KINGSPAN DONATES €500,000 TO TUD
DUKE MCCAFFREY NEW APPOINTMENT
Kingspan has announced a five-year partnership with Technological
Iomair
University Dublin (TUD) to support the development of the University’s Design
McCaffrey as Senior Cost Manager to
and Construct Centre. The Centre aims to enhance the competitiveness of
work across industry sectors including
Irish construction, engineering and architectural companies in the global
housing, nursing care, schools, data
marketplace.
centres and hotels. He is a quantity
The University states that the Centre will offer a collaborative learning
surveyor with over 15 years’ experience in
experience and capacity building for students from apprenticeship to PhD
the industry. He holds a BSc in
level, and a testbed for developing innovative and transformative solutions
Construction Economics and is registered
for industry. Work on the development of the facility, including the Kingspan
with the SCSI. Iomair said: “I am
Lab, will begin in Q3 of 2021.
extremely pleased to join the team in
Kingspan’s Group Head of Innovation, Mike Stenson, said: “Being able to
DMC.
partner with the University gives Kingspan the unrivalled opportunity to work
management approach, as well as the variety of projects they are involved
with TU Dublin students collaboratively during the course of their studies.
with, are things that appealed to me massively”.
This learning period is the ideal timeframe for Kingspan and the students to
The company states that having spent the majority of his career to date
build a shared understanding, knowledge and curiosity in innovation,
working in a family quantity surveying practice, Iomair has built a wide range
digitalisation and sustainability for a better future-built environment. The
of experience in the education, housing, retail, commercial and conservation
partnership and the Kingspan Lab also enable the opportunity to collaborate
sectors. Joe McCaffrey, Managing Director of Duke McCaffrey, said: “We are
in extensive research in each of these areas, offering students exciting,
delighted to welcome Iomair to the team. During the interview process he
future-focused and comprehensive learning opportunities that will benefit
showed great talent and his down-to-earth personality will work well with
TU Dublin, Kingspan and the wider construction sector”.
our clients and our team”.
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