Mary has worked in the AEC industry for over 30 years in Ireland & the UK. She joined Dublin City Council Quantity Surveying Division in 2016 having previously come from a private sector and commercial sector background. Mary is co-founder of the Public BIM Group comprising of the major public bodies collaborating on common interests such as BIM, Public Works Contracts, and Digital transformations. She sits on the SCSI QS BIM Working Group focusing on the development and use of 5D BIM amongst the Quantity Surveying profession. She also sits on the ICMS Working Group and is actively involved as APC Assessor/Chair for the SCSI.
Mary is a non-executive director on the board of Construction IT Alliance and regularly contributes at conferences as a speaker both at home & abroad on BIM & the QS, Public BIM and BIM & Smart Cities. She is passionate about the use of Data for the Public Good through its collection, harvesting, mining and analytics. She guest lecturers with various Colleges, having previously lectured for a number of years part-time in TUDublin. Mary also sits on the Judging Panel for the Irish Construction Excellence Awards.
Mary sits on the board of the European Council of Construction Economists (CEEC) and hold the position of Secretary General. She also acts as BIM advisor to the Construction Sector Group (CSG).