The Challenge This development was unusual in that there were three aspects in particular that effected the construction. The first was that a new club house had to be construction for St .Anne’s Golf Club which is situated within the nature reserve and environmentally sensitive area of The Bull Island in Dublin Bay. As part of this it was a requirement of the planning that the new club hous…
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The Challenge The development involved construction of an extension to a long-established shopping centre in Shannon Town. It included thirty new retail units, a new multi-storey car park, a new town plaza and the upgrading of the existing centre. While the shopping centre was being developed by a separate company, our client was purchasing the completed development. McCarthy & Associates were…
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The Challenge This state-of-the-art environmentally efficient commercial development was constructed under a contract between Sisk, the main contractor, and the proposed tenant, McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors. This meant that the purchaser, the McCarthy & Associates client, was outside the agreed contract and the challenge was to ensure that the development was carried out in accordance with the…
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The Challenge McCarthy & Associates were approached by Corporate Finance Ireland (CFI) to monitor the construction and fit-out of seven office blocks of various designs at Park West, totaling over 12,000 square meters. Two of these blocks were subdivided and all had multiple tenants. While monitoring the construction progress it became apparent that the main contractor was not performing in va…
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The Challenge Given that the proposed development was to be constructed on the existing site of the clients’ medical practice the main challenge was to complete the works while maintaining a link for the existing practice and its client body. Alternative temporary accommodation for the medical practice was required and the development needed to be completed as quickly as possible. A detailed…
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The Challenge The primary challenge at the 560-acre Killeen Castle estate was presented by the sheer scale and multifaceted nature of the project. This included construction of an 18 hole Jack Nicklaus signature golf course, the design and construction of the prestigious clubhouse, a long game academy and the Dave Pelz short game academy. McCarthy & Associates also project managed the master p…
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The Challenge The principal challenge was to convert existing hotel bedrooms into private residences while maintaining the 5-star quality standard already associated with the Four Seasons hotel. Technical and construction difficulties associated with a project of this nature had to be overcome and this was coupled with an additional challenge to maintain the 5-star hotel operating during the conve…
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The Challenge When McCarthy & Associates were retained, this 5-Star hotel development was significantly behind programme and suffering severe financial losses. Farrell Grant Sparks had been appointed as receivers, and they in turn approached McCarthy & Associates to project manage the remainder of the development. McCarthy & Associates also had to mediate with the investor, Quinlan Pri…
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