BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE MARK MULVILLE TALKS ABOUT TAKING OVER THE SCHOOL OF SURVEYING AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT TU DUBLIN IN THE MIDST OF A LOCKDOWN, HIS PLANS FOR THE SCHOOL, AND WHAT MAKES A GOOD SURVEYOR.
M
ark Mulville took over from
geographic science, quantity surveying and
huge amount of experience and knowledge,
Tom Dunne as Head of the
real estate. Even before Covid, the School was
but Tom and Martin left the School in a really
School of Surveying and
undergoing a major transformation as part of
good place. We’ve also had new appointments
Construction Management at Technological
the transition of DIT Bolton St to TU Dublin.
to the School’s senior leadership such as Dr
University (TU) Dublin in April, so had the
Mark is conscious of the need to retain the
Frank Harrington as Real Estate Discipline
unenviable task of beginning a new role during
School’s identity within the new structures:
Lead and Ruairi Hayden as Construction
lockdown.
“We’re bringing three institutions together.
Management and Geomatics Discipline Lead,
With approximately 1,200 students and 45
A lot of change is going to happen. My role is
so we’ve got a very strong team. I’m really
staff, the School offers a range of programmes
to make sure that the disciplines I represent
looking forward to working with them”.
from level 6 to 10, in construction management,
are reflected, that the importance of them will be front and centre”.
A different kind of change
INTERVIEW
It’s been a time of change among staff too, with
A strong team will be needed in the coming
the retirement of Tom Dunne and Martin
months, as the School, like every other learning
Ann-Marie Hardiman Managing Editor, Think Media
Hanratty, the former Head of Real Estate at the
institution, goes through what Mark calls “the
School, and new appointments too: “We lost a
largest change higher education’s ever faced”.
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