Built on clarity. Driven by results.

We're a specialist planning and project management consultancy delivering structure, foresight, and momentum across Ireland and the UK. From feasibility to handover — we don’t just advise, we stay involved.

Our Values

What sets us apart

We’re always ahead

We anticipate problems before they happen - planning risk, coordination issues, or delivery roadblocks.

Embedded in every project

We don’t disappear between meetings. We’re in the room, making decisions and driving progress daily.

Trusted by clients and teams alike

Architects, contractors, and stakeholders rely on us to keep things moving - with structure and clarity.

Start to finish delivery

From early feasibility to final snagging, we stay involved all the way to handover.

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Our Mission

We help clients deliver better projects — with fewer surprises. Whether navigating the planning process or driving a development to completion, we bring the structure, accountability, and strategic thinking needed to stay ahead of risk and make confident decisions.

What we offer

Our services are built to support your project from idea to handover. Whether you're testing feasibility, preparing a planning application, or managing complex delivery, we step in where it matters most - early, strategically, and collaboratively.

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Project Management

We lead construction projects from pre-construction to completion. Expect proactive communication, consistency, and complete accountability — from kick-off meetings to handover.

Town and Urban Planning

From strategic advice to statutory planning, we help shape viable, approvable schemes. We manage planning risks, lead submissions, and stay involved through approvals and appeals.

Contract Administration

We act as client-side contract administrators - coordinating procurement, managing variations, tracking compliance, and ensuring programme certainty.

Development Management

We provide strategic development support - helping clients shape the right brief, engage the right team, and make the right calls across the life of the project.

Every project has three core principles

We anticipate challenges, facilitate momentum, and deliver results - through structured collaboration, practical foresight, and a commitment to doing things the right way.

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Facilitation

We make space for your team to thrive. By managing the process, the paperwork, the meetings and the momentum, we allow each expert to focus on their core work - while we keep everything moving forward.

Anticipation

We see the road ahead - and act early. From identifying planning risk to resolving design coordination issues before they escalate, we bring experience and insight that helps avoid costly delays.

Delivery

We drive results from concept to completion. Our role is active and accountable. We're not just advisors - we're on the ground, making decisions and delivering outcomes every step of the way.

Our process – Built for action

We’re not bystanders. From planning risk to programme recovery, we’re embedded from day one. Our process is designed for pace, clarity, and results — not just reports and paperwork.

Let's talk
Let's talk
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Site and planning feasibility

We assess the potential. From due diligence to planning risk, we help you understand the viability of a site - before you buy