Appendices
- 1. APPENDIX 01 Duties & Responsibilities: A new build, retail and leisure development situated on a green field site in an urban area. Project team included project manager, project architect, myself and 3 other technical staff, involved in planning, tender & construction of circa 85,000 sq. mtr. steel frame construction. Development includes 3 no. retail anchors, 40+ retail units, 20+ food outlets, bowling alley & Olympic sized ice rink over two levels of insitu basement car parking, with multi storey car park. Including ESB sub stations, plant rooms & service areas, rainwater harvesting system, storm water retention and attenuation systems. The client stipulated minimal use of block laying in the development and so alternative systems had to be researched; the ‘Ytong’ system was approved. Extensive redesign of internal layout and facades while construction continued on site causing increased pressure. Project Desrciption: Design Team: Parkway Valley Shopping Centre - €300m contract North Elevation, showing food court area with sloped glazed external façade. Location: Duration: Position of Employment: Reporting to: Limerick, Ireland. July ’06 & Mar. ’07 – Oct. ’08. • Managed a team of 3 other architectural technicians providing tutoring and technical guidance. • Responsible for transforming the development from concept to practical construction. • Involved in redesigning internal layouts and facades. • Accountable for the preparation, reviewing and issuing of tender packages and construction drawings. • Responsible for reviewing and coordinating MEP service and structural drawings with the architectural design. • Attending regular design team meetings providing technical advice and design solutions. • I ensured the smooth running of the project program by meeting all required deadlines. • Created the structural format for the project program. Senior Architectural Technologist/Technician. Project Manager & Project Architect. James Toomey Architects, Joseph Doyle consultant architects, Royceton Engineering, Danninger Construction, JV Tierney Building Services, ILTP Traffic Consultants, Bernard Seymour Landscape Architects. East Elevation showing copper clad façade on various differing axis. Main Entrance and Plaza on South elevation. Section through main mall atrium area and olympic sized ice rink.
- 2. APPENDIX 02 Duties & Responsibilities: A new build, retail development situated on a green field site in an urban area. A two storey steel frame construction over an insitu basement car park. Includes one anchor (Dunnes Stores) and 20+ units approx 100sq. mtrs. each, comprising of retail and food outlets. The development is primarily cladded with ‘Kingspan’ paneling and brickwork. Redesign of anchor unit during construction led to reconstruction of primary steelwork. As with most retail developments the internal wall partitions were delayed until tenants signed up, this lead to increased pressure towards the completion of the development. Projet Desrciption: Design Team: Gorey Shopping Centre - €30m contract Cross Section through main entrance and public area. Location: Duration: Position of Employment: Reporting to: Gorey, Co. Wexford, Ireland. July ’06 - March ’07. • Involved in planning, tender and construction stage. • Responsible for preparation, reviewing and issuing of tender packages and construction drawings. • Reviewing and coordinating MEP services and the building structure in the construction drawings. • Liaising with consultants and sub-contractors regarding design matters. • Attended on-site meetings monitoring site progress and providing technical advice. • Carried out site surveys. • Provided technical detailing solutions to design issues as they arose on site. • Responsible for the preparation and issuing of numerous schedules and tenant drawings. Senior Architectural Technologist/Technician. Project Manager & Project Architect. James Toomey Architects, John Campbell Engineers, Michael Punch & Partners consulting engineers, Rohcon construction, ILTP Traffic Consultants. Main Entrance to Shopping Centre Interior of Shopping Centre Public Area Longtitudinal Section through main entrance and public area.
