Key players

We owe our success to a strong and committed management team supported by high calibre people at every level.

Here we introduce a few of our team:

Tom O'Connor
Managing director
Tom has over 20 years experience at managing director level, covering all aspects from financial performance to human resources to quality, environment and safety management.

During his 30 years with the company Tom has had overall responsibility for projects ranging from civil infrastructure (such as roads, bridges and marine works) and industrial developments to major power station developments in the Caribbean and Middle East as well as Ireland. Tom’s specialist expertise includes project and engineering management for diesel, steam and gas-turbine driven power stations, electrical HV transmission systems and related technologies.

Ger O'Sullivan
Deputy managing director
Ger has extensive experience at the highest level in company management incorporating policy and strategy development, project and company performance, resource management and the establishment and communication of strategic business goals to all staff.

Ger’s background lies in environmental projects incorporating water abstraction, treatment and supply, wastewater treatment and water quality studies in the public and private sectors. He is also well versed in project procurement ranging from conventional routes to design build operate arrangements for public sector water services projects.

Dan Horgan Dan Horgan
Chairman and marketing director
As well as serving as chairman, Dan has overall res-ponsibility for the company’s business development and marketing across all areas of its operation – a role to which he brings many years of top-level manage-ment experience.

Dan’s specialist expertise is rooted in mechanical and electrical engineering – particularly in the design and delivery of building services projects. He has many years experience in managing and directing high profile projects throughout Ireland covering all sectors – most notably commercial, leisure and industrial developments for blue-chip household name clients.

Tom Bolger

Tom Bolger
Director - manager of the Dublin office
Tom has over 36 years experience in the planning and design of building structures and civil engineering works. He has extensive experience as project director and project manager on projects in heavy industry, food industry and general commercial and institutional projects. In the civil engineering area he has experience in roads and transportation, industrial estates, housing projects and mixed use retail development. Overseas experience includes work on a cement manufacturing plant in Poland.

John Murphy

John Murphy
Director - civil and transport
John is one of our senior managers based in Cork serving as our project director on a wide range of civil and structural projects and associated works in Ireland. These include concrete bridges, marine structures and immersed tube tunnels as well as education, industrial and commercial buildings. John also plays a key role in transportation studies, economic appraisals, environmental impact assess-ments, highway design, contract administration and computer systems implementation.

Conor O’Donovan

Conor O'Donovan
Director - power & building services
Conor is one of our senior managers based in Dublin responsible as project director for electrical, control and instrumentation projects in the utilities, transport-ation, industrial and commercial sectors. Conor specialises in project management and engineering design for schemes involving power generation, transmission and distribution for the power utilities, transportation and process industries. He has many years experience working on power projects in Ireland, the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean.

Gabriel Reilly

Gabriel Reilly
Director - civil and structural
Gabriel has over 26 years’ experience in the planning, design, inspection and site supervision of large scale civil and structural engineering works. Extensive experience as Project Manager or Team Leader on a variety of planning, detailed design and construction projects, including ports and harbours, river works, infrastructure works, industrial developments and general civil engineering works. International experience has been gained from a combination of both long term and short term assignments in Europe, Middle East and South East Asia.

Fintan McGivernFintan McGivern
Director - environment
Fintan's key specialisations include water and wastewater treatment, drainage design, catchment management and environmental impact assessment, along with project management, procurement, contract documentation and administration and construction supervision.

Declan Herlihy

Declan Herlihy
Divisional director - civil and transport
Declan has over 26 years experience in the planning, design and supervision of major civil engineering projects in Ireland and the UK. He has acted as Design Team Leader or Project Manager on a number of projects and has particular experience in the development of projects through to final design, including the preparation of Contract Documents. Projects include Dublin Light Rail, Ennis By-Pass, Co. Clare, Southern Cross Motorway, Derry Port Redevelopment and Ministry of Defence (UK) Projects in the Middle East.

Paul KellyPaul Kelly
Divisional director - environment (Dublin)
Paul has more than 11 years experience in environmental management of public and private sector projects in Ireland. Paul's experience includes the environmental brief on a number of road, rail, water supply, waste water, flood relief, industrial and mixed development projects across a range of topics such as environmental design, environmental impact assessment, environmental licensing, environmental auditing and environmental management systems.