News Construction Jobs In Northern Ireland

The Dermont Group has unveiled plans for a residential development construction scheme which could see up to 900 houses built in Northern Ireland in the next four years and create more than 400 new construction jobs.

There is already planning permission for 900 homes on the various sites, and the new owners say they plan to start building houses on them shortly. Work on the first phase of 500 new homes at Dundonald and another 220 at Cairnshill in south Belfast is expected to begin next month. More than 100 properties will follow at Carryduff.

The company behind the scheme is a newly formed Northern Ireland consortium called Dermont Group, a joint venture between Donegall Place Investments and the McGinnis Group.

Dermont is making its move after buying up land belonging to debt-ridden Belfast-based construction firm Taggart Holdings, which went into administration last year.

The construction work costing an estimated £90m will be phased over four years.