- 3. APPENDIX 03 Duties & Responsibilities: The project consisted of the refurbishment to the existing 5,550sq. mtr. office block with a 1,250sq. mtr. extension to the development and a 900+ sq. mtr. residential floor added to the roof. This included the complete restoration of all four facades while implementing a sustainable aspect throughout the building. The existing office block was a five storey development over a concrete basement car park. The building was constructed from a structural concrete panel system on three of the four facades. These were to be removed and replaced with new cladding systems. The removal of these panels meant that the buildings primary structure had to be strengthened before the replacement of the facades could be undertaken. A number of columns were either removed or relocated in the basement car park to give a more economic layout which meant further strengthening to the primary structure. Projet Desrciption: Design Team: Office Refurbishment and Extension - €7m contract Location: Duration: Position of Employment: Reporting to: Hatch Street, Dublin, Ireland. May ’06 - July’06. • Involved in the project throughout its tender stage. • Responsible for the research of building materials & products. • In charge of the preparation and issuing of detailed tender packages. • Responsible for the constructability review of the redesign of the building facades, incorporation of a basement carpark and the addition of an extra floor at roof level. • Liaising with consultants and sub-contractors regarding design matters. • Providing technical detailing solutions. Senior Architectural Technologist/Technician. Project Architect. James Toomey Architects, John Campbell Engineers. Main Entrance to Office Complex. South elevation of Office Complex North elevation of Office Complex
- 4. APPENDIX 04 Duties & Responsibilities: A luxury hotel & leisure development on the Powerscourt house estate. It was important for this development to blend into its surroundings. It consists of 201 guest bedrooms each approx. 70sq.m, a 2,800sq.m leisure complex and spa, a ‘Gordon Ramsay’ restaurant, a ball room and 1,000sq.m of conference facilities as well as a number of other bars and restaurants. Projet Desrciption: Design Team: 5+ star Ritz Carlton Hotel - €200m contract Sugar Loaf restaurant in the Ritz Carlton Location: Duration: Position of Employment: Reporting to: Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. January 2006 – May 2006 • Joined the team of 6 technical staff working for a project manager during the construction stage of the development. • Responsible for taking a number of elements from design/sketch stage up to detailed construction drawings. • Attending site meetings to monitor site progress and provide on-site technical advice. Graduate Architectural Technologist/Technician. Project Architect. James Toomey Architects, John Campbell engineers, SISK construction. Front Elevation of the Ritz carlton Main lobby of the Ritz carlton Bedroom interior of the Ritz Carlton
- 5. APPENDIX 05 Duties & Responsibilities: A 15,000sq.m hangar on a brown field site with 3 no. aircraft bays. The project was run by ‘Equipment Solutions’, who required a technician for the design and planning stage of the project. Projet Desrciption: Design Team: Aircraft Hangar for ‘Britannia’ airways Location: Duration: Position of Employment: Reporting to: Luton, England. April 2004 – May 2004. • Carried out extensive research into aircraft hangar design requirements. • Prepared design drawings for approval by the client. • Prepared and submitted planning application for the development. • Carried out on-site surveys. Architectural Technician Company Director & Project Manager. Beer & Burgess Architects, ‘Equipment Solutions’ consulting engineers. Apron in front of Hangar Concept photo of hangar under construction
- 6. APPENDIX 06 Duties & Responsibilities: A 5,525sq.m. development on a green field site which includes 60+ bedrooms, function room, bar & restaurant, conference rooms, leisure centre & spa including a swimming pool. The project also included a 1,300sq.m. 4 storey apartment complex and a 1,200sq.m. 3 storey office & residential complex. The hotel & leisure complex were constructed from a steel frame structure with a mixture of composite plastered panels, stone cladding and glazing used in the external facades. There was an extremely tight deadline of three weeks for the design and planning stage of this development in order to comply with a tax incentive scheme. Projet Desrciption: Design Team: Carlton Millrace Hotel - €75m contract Main function room of the hotel Location: Duration: Position of Employment: Reporting to: Bunclody, Co. wexford, Ireland. March 2004 – December 2005. • Responsible for the design of the office & residential buildings in the development • Responsible for preparing the planning, tender and construction packages for this development. • Attended on site meetings, gaining site experience and provided technical advice. • Carried out on site surveys and monitored the progress of construction works on site. • Liaised with contractors & sub-contractors during the construction stage of the development. Architectural Technician Project Architect. Beer & Burgess Architects, Milltown Engineering, Redmond Civil Engineering. Site Entrance showing facated glazed function room Main entrance to the hotel Bar & Lounge Area of the hotel