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Ireland’s energy challenge: energy transitions and the effects on society
Dermot Byrne MEngSc, CEng, FIEI, the president of Engineers Ireland for 2016-17, presented his presidential address to a near-capacity crowd in Clyde Road last week (20 September). His speech was...
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Engineers Journal marks 70th anniversary by reproducing first edition from...
In October 1946, after a stuttering start, The Engineers Journal first became a regular publication. Two editions had been printed prior to this date – in December 1940 and again a year later – but...
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Inside Aghada – an online tool to help students understand electricity...
‘Inside Aghada’ is an online power station demonstration tool, developed by ESB, that offers teachers and students a real insight into the workings of its Aghada generating plant. ESB is an integral...
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Nearly a third of engineers already impacted by Brexit slowdown, survey shows
While nearly a third of engineers in Ireland and the UK say their business has already been impacted by a Brexit slowdown, only one in ten has plans to let staff, contractors or suppliers go, a new...
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Itaipu Dam – the world’s largest generator of renewable, clean energy
The Itaipu Dam is a bi-national hydro-electric power generation station located on the Paraná River in South America, which is operated jointly by the states of Brazil and Paraguay. It is a critical...
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West Gate Bridge collapse – the story of the box-girder bridge
On 6 November 1969 in Vienna, Austria, three loud bangs punctuate the evening air. The bangs originate from the banks of the River Danube where the construction of the Fourth Danube Bridge is under...
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The collapse and reconstruction of the Malahide Viaduct – part 1
At about 18:30 on 21 August 2009, two spans on the 12-span viaduct at Malahide collapsed. The collapse of the structure was due to scouring of a pier by tidal action. The line was immediately closed to...
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The collapse and reconstruction of the Malahide Viaduct – part 2
In the first of this two-part series, Liam Meagher outlined the actions taken immediately after the Malahide Viaduct collapse in 2009, initial proposals for reconstruction and how the discovery of a...
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‘Rebuilding Ireland’ and the plan to address the country’s housing crisis
‘Rebuilding Ireland’ is supposed to fix the affordable-housing crisis. Hereʼs why it will not. The common construction industry mantra says that if we increase the supply of new homes, then sales...
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Why dispute avoidance is vital in the high-risk construction sector
Up to recently, the emphasis has been on the resolution of claims and contested cases rather than early recognition and resolution of problems and disputes on construction projects. We need to get back...
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An engine as old as Ireland: the Irish Naval Service restores a 1922 Vickers...
Haulbowline Island, located in the centre of the second-largest natural harbour in the world, where the River Lee flows down to meet the sea, is a place of rich history. Tucked away in an unassuming...
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Developing sustainable public transport: the electric bus charging project
Consider a system that uses as little as 20 per cent of the energy of traditional vehicle systems – and which could have an even smaller carbon footprint with the right primary energy source. Consider...
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Exascale turbines with enormous blades could lead to more offshore energy
A new design for gigantic wind turbines, with blades longer than two football fields, could help bring offshore 50-megawatt (MW) wind turbines to the world. Research being carried out in Sandia...
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Planning permission, enforcement and the seven-year myth
Author: Padraic Higgins BE MIEI, director, NuArk Management Limited There seems to exist a common misconception regarding the time lines for compliance with planning permission requirements amongst...
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The importance of feedback and why effective leaders will provide it and seek it
Authors: David Kennedy and Dermot McGarthy, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland Feedback is the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its...
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NUI Galway biomedical engineer selected as commander of Mars mission
A PhD student of Biomedical Engineering at NUI Galway was recently selected as Commander of Crew 172, an international mission for the Mars Desert Research Station, which supports Earth-based research...
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Strategic planning response aims to breathe new life into Cork’s historic...
One of the more pressing planning challenges today is the renewal of our city and town cores. Our urban centres are experiencing fundamental changes to their economic make up and their social context –...
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Is Ireland any closer to avoiding its own Grenfell Tower disaster?
The Grenfell Tower fire occurred on 14 June 2017 at the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of public housing flats in North Kensington, in west London. It caused an estimated 80 deaths and over 70...
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Citicorp Center Tower: how failure was averted
Based on an article originally published in ‘The New Yorker’, Sean Brady reflects on the Citicorp tower crisis One day in June 1978, William LeMessurier, then 52 years old and one of North America’s...
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West Gate Bridge collapse – the story of the box-girder bridge
On 6 November 1969 in Vienna, Austria, three loud bangs punctuate the evening air. The bangs originate from the banks of the River Danube where the construction of the Fourth Danube Bridge is under...
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