2025 Year in Review
Impact Statement
From shaping policy to unlocking infrastructure, housing, and skills development, CIF’s impact in 2025 demonstrates how we turned your priorities into action, delivering real progress as the voice of Ireland’s construction sector. This impact is amplified nationwide through our regional branches, which channel the perspectives of construction firms and workers into every initiative, ensuring local voices strengthen national progress.
Download the CIF Impact Statement, and Annual Report for 2025:
171,600
Employees in the industry
€37 billion
Total construction investment
70,000 +
Enterprises
11.2%
Share of GNI
Infrastructure
Powering Progress
Accelerating Infrastructure Report
Our recommendations informed measures to fast-track strategic projects, tackle planning delays, reform procurement, and remove bottlenecks in water, energy, roads, hospitals, and transport – critical for Ireland’s competitiveness and wellbeing.
National Development Plan Revision
Consistently called for greater investment, influencing the €275 billion commitment, the largest capital plan in Ireland’s history, with a focus on water and energy networks to unlock housing and infrastructure delivery.
CIF Strategy for Improved Delivery of Public Infrastructure
Advanced procurement reform and early contractor involvement for better project
outcomes.
Housing
Unlocking Supply
Industry Capacity
Making the Case
- Delivered evidence-based campaign and policy paper showcasing the industry’s capacity to deliver essential infrastructure and warned of the growing shift of construction services to overseas, underscoring the need for urgent action at home.
Productivity and Digitalisation
Future-focus
- Supported SMEs on BIM mandate compliance, digital transformation, AI adoption, and risk management.
- Championed off-site construction and 3D volumetric pipeline, and secured inclusion of design considerations for off-site manufacturing in national housing guidelines.
Training and Skills
Building Talent
Safety and Health
Protecting Lives
Construction Safety Campaign
Ran national Construction Safety Campaign, partnering with Spinal Injuries Ireland, reaching thousands through podcasts, events, and site engagement.
New Safety Guidance
Published new Lifting Operations Guidance and drafted an industry code of practice for lifting electrical panels.
ESG
Leading Responsibly
Industrial Relations and Employment
Navigating Workplace Dynamics
Represented members at WRC and Labour Court on pay, conditions, and disputes
Provided expert guidance on new legislation: auto-enrolment, gender pay gap reporting, and wage directives
Engaged in pay agreements under the new Sectoral Employment Order
Events and Networking
Connecting the Industry
- Flagship events united the industry: sold-out Annual Conference, International Women’s Day Summit, Digicon, 90th Anniversary celebrations and more.
- 100+ regional events, branch and association meetings connected thousands of members and stakeholders.
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Engagement with Public Works Contracts a weak link in infrastructure delivery – CIF, Q4 Outlook Survey
68% of construction companies reported no or low involvement in public infrastructure projects in Q3, rising to 69% expecting no or low involvement in Q4 2025.
CIF News
– 18 Dec 2025