17 June 2025
Corrections have been undertaken to some of the ICMS3 Cost and Carbon Templates CC1-9 documents to ensure that they fully match the ICMS3 standard.
No new publication dates or version numbers have been issued to accompany these errata. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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