Principal Structural Engineer
SSH
Total years of experience :26 years, 9 Months
Feb 2004 - Present Muir Associates Limited, Dublin Project Structural Engineer
• Project Engineer with overall responsibility for Structural engineering design within Muir Associates
Limited.
• Supervising a team of engineers and technicians. Attendance at design team meetings and site
meetings.
• Ensuring that projects are completed within allowable budgets.
Key Projects Include:
• White Nile Sugar Project, Sudan: Sugar processing plant US$1B
The White Nile Sugar Plant has a capacity to produce 450, 000 tonnes of refined sugar per crop season.
I was the Project Structural Engineer with responsibility for the design of the factory foundations
together with the design of 140, 000m2 of ancillary buildings on the factory site.
• Royal Marine Hotel, Dublin €50M
This project included the addition of an extra story to the original 19th century hotel building, which
reinstated the building to its original form as the upper story was removed in the 1960's. My role
involved the co-ordination of the Structural design and detailing of the project. I was the project
engineer and I attended design team/client meetings and site meetings.
• Other Projects
Tyrconnell Road Residential Development, Dublin €4M
Tallaght Stadium, Dublin €11M
Tallaght Town Centre, Dublin €100M
Holy Trinity National School, Dublin €3M
Tulse Hill Apartment Development, London Stg£4
1 Grand Parade Office Building, Dublin €12M
Mar 2001- Jan 2004 White Young Green, Dublin Senior Structural Engineer
• Project Engineer on the Fonthill Road and Swords Business Campus Projects, taking the design and co- ordination from concept stage through to completion.
• Design co-ordination role on the Smithfield development as well as meetings with the design team and the contractor.
Key Projects Included:
• Smithfield Development, Dublin: Commercial, Residential and Leisure €140M
This 120, 000 square metres project was the largest mixed-use development ever undertaken in Dublin's
inner city. I was the senior design Structural engineer on the first phase of the project, which consisted of a 6 storey residential block over ground floor retail over a 3 storey basement. I liaised with and attended frequent meetings with the Architects and M&E Engineers from the tender stage through to the construction phase of the project to resolve any design development issues.
• Other Projects
Fonthill Road Apartment Development, Dublin €6M
Irishtown Sports Stadium, Dublin €4M
Swords Business Campus, Dublin €4M
Sercom Limerick, Industrial Building €5M
St. Catherine's community Centre, Dublin €12M
Baloo Retail Park, Belfast Stg £6M
Oct 2000- Feb 2001 URS Corporation, Dublin Senior Structural Engineer
• Responsible for preliminary design and co-ordination of the National Aquatic Centre.
• Senior Engineer on Nutgrove Retail Unit and Ballymun Regeneration.
• Key Projects
National Aquatic Centre, Dublin €48M
Northside Civic Centre, Dublin €4M
Nutgrove Retail Unit, Dublin €3M
Ballymun Regeneration Residential Development, Dublin €4M
May 1997- Sept 2000 URS Corporation, Glasgow Design Structural Engineer
• Design Engineer with extensive experience gained in Structural concrete, steel, timber and masonry
design.
• Key Projects: New Law Hospital, Glasgow Stg £150M
The Scottish Enterprise Office Building, Glasgow Stg £15M
The Lighthouse Building, Glasgow: Museum, Office & Retail Stg £20M
Scottish Daily Record Office Building, Glasgow Stg £6.5M
Hume House Office Building, Glasgow Stg £8M
Royal Highland Lodge Hotel, Edinburgh Stg £4M
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS/ SKILLS
Computing: Analysis and design software including Robot and CSC;
Office 2010 Word processing and Spreadsheet packages.
Sport: I keep fit by playing tennis, swimming and football.
Chartered member of Engineers Ireland 1994 - 1996 University of Dundee B Eng (Hons) in Civil Engineering, 2:1 obtained
1992 - 1993 Athlone Regional Technical College, National Diploma in Civil Engineering
1990 - 1992 Athlone Regional Technical College, National Certificate in Civil Engineering Recent Training Designing for Safety in Construction
