GUIDING THE SOCIETY THE SCSI HAS THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLSETS WITHIN ITS BROAD MEMBERSHIP TO CONTRIBUTE HUGELY TO THE RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSING CRISIS AND CREATE A BETTER CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY INDUSTRY, SAYS NEW SOCIETY PRESIDENT MICHEÁL MAHON.
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ew President of the SCSI
recover from and is something Micheál is
lives there with his family. He attended Waterford
Micheál Mahon takes charge
passionate about avoiding again: “There’s been
Institute of Technology before completing his
during an uneasy time but says
a huge drain of resources in terms of
degree in DIT Bolton St. He went on to do a
the Society will work tirelessly on raising
professionals and tradespeople that the country
postgraduate degree in project management in
awareness with policymakers of the need to
can’t afford. It’s almost a missed generation;
Trinity College.
create a sustainable property and construction
those people should be back here. But history
After many years working in the sector in
industry, and avoid the peaks and troughs that
has shown that’s what invariably happens in our
quantity surveying practices and contracting
damage the sector.
industry when we have a severe recession, so we
organisations in Dublin and the south east,
The last recession led to emigration and skills
have to try and ensure it doesn’t happen again”.
he went on to open his own practice,
shortages. This has proven extremely difficult to
Micheál is from Bunclody in Co. Wexford and still
MGM Partnership, which focuses on the
INTERVIEW Colm Quinn Journalist and Sub-Editor, Think Media
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