5TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DAY AT GMIT - GALWAY - MAYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DUBLIN ROAD, GALWAY LIBRARY / IT BUILDING ...
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5TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DAY AT GMIT TUESDAY 10th MARCH 2015 GALWAY - MAYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DUBLIN ROAD, GALWAY LIBRARY / IT BUILDING, RECEPTION 9.00 AM
ROOM 1000
TIME Full Session
Chair: Martin Taggart
MORNING SESSION
9.00 - 9.30 ARRIVAL - TEA AND COFFEE IN LIBRARY / IT FOYER
9.30 - 9.35 Official Welcome
Michael Carmody,
President, GMIT
9.35- 10.05 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Overview of Housing,
Planning and Construction
2020 Strategy Policy.
Minister of State, Paudie
Coffey, T.D. Department of
Environment,Community
& Local Government.
10.05- 10.40 Overview of the Construction
Industry and its Current
Prospects
John O’Regan, Director
AECOM Group
10.40 - 10.55 Questions and Answers
Paudie Coffey &
John O’Regan
10.55 - 11.15 TEA AND COFFEE IN FOYER
ROOM 1000 ROOM 1000 ROOM 994 ROOM 1032
TIME Main Conference Sessions
Chair: Martin Taggart
Breakout Session A
Chair: Martin Taggart
Breakout Session B
Chair: Mark Kelly
Breakout Session C
Chair: Siobhaun Cawley
MID - MORNING SESSION
11.15 - 11.45 Medium - Term Procurement Reflections on Progress National Forum for the
and Investment plans for West with Building Information Enhancement of Teaching
of Ireland. Opportunities for Modelling in their UK and and Learning Seminar.
Business. Ireland Projects.
The Next Step Module
Martin Acton, Commercial Mark Costello, Technical GMIT’s innovative approach
and Procurement Manager, Director, RPS, Engineers, to preparing students of the
Irish Water Galway Office built environment for the
(11.15am - 12.00pm) transition from 3rd level to
the workplace.
11.45 - 12.15 The Philosophy and Concepts GMIT Construction Research (11.15am -1.00pm)
of ‘Lean Construction’ and Update
the new Irish ‘Community of Paul Sheridan, Deputy
Jan Gottsche, GMIT PhD Register, Engineers
Practice for Lean Construction
Candidate and Assistant Ireland
Sean Downey, Director, Lecturer will outline some The Transition from 3rd
Specialist Contracting, The lessons learned from the Level Education to Industry
Construction Industry implementation of resource - Matching Employers and
Federation efficiency strategies on a Student Needs
number of small and large - Bridie Killoran, GMIT
scale construction projects Careers Service Perspective
(12.00pm - 12.15pm)
12.15 - 12.45 Siobhaun Cawley, GMIT
CIOB Code of Practice for Project Influencing Accessibility for
Academic Perspective
Management in Construction & people with Disabilities,
Update on UK progress for the Current and Future Perceptions Various - Employer and
BIM 2016 agenda. Student Perspectives
Michael Wadood, Building
Eddie Tuttle, Public Affairs Control Surveyor & Workshop and Discussion
& Policy Manager, CIOB and President, Chartered
John Eynon, Director Open Association of Building To identify the challenges
Water Consulting Engineers employers face in terms of
graduate recruitment and
12.45 - 1.00 Questions & Answers Questions & Answers to address these challenges
Martin Acton, Sean Downey, Mark Costello, Jan Gottsche from an academic, employer
Eddie Tuttle & John Eynon & Michael Wadood and student perspective.
1.00 - 2.00 LUNCH IN GMIT CANTEEN
ROOM 994
TIME Full Session
Chair: Martin Taggart
AFTERNOON SESSION
2.00 - 2.40 The Civil Engineering Industry
in Ireland Today and Update
on the New Gort to Tuam
N17 / N18 PPP Project
Pat Lucey, Director
Civils, John Sisk & Sons,
Contractors; and, President
CECA, and Noel Curtis,
Project Manager N17 / N18
Project, John Sisk, Civils
2.40 - 3.20 Update on the
Implementation and
progress of the new Building
Control Regulations system
Kevin Sheridan, President,
Association European
Building Surveyors and
Construction Experts
3.20 - 3.35 Questions and Answers
Pat Lucey, Noel Curtis and
Kevin Sheridan
3.35- 3.40 CLOSING REMARKS & VOTE OF THANKS, GERARD MacMICHAEL, HEAD OF SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, GMIT
FURTHER INFORMATION
If you would like further details of GMIT Construction Management or Building Economics & Quantity Surveying Programmes please
contact:
Martin Taggart (CM) or Sean Canney (QS)
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Building & Civil Engineering
Dublin Road
Galway
Email: martin.taggart@gmit.ie Phone: 091 742875 Web: http://www.gmit.ie
sean.canny@gmit.ie 091 742879
CONFERENCE CAR PARKING
Parking at GMIT is controlled by an outside contractor working outside the parking - Galwegians
RFC
control of the conference organisers.
PARKING IN UNAUTHORISED PLACES ON CAMPUS MAY LEAD TO YOU
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BEING CLAMPED.
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Conference parking is detailed below.
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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
pay & display-
parking
A pay and display car park is located first left as you enter GMIT via the
Northern Entrance -
Northern Entrance. This car park is currently charging €1.00 P/H or €5.00 per day. Skerritt
roundabout
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 provide by our Sponsors: - Western Centre, the Chartered Institute of Building in Ireland. - Western Branch, 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 for their ongoing support of our Construction Management and Building Economics & Quantity Surveying Programmes and the valuable opportunities that they afford our students during their industrial placements.
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