24 May 2021 By Contributor 150 years ago, in 1871, the first edition of Construction News was published. To help mark the anniversary, four past editors reflect on their own spell in charge of CN T om Fitzpatrick joined Construction News in 2011 and served as editor from 2017 to 2019. He has since returned to his roots in Cork, where he edits the Irish Examiner My time at Construction News gave me an entirely new perspective on the importance of the industry and how it is both taken for granted and misunderstood. For many, ‘construction’ has negative connotations: the builders who let you down, that noisy site down the road, or the people that women cross the street to avoid for fear of wolf-whistles and catcalls. All of which are fair, to an extent.