Shell signs Enterprise Framework Agreement with Chiyoda Corporation for global engineering support
UK-headquartered integrated energy company Shell has signed a new Enterprise Framework Agreement with Japanese engineering firm Chiyoda Corporation, formalising pre-established engineering and procurement support across Shell's global energy projects. The deal builds on more than five decades of cooperation between the two companies.
Glanua appoints Conor Gilligan as managing director of its Municipal Ireland and UK division
Irish water and wastewater engineering company Glanua has appointed Conor Gilligan as managing director of its Municipal Ireland and UK division. Gilligan brings over 35 years of construction industry experience, including nearly two decades as global chief executive of Roadbridge Civil Engineering Contractors.
Jacobs Engineering Ireland reports profits rise to €14.8 million on strong professional services growth
The Irish arm of US engineering and construction company Jacobs Engineering increased profits by more than a quarter in the year ended September 2025, reaching €14.8 million. Growth was driven by increased activity across pharmaceutical, biotechnology, transportation and water sectors.
Dr John Mulvihill steps onto the judging panel for Engineering Excellence Awards 2026
Dr John Mulvihill, Associate Professor in Biomechanics and Mechanobiology at the University of Limerick, joins the judging panel for the Engineering Excellence Awards 2026, bringing over €3.5 million in secured research funding, 45 peer-reviewed publications, and a Marie Curie Fellowship spanning Georgia Institute of Technology and Trinity College Dublin to the evaluation process. A specialist in cellular mechanobiology and traumatic brain injury research with an h-index of 22, Mulvihill contributes an internationally recognised biomedical engineering perspective to the assessment of entries across Ireland's most trusted engineering recognition programme.
Ireland’s Large Energy User Action Plan Is a Commercial Framework for the Next Generation of Industrial Infrastructure
The Large Energy User Action Plan establishes Ireland’s plan-led approach to co-locating energy-intensive industries with indigenous renewable energy in designated green energy parks. The strategy creates a locational framework and engineering delivery specification for the semiconductor, pharmaceutical, precision engineering and data centre sectors.
Ireland’s Retrofit Demand Has Arrived at Scale and the Engineering Sector Holds the Key to Whether the 500000 Home Target Is Met
Applications for home energy upgrades in Ireland rose 96 per cent in Q1 2026 year-on-year, with the government allocating €640 million for 73,000 upgrades across the full year under the National Residential Retrofit Plan. The surge in demand defines a delivery specification for building engineers that runs to 2030 and beyond.
Barry Williams joins Engineering Excellence Awards 2026 judging panel
Barry Williams, Managing Director of Mott MacDonald Ireland, has been appointed to the judging panel for the Engineering Excellence Awards 2026. With more than 30 years of civil engineering experience spanning transportation, energy, water, and buildings, Williams brings a record of award-winning infrastructure projects that have left a lasting mark on the built environment in Ireland.
HAECO leads US$360 million Vietnam aircraft maintenance joint venture at Van Don Airport
Hong Kong-based MRO provider HAECO has announced a US$360 million joint venture with Sun Group, Toyota Tsusho and Japan Airlines to develop an aircraft maintenance facility at Van Don International Airport in Vietnam. Operations are targeted to begin in late 2028.
SIAEC and Safran sign joint venture to establish LEAP engine MRO facility in Singapore
Singapore-based MRO provider SIA Engineering Company and French aero-engine manufacturer Safran Aircraft Engines have signed a joint venture agreement to establish a full-service CFM LEAP engine MRO facility in Singapore. The partners have committed up to US$118 million in total investment for the venture.
MintMech opens Penryn engineering and manufacturing centre to expand marine and mining capacity
UK specialist engineering company MintMech has opened a new design and manufacturing facility at Kernick Industrial Estate in Penryn, Cornwall. The Automation Manufacturing and Engineering Centre spans 750 square metres and supports project delivery across the marine, offshore and mining sectors.
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