The Challenge Our brief on behalf of a financial institute was to negotiate with a local authority the release of a financial bond and have the relevant site infrastructure taken in charge. Due to concerns of the local authority on the incomplete nature of the development and site infrastructure, the council indicated their intention to call in the financial bond issued by the developer’s bank, …
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Killeen Castle is located in Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland and has occupied this site since around 1180. The current building is a restoration of a largely 19th century construction, burnt out in 1981. McCarthy & Associates were commissioned to Project Manage the design development of a World Class Five Star Hotel, Golf Course and Luxurious Residential Development. The proposed Killeen Cast…
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The Challenge When McCarthy & Associates were appointed as project managers for the 600-seat food court at Dundrum Town Centre, a design team had already been appointed by the client. Part of our challenge related to clarifying the client brief and making sure that it was communicated clearly and concisely to all members of the design team and the main contractor. With a single overall contrac…
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The Challenge Our challenge was to obtain a clear and defined project brief from our client that incorporated requirements from other medical and dental practitioners to whom the client was sub-letting rooms. This called for close management of the works and the overall project, ensuring the project was delivered on time and within our client’s budget expectations. We also needed to deliver …
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Trintech Corporate Office, Phase II, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18. This building was completed for Trintech in late 2000. McCarthy & Associates were commissioned to Project Manage the design, construction and fit-out of this corporate head office for the Trintech Group. McCarthy & Associates also project managed Trintech’s previous office building. …
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Challenge DHL wanted to consolidate their numerous business centres into a single operational hub within close proximity of Dublin airport. Our brief included sourcing a site that matched our client’s location requirements, and then in turn to find a developer to build and lease to them a bespoke 150,000sq ft building constructed in accordance with their corporate specification (Deutsche Post). …
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The Challenge Our challenge was to take a 147-year old retail institution and refurbish it completely while at the same time reassuring the store’s loyal clientele that it was ‘business as usual’ throughout the entire construction works. We also needed to keep a very tight rein on budget while ensuring that the client ended up with the very high quality end product they required.…
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This distressed residential development was planned to contain 114 Apartments in 12 Apartment Blocks; 42 semi-detached and 2 detached houses. The developer only managed to partially complete 4 apartment blocks; 10 semi-detached houses and 1 detached house. The roads and services were also partially completed. McCarthy & Associates were commissioned by the bank in 2010 to carry out an appraisa…
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