6 TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DAY AT GMIT

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1 6 TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DAY AT GMIT TUESDAY 8th MARCH 2016 GALWAY - MAYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DUBLIN ROAD, GALWAY LIBRARY / IT BUILDING, RECEPTION 9.00 AM

2 TIME Full Session ROOM 994 Chair: Wayne Gibbons MORNING SESSION ARRIVAL - TEA AND COFFEE IN LEARNING CENTRE FOYER Official Conference Welcome Dr. Fergal Barry, President, GMIT Review of the Construction Industry and it s Prospects John O Regan, Director, Head of Programme, Cost, Consultancy, Island of Ireland, AECOM Group The Opportunities and Obstacles facing the Irish Construction Industry Michael Stone, President, Construction Industry Federation and Managing Director of the Designer Group Construction & Property Experiences,HP Galway, FDI, and wider International Perspectives Noel Conroy, GMIT Graduate, Head of Irish Operations, MJ Conroy Group Questions and Answers John O Regan, Michael Stone and Noel Conroy TEA AND COFFEE IN FOYER, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY AND HARD HAT CHALLENGE

3 TIME Full Session The Housing Crisis - Special ROOM 994 Research and Technical Chair: Wayne Gibbons MID - MORNING SESSION Marian Finnegan, Chief Economist & Director of Research, Sherry FitzGerald Group Ned Brennan, CEO Respond! Housing Association Parag Joglekar, Head of Property and Design, Respond! Housing Association. Hubert Fitzpatrick, Director of Housing, Planning and Development, Construction Industry Federation A Case Study in Collaborative Research The New Human Biology Building, NUIG Dr Mark Kelly, Lecturer & Senior Researcher, GMIT. Paul Mannion, Associate, Scott Tallon Walker, Architects. Brian Holmes, Project Manager, BAM Construction. Jan Gottsche, Assistant Lecturer, PhD Candidate, GMIT Design or Build Compliance and Best Practice Methods (Case Studies) David Taylor, Vice-President, Chartered Association of Building Engineers and Principal, David Taylor Associates (UK) Ltd Question and Answer Session Question and Answer Session LUNCH IN GMIT CANTEEN, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY AND HARD HAT CHALLENGE

4 TIME Full Session ROOM 994 Chair: Wayne Gibbons AFTERNOON SESSION Where s the risk in being an International Construction Manager? Chris Chivers, President, Chartered Institute of Building and Director of Greylough Ltd, Consultants, UK Update on Changes to the Public Works Contracts Review David O Brien, Chairman, Government Construction Contracts Committee Delivery of National Infrastructure Gerry Carty, Managing Director, RPS Group Ltd., Questions and Answers Chris Chivers, David O Brien and Gerry Carty Vote of thanks and concluding remarks Gerard MacMichael, Head of School of Engineering, GMIT

5 FURTHER INFORMATION If you would like further details of GMIT Built Environment Programmes please contact: Martin Taggart (Construction Management) Lisa Dooley (QS) Irene Hayden (Architectural Technology) Wayne Gibbons (Civil Engineering) Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Department of Building & Civil Engineering, Dublin Road, Galway. Phone: Web: CONFERENCE CAR PARKING Parking at GMIT is controlled by an outside contractor working outside the control of the conference organisers. PARKING IN UNAUTHORISED PLACES ON CAMPUS MAY LEAD TO YOU BEING CLAMPED. Conference parking is detailed below: Dublin Road parking - Galwegians RFC N Free Parking Theatre 1000 Conference guests may park free in the nearby GMIT, Galwegians Rugby Ground car park, (see map) This is a 5 minute brisk walk away from the conference venue. Pay and display A pay and display car park is located first left as you enter GMIT via the Northern Entrance. This car park is currently charging 1.00 P/H or 5.00 per day. Skerritt roundabout pay & displayparking Northern Entrance -

6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Department of Building & Civil Engineering at GMIT wishes to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to our panel of expert speakers for giving of their time for the conference. The Department also wishes to acknowledge the kind help with arrangements and financial assistance provided by our Sponsors: - Western Centre, the Chartered Institute of Building in Ireland. - Western Region, Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland. - Southern Ireland Region, The Chartered Association of Building Engineers. We would also like to thank the Construction Industry Federation and its local members, local professional practices and Local Authorities for their ongoing support of our Construction Management, Construction Economics & Quantity Surveying and Civil Engineering Programmes and the valuable opportunities that they afford our students during their industrial placements.