Welcome & Introduction – Mairéad Phelan (NBCMSO)
The presentation:
Welcome and Introduction to CPD Day "Housing for All : Building Control and Modern Methods of Construction"
About the presenters:
Shane Tiernan is Chief Executive of Roscommon County Council since October 2022 and is responsible for advancing the physical, economic, social, and cultural life in the county with an annual revenue budget of €75 million. Shane’s focus is on working with the 500 staff and 18 elected members, in developing and overseeing the organisational structures and resources needed to deliver an extensive range of high-quality services to the public.
Shane has held Senior Management responsibility for many service divisions in Irish Local Government for the past 16 years including Director of Services with Roscommon County Council, Senior Executive Officer and Acting Director of Services with Leitrim County Council. Prior to that, he was a Senior Manager in multinational private sector organisations in a total career spanning over 34 years.
Mairéad Phelan is Head of the National Building Control Office. A Chartered Engineer and Fellow of Engineers Ireland she worked with the Local Government Management Agency as a Programme Manager on national shared services projects. Prior to this she was Senior Engineer with Fingal County Council in the Built Environment and Transportation Divisions with specific responsibility for bridges. She spent 10 years as Municipal & Town Engineer with Carlow County Council while also preforming the role of Conservation Officer. Her career commenced with Nicholas O Dwyer Consulting Engineers on Major Water & Drainage Schemes. She is an associate lecturer with Carlow Institute of Technology Built Environment’s Department. Mairéad is passionate about promoting the construction of safe and healthy buildings and the sustainable re-use of our existing building stock. For her work in Building Control, she was awarded the Civil Service excellence and innovation award in 2015.
Mairéad also holds an MBA, a Diploma in Law, a PG. Cert. in Governance, a PGDip in Highway & Geotechnical Engineering, a PGDip in Project Management and a Cert in GDPR.
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All information is correct as of the broadcast date: 31/01/2024