Services
Main Services
Main Contracting
The Staff of the Main Contracting Department provide assistance to members across a wide range of areas as set out below.
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Specialist Contracting Services
The Department provides information and assistance on all contractual issues including Prequalification, Tendering, Contract issues and disputes, and it can provide detailed reviews of tender and contract documents and advice on the risks being presented.
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CIF Education, Training and Skills Committee
The respective CIF department, led by Dermot Carey (Director, Safety and Training) act as the voice of the contracting sector of the construction industry in Ireland. The Department works to identify and manage skills and training needs within the construction sector and address the emerging skills needs as they arise.
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Health & Safety
The CIF Safety & Manpower Services Department develops and implements the policies as agreed by the CIF’s Safety, Health & Welfare sub Committee and the CIF Manpower, Education & Training sub-Committee and as approved by the CIF Executive Body.
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Housing, Planning & Development
The CIF provides its members with the information and knowledge required to operate successfully in today’s complex, fast-changing and increasingly challenging regulatory and business environment. Supports and services are delivered nationally and through a network of regional branches, giving you unrivalled access to information and channels through which to positively shape the factors driving your business.
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Industrial Relations & Employment Services
The Industrial Relations and Employment Services Department implements the policies and directions set out by the CIF’s Industrial Relations sub-Committee. It provides information, advice and support to contractors on managing their workforce to ensure compliance with employment protective legislation.
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Learning & Development
The Department provides a wide range of top quality programmes, with expert lecturers sourced from relevant fields within the construction industry. As a result, its construction training programmes are highly regarded, both in Ireland and internationally. CIF training courses are practical, allowing them to be easily transferred to real world scenarios on site.
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CIF Benevolent Trust
The CIF Benevolent Trust was established by the Construction Industry Federation in 1982. It is a charitable trust and is dedicated to the relief of distress on owners, directors, senior management, supervisory staff and dependents in the construction industry.
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CIF Pension Administration Services (CPAS)
CPAS, a subsidiary of the CIF, was established to provide a professional pension administration service to the Construction and Related Industries. With a dedicated, experienced and highly professional team, CPAS ensures best practice in key areas of pension scheme management.
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Climate Action Plan
The CIF has broadly welcomed the publication of the Government’s ‘Climate Action Plan 2019’ as a very positive statement of intent on behalf of the Government. Among the plan’s goals are the retrofitting of 500,000 homes to B2 level, and the installation of heat pumps in 400,000 homes and businesses. If Government estimates are right, the retrofitting of 500,000 homes could quadruple the size of the Irish retrofit market to €600m per annum.
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Construction Executive Retirement Savings (CERS)
With over 4,000 active and deferred members, CERS is an award winning multi employer scheme providing pension and protection benefits to individual employers in the construction and related industries. Through its flexible structure, CERS can meet the particular needs of each Employer and Member by providing bespoke and varying pension solutions for each participating employer.
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Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI)
CIRI registration gives our company the edge over competitors. Customers have peace of mind that they are dealing with a vetted company committed to offering an exceptional quality of work. CIRI accreditation helps distinguish builders from those that have given the trade a bad name.
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Construction Industry Retirement Trust (CIRT)
The Construction Industry Retirement Trust Scheme (CIRT) was set up on 1st March 1991. CIRT’s objective is to cater for the self-employed and for employees in non-pensionable employment within the construction and related industries.
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Construction Workers’ Pension Scheme (CWPS)
With over 30,000 active members supported by over 2,500 participating employers, CWPS is one of the largest private sector pension schemes in Ireland. CWPS is a multi-employer industry wide scheme, providing pensions solutions for workers in the construction industry, at a low cost to members and employers.
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Lessons Learned / Best Practices in Health & Safety in Construction
How many times have we heard, or even stated the following: “let that be a lesson to you”? We all need to learn from past mistakes to prevent a repeat event or undesirable consequence. Accidents and near misses are preventable but only if we first understand how and why they happen and take corrective actions. It is for this reason that the CIF has developed this portal for the sharing of both Lessons Learned / Best Practices in Health & Safety in Construction.
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Milestone Advisory
CPAS established Milestone Advisory in 2014 to provide additional services to CPAS clients and to the broader CIF membership. Milestone is a financial advice business, offering financial planning services and advice across a wide range of financial products.
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Safe-T-Cert
Safe-T-Cert is a certification scheme designed for certifying the Safety Management Systems of contractors working in the construction industry.
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