Clerys Department Store located in O’Connell Street, Dublin has traded since 1941 when Denis Guiney purchased the store and developed it into the Icon business it is today. The store went through a six year renovation programme which was completed in 2004. McCarthy & Associates were commissioned to Project Manage the renovation of the entire building whilst ensuring that the business suffere…
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BREDA & WEINSTEIN Shopping Centre completed and opened in the North Moravian city of Opava, Czech Republic. The Project involved the rebuilding of a devastated historical town brewery in Opava city centre into a new multi-functional Shopping and Entertainment Centre including shopping gallery, supermarket, restaurants, fast foods, casino, keep-fit studio, crèche, post office, service trades, …
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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 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 project relates to a refurbishment project for The Square Shopping Centre, Tallaght. The scope of works included for the provision of new floor, wall and ceiling finishes, together with replacement life safety systems and a new lighting system for the existing malls. The scope also included the upgrading of the existing mall entrances, refurbishment of the central atrium and the installation …
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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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This award winning III Towers residential and retail scheme was completed in late 2009. The two phase scheme comprised 633 apartments across three towers (23 floors each) and 10,000 square metres of retail space. The scheme is located in the suburb of Bratislava, Slovakia and is the first high rise development undertaken in the city. III Towers offer comfortable, functional and flexible apartments…
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