10 June 2025
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) recently rebased the indices used in the CWMF Price Variation Workbooks.
When filling out the Price Variation Workbooks, Contracting Authorities must ensure that all of the CSO data they enter has the correct Base Year. Data with differing Base Years cannot be combined. This will be Base : Year 2021 = 100 for the Wholesale Price Index and Base: Year 2023 = 100 for the Consumer Price Index. Continue reading
9 June 2025
The Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, has launched a public consultation on infrastructure delivery.
The consultation is inviting feedback from stakeholders, industry experts and the wider public on infrastructure delivery. This feedback is crucial to identifying the key barriers to delivery and ultimately improving outcomes.
This public consultation will be open from 6 June and close on 4 July.
The paper accompanying the public consultation sets out the current infrastructure delivery landscape, the impact of our infrastructure deficit and the approach and objectives of the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation.
4 June 2025
As part of the ongoing review of the Capital Works Management Framework, Guidance Note 1.6 relating to procurement of Consultants and Guidance Note 1.7 relating to the Standard Conditions of Engagement and Sample Schedules have been reviewed and consolidated into a single guidance note and associated appendices. Continue reading
16 May 2025
Build Digital, in partnership with the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) are hosting an event on Adopting and implementing International Cost Management Standards (ICMS), for efficient cost and carbon reporting. Continue reading
01 May 2025
As part of the ongoing review of the Capital Works Management Framework, a number of documents have received minor amendments for typographical errors and improved clarity.
No new publication dates or version numbers have been issued to accompany these errata.
The following documents are affected:
To see a full description of the amendments, click here.
Contracting Authorities should ensure that they are issuing and seeking responses to the most up to date versions of all Capital Works Management Framework documents.
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24 February 2025
The OGP have published a Tool, along with guidance, to support the New Fee Adjustment Mechanism. The new provisions relating to inflation adjustment are contained in the amended forms of Conditions of Engagement (COE1 and COE2). Continue reading
23 January 2025
Build Digital are hosting a live webinar demonstration of the new Delivery Team Information Management Plan Template, which was developed in accordance with ISO 19650-2 and contains the BIM Execution Plan. Continue reading
9 January 2025
OGP have published changes to the Forms of Tender and Schedule.
Schedule Part 2 D – Adjustments to the Contract Sum including Delay Costs (Sub-clause 10.6 and 10.7) – of the Form of Tender and Schedule provides the opportunity for the contractor to tender a percentage addition for labour costs as defined by the applicable sectoral employment order made under the Industrial Relations Acts 1946-2015. Continue reading
9 January 2025
The use of the Agreed Rules of Measurement, 5th edition (ARM 5) and the Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement 4th edition: Revised (CESMM4: Revised) is now mandatory when preparing Bills of Quantities on projects which enter CWMF Stage 1 from 1 January 2025. Continue reading
19 December 2024
The European Commission has launched an open public consultation aimed at the evaluation of the public procurement Directives. This includes Directive 2014/23/EU on the award of concession contracts, Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement and Directive 2014/25/EU on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport, and postal services sectors.
The evaluation will assess whether the rules established in 2014 are working as intended. Continue reading