{"id":26661,"date":"2020-06-16T16:09:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T15:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26661"},"modified":"2020-06-14T18:01:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T17:01:56","slug":"ihbcs-covid-19-signpost-102-irelands-pandemic-site-safety-measures-could-add-10-to-house-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26661","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s COVID-19 signpost 102: Ireland\u2019s pandemic site safety measures \u2018could add 10%\u2019 to house costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26662\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CIOB_160620.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"302\" \/>Ireland\u2019s Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has warned that Covid-19 site safety measures could add 5-10% \u2013 as much as \u20ac15,000 \u2013 to the cost of a new house.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>Image: CIOB website &#8211; Construction crane over Dublin (<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@anikinearthwalker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dimitry Anikin\/Unsplash<\/a>)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Global Construction Review<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The hike would be higher, around \u20ac20,000, for units in apartment blocks, where construction requires a higher concentration of labour, CIF Director General Tom Parlon told the Covid-19 committee of the D\u00e1il, Ireland\u2019s parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Parlon also told members that building times would lengthen, rising from 15 weeks to 25 weeks for a house,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/ireland\/2020\/0519\/1139398-construction-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a>\u00a0Ireland&#8217;s national broadcaster, RTE.<\/p>\n<p>Complex projects such as the National Children\u2019s Hospital would be hit harder, with cost hikes of up to 40%, said Parlon.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that, under social distancing rules, a large site with 1,800 workers before could now have only 500-600.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalconstructionreview.com\/news\/covid-site-safety-measures-could-add-10-house-cost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland\u2019s Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has warned that Covid-19 site safety measures could add 5-10% \u2013 as much as \u20ac15,000 \u2013 to the cost of a new house. Image: CIOB website &#8211; Construction crane over Dublin (Dimitry Anikin\/Unsplash)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26663,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26661\/revisions\/26663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}