The CITA Alliance was formed in 2001, Alan Hore of DIT and Ken Thomas of WIT, along with key construction industry professionals had a vision; that their group would assist in harnessing the potential of information and communication technologies for the Irish construction sector.
The key driver in the development of this organisation was the need to increase the extent of IT knowledge within the Irish construction sector.
Mission Statement
To actively encourage the Irish Construction sector to take full advantage of current and emerging Information and Communications Technologies.
Current Objectives
- To inform the Irish construction sector of relevant IT developments
- To establish and disseminate best practice in the use of IT in the construction sector
- To encourage IT related research and training collaboration between the Irish academic sector and the leading firms in the Irish construction sector
- To establish and maintain links with relevant national and international organisations.
- To encourage the strategic use of IT by all firms in the Irish construction sector.
Organisation and Structure
The organisation and structure involves participation by executive-level company and academic personnel on the Board of Management, as well as participation of experienced people on CITA Special Interest Groups.
This participation is critical to the success of CITA.
Board of Directors
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Dr. Alan V Hore - Head of Department in the Dublin Institute of Technology in the Department of Construction Economics
Alan is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and a whole time lecturer in the Dublin Institute of Technology Bolton Street. Alan completed his PhD studies in Trinity College in early 2007. Alan is married to Nora and has two children Simon and Nicholas.
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 Dr. Ken Thomas - Head of the Department of Building Technology in the Waterford Institute of Technology
Ken obtained a B.E. in Civil Engineering from University College Galway in 1986 and MA in Management from the University of Kent in 1992. Ken joined WIT in 1993 as a Lecturer. He completed his PhD with University College Cork on 'The Exploitation of IT in the Irish Architecture/ Engineering/ Construction Industry' in 2002.
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 John McGowan – Currently a Director at Tualatin Ltd. John was previously the Managing Director at Michael McNamara & Company, the President at Engineers Ireland and VP (TMG) & Director Corp Services at Intel Corporation.
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 Damien Owens - Chartered Engineer, is Registrar for Engineers Ireland. Damien previously worked as a telecommunications consultant with eircom. With 20 years experience in telecommunications and IT Industry Damien has worked in a variety of areas and has extensive expertise in the area of strategic alliances and collaborative ventures.
As a member of Engineers Ireland Damien has been Chairman of the ICT Division, a member of the Executive Committee and was elected to serve on Council. Damien graduated from Trinity College Dublin with Primary and Master degrees in Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration from the Open University.
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 Brendan Sheehan – is currently a director at Varmings having stepped down as a Managing Director in 2006.
Brendan obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) and an MBA from UCD. Brendan is a member of Energy Institute and has over 25 years experience in the design and project management of mechanical and electrical installations. Brendan has particular expertise in laboratory applications along with experience in all forms of facility procurement including design/build, design/bid/build and turnkey applications.
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 Roger West - Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Trinity College Dublin.
Roger is a Chartered Engineer and a fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland.
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 Martin Davidson - is a retired Building Estimator. He was formerly Chief Estimator at Michael McNamara & Company and a Senior Estimator at Rohcon.
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 Seamus Hurley - Director Datech Ireland at Computer 2000. Seamus Manages Autodesk Distribution in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Seamus graduated from University College Cork with a BE in Civil Engineering
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CITA Team
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Suzanne Purcell - CITA EIN Manager
Suzanne obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Studies from the Michael Smurfit Business School in 2002.
Prior to joining CITA, as CITA Skillnet Network Manager in March 2008, Suzanne spent two years as a Senior Account Manager in Ovation Ltd., Ireland Largest Event Management Company and prior to that, three years as Event Manager in the Berkeley Court Hotel.
Suzanne became the CITA EIN Project Manager in April 2009.
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Ruth Halligan - CITA Skillnet Manager
Ruth is the newest member of the CITA Team joining on Monday 3rd October 2011.
Prior to joining CITA Ruth worked as a Sales Trainer and Coach for Truvo Ireland (formally Golden Pages ) for 4 and a half years. Ruth was part of a key group of individuals responsible for the training, the testing and the launch of a new dedicated team selling Google Adwords.
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Bairbre Fox-Mills - CITA Administrator
Bairbre joined CITA on 22nd March 2011. Prior to joining CITA, Bairbre was the Company Secretary for CPM Architecure for the previous 10 years. Bairbre was responsible for the finance and administration functions of the Dublin based firm of Architects and Engineers.
Bairbre was responsible for introducing the Document Exchange (DX) into Ireland.
Bairbre has a BA from Trinity College Dublin and taught English in Scotland and Germany for a period of 3 years. |
 Finbarr McCarthy - Director of Sentrio Technologies Ltd and CITA SIG Co-ordinator
Finbarr graduated from NIHE (Dublin City University) in 1988 with a degree in Business Studies. Finbarr joined Sentrio Technologies in 1995 as Chief Operations Officer. Liaising between the technical and non-technical side of Sentrio, Finbarr translates individual business requirements into technical specifications and develops sales and marketing strategies. Prior to joining Sentrio, Finbarr worked in the IT department of Bank of Ireland, supporting its international banking offices worldwide.
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