THE ASP JOURNAL
Perspectives on modern living, modular construction and the buildings that shape our everyday lives.
12 articles
Self Storage
Most Irish business owners who store tools, equipment or stock in a van, garage or spare room manage the arrangement until something goes wrong. A break-in. A delivery that arrives before the premises opens. A peak period that fills every available space. The moment the current setup stops working is usually the moment a business […]
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Most Irish residential developers researching off-site construction reach a point where the method makes sense but the market feels opaque. There are companies operating from Ireland, from the UK and from Europe. Some manufacture here, some ship modules from overseas. Some focus on residential, others on education or healthcare. The terminology varies. The claims are […]
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Developers building in Ireland today already know that every new home must meet the Nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB) standard under Part L of the building regulations, which has applied to new dwellings since November 2019 and typically delivered an A2 rating on the previous BER scale. What is less widely understood is how the […]
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Ireland’s weather needs no introduction. Storm Éowyn made landfall in January 2025 with record-breaking wind gusts of 184 km/h, left 768,000 homes and businesses without power and cost insurers over €301 million, making it the most expensive weather event in Irish history. For the construction industry, the impact was immediate. Sites shut down. Deliveries stopped. […]
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Building a home in Ireland now takes twice as long as it did a decade ago. According to the Central Bank of Ireland’s Quarterly Bulletin Q3 2026, the average duration from the initial lodgement of a planning application to completion is now four years, compared to two years a decade ago. For a residential developer […]
Self Storage
Picture this. A delivery lorry pulls up to your storage unit with a pallet of goods. The driver asks where the forklift is. There is no forklift. The driver cannot wait. And now you have a problem that should not exist. For Irish businesses receiving regular deliveries of heavy or palleted stock, the question of […]
Self Storage
Tripping over boxes in your hallway or losing your spare room to stacks of inventory is a common sign that your business has outgrown its first home Many Irish e-commerce businesses start the same way. A few orders a week, stock piled neatly in a corner of the spare room, everything manageable. Then sales pick […]
Self Storage
Many Irish business owners reach the same point eventually. The garage is full. The van is carrying stock it should not have to carry. A spare room has become a storeroom. The business has grown, but the space around it has not kept up. The instinct is often to look at warehouses. But a warehouse […]
Self Storage
At some point, many Irish business owners face the same question. The garage is full. The van is carrying more than it should. Stock is piling up in a spare room. Something has to change. The obvious next step seems to be renting a warehouse. But a warehouse is a significant commitment, and for many […]
Future Homes
Introduction Ireland’s student housing shortage has reached critical levels, impacting universities, developers, and—most importantly—students. Demand is high, and traditional construction methods simply can’t keep up with the pace…
Future Homes
Introduction Ireland’s housing market is changing, and the way we build needs to change with it. Long waits, rising costs, and environmental pressures mean traditional construction often struggles…
Modular Buildings
Introduction As the world continues to experience rapid urbanization and population growth, the need for sustainable and efficient building solutions has never been more pressing. With the mounting…
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