Construction Management

conZ

Basically, I'm thinking about going for Construction Management in GMIT next year.

I'm posting here to find out about the current construction industry and it's prospect's in the next, say, 10 year's.

Anyone got any opinions or news?

Serbian

I think it would be quite difficult to predict the direction of an industry over 10 years. Take the IT industry as recently as 5 years ago. There were more jobs than you could shake a stick at, people being paid exorbitant amounts of money for doing not a hell of a lot. I think few people would have predicted the incredible fall from grace of the very same industry. That fall is greatly reflected in the points required for virtually all technology courses now.

Having said that, things aren't looking too bad for construction at the moment. There is a major redevolpment happening in the city centre, most notably around Pearse Street, and I'm sure there are others like it happening in other towns and cities around Dublin.

House prices are expected to fall though, and most recent reports have reported a 1% decrease in the value of houses (down from 1.5% this time last year).

My belief is to do what you like, rather than what you think will be the most lucrative in years to come. If you like what you do, you are more likely to be good at it, therefore, more likely to get a job doing it regardless of the current industry status.

Hope I have been a little help

Sposs

Abit of advice - Do something you love then figure out how to make money from it

Borzoi

Originally posted by Sposs
Abit of advice - Do something you love then figure out how to make money from it

Good advice Sposs

As for the construction industry - it is notoriusly cyclical. Loads of good jobs and good money when times are good - less money, fewer jobs when things are bad.

However given the lack of investment in infrastructure over the previous decades we still have a lot of catching up so there will be plenty of state backed projects for quite some time