Modern Methods of Construction Including Offsite Production for Next Generation Building in Ireland

P J Rudden

P J Rudden is Chair of the Construction Sector Group (CSG) Innovation and Digital Adoption Sub-group in the Irish Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. He is a Chartered Civil and Environmental Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and Engineers Ireland. He is a former President of Engineers Ireland and currently sits as External Member on the Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board across the Government Departments. This board oversees the implementation of the National Development Plan across projects in Planning, Housing, Health, Transport, Education, Water/Wastewater/Flooding, Tourism, Culture, Rural Development, Urban Regeneration and Security. P J is Founder/MD of Aengus Consulting and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Codema, Dublin’s Energy Agency.

Martin Searson

Martin Searson is CEO of Quality Positive Limited, specialising in providing support services and technical advice to the Engineering & Construction sector, related to Operational Excellence, Sustainable Construction, Modularisation and Process automation. He has over 20 years’ M&E Industry knowledge, with a qualification and background in the Biopharmaceutical Industry. He previously held the role of Group M&E Quality & Lean Manager for a large M&E Engineering and Civil Construction firm for 8 years.

He has extensive Quality Management experience following work on key projects across a range of sectors including Semiconductor, Data Centres, Biopharmaceuticals, Windfarms, Substations up to 400kV, Industrial Manufacturing, Commercial fit-outs and Residential projects, across Ireland, UK and Mainland Europe. Winner of six National Quality Awards (with 7 consecutive nominations) and a Lean Business Ireland Award in 2019 for his approach and implementation of Quality Management and Lean Construction principles across a company operating in Ireland, UK & Europe, Martin holds a Masters in Quantity Surveying and an Honours Degree in Applied Science from Trinity College Dublin.