MICHAEL MORIARTY

Education:

• B.E. University College Cork 1975
• M.Eng.Sc. University College Cork 1977

Professional Qualifications:

• Chartered Member of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland 1989
• ACEI Registered Consulting Engineer 2002

Experience:

Michael Moriarty is a Director of T.J. O'Connor & Associates. He has 35 years of experience in the planning and design of major structural engineering projects including office blocks, hospitals, schools and shopping complexes.

He represented the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland (ACEI) in the consultations with the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) on the Safety, Health & Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2006 and associated Guidelines. He also represented the ACEI over the past 8 years in the consultations with the Government Construction Contracts Committee (GCCC) on the conditions of engagement for the new Department of Finance (DoF) Forms of Contract.

He is a course developer and presenter of the ACEI and Engineers Ireland courses on Designing for Safety in Construction and Project Supervisor Design Process (PSDP).

He has acted as expert witness in a number of construction related disputes in structural engineering such as Basements, Certification and Pyrite.

He has been a member of the ACEI Risk Management and PII Committee for the past ten years and the ACEI Executive Committee for the past seven years.

Michael has been elected President of the ACEI for 2012/2013.

Michael has acted as Project Director on the following major schemes: 

• New Dundrum Town Centre Development - Phase 1 - €450M

Project Director for the civil and structural design of this new shopping and leisure complex.

• Dublin Bay Project - Waste Water Treatment Works in Ringsend - €200M

Project Director for the civil and structural design for the Design and Build consortium.

• Central Park Development, Leopardstown, Co. Dublin - €250M

Project Director for the civil and structural design of this office and residential development, which received the ECCS European Steel Design Award.

• Dublin Central Development, O'Connell Street - €800M

Project Director for the civil and structural design of this mixed use retail, office and commercial development, currently planning received. 

• Dundrum Town Centre Development - Phase 2 - €500M 

Project Director for the civil and structural design of this mixed use retail, office and commercial development, currently planning received. 

• Snugborough Road Residential Development, Blanchardstown - €300M

Project Director for the civil and structural design of this residential development. 

• The Square Town Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 - €90M

Project Director for the design of this shopping and leisure complex for which the firm received the Presidents Award for Excellence in Design, presented by the ACEI.

• Edward Square Shopping Centre, Galway - €19M

Project Director for the civil and structural design of this shopping centre adjacent to existing Eyre Square Shopping Centre. 

• Bloomfields Development, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - €20M

Project Director for the civil and structural design of this shopping complex and multi-storey car park.

• Civic Offices, South Dublin County Council, Tallaght, Dublin 24 - €11.4M
  

Project Director for the design and detailing of the new Civic Offices, for which the firm received the CIF Construction Excellence Award.

• Office Development in Leopardstown Business Park, Co. Dublin - €2.5M

Project Director for the civil and structural design of new HQ for Trintech Ltd.

• Cinema & Leisure Complex, UCI/Leisure Corp, Malahide Road, Coolock - €15.2M

Project Director for the civil and structural design of this multiplex cinema and leisure complex.

• Sligo General Hospital, North Western Health Board, Co. Sligo - €31.7M

Project Engineer for the structural design of this ten-storey reinforced concrete hospital building.

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