Concrete specialist to represent MAG


THE Mica Action Group (MAG) has announced that their representative on the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) T63 Committee will be Dr Ambrose McCloskey. Lisa Hone, Chair of MAG said the appointment is good news for those affected by the defective concrete crisis as Dr McCloskey is highly qualified. “Dr McCloskey is highly qualified with a […]


New research into defective blocks commissioned


RESEARCH to investigate the impact of pyrrhotite in concrete blocks has been commissioned by the Department of Housing and is due to start soon. The Department of Housing has confirmed that research to investigate pyrrhotite oxidation in concrete blocks and the potential impact of deleterious materials on foundations has been commissioned and will commence shortly. It comes as […]