with alternative fuels. Minister Hogan …
“Sustainable construction” is a term that is widely used; however, the concept often suffers from misuse of terms in describing various aspects of sustainability. Three European organizations have co-operated in producing a multilingual Glossary of words and terms commonly used …
