CONSTRUCTION firm John Sisk & Son has announced a strategic alliance with Saudi Arabian construction giant El Seif Engineering company.

ONE of the country’s largest construction-related businesses has urged the new government not to hold back on investing in infrastructure, even though the economy remains weak — pointing out that now is the time to plan for the future.

LEADING Irish construction firm John Sisk & Son is part of a joint venture to be awarded a €600m rail tunnelling contract in London, which is set to form part of Europe’s largest infrastructure project.

A €600m contract for tunnelling works on London’s Crossrail project has been awarded to a joint venture between John Sisk & Son and Spanish construction firm Dragados.

JOHN SISK & SON, the construction arm of the Sisk Group, has begun work on high profile contracts worth in excess of €300 million in Britain in the past nine months.

THE Limerick Tunnel is a public private partnership enterprise which has a 31-year life span from yesterday’s opening.

CONSTRUCTION giant John Sisk & Son paid out a dividend of more than €90 million last year as pre-tax profits fell by €2.5m.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares was up slightly this evening by 48.62 points to 6114.26 at market close.

John Sisk & Son has won the contract to build the new Lansdowne Road Stadium.

IT COULD be at least 2021 before the National Roads Authority (NRA) starts to recoup money from Munster’s first toll road.

THE €370 million contract to build and run a toll road tunnel under the River Shannon has been won by a business consortium which includes a Limerick road construction company.

TWO of the country’s leading public relations companies have agreed to merge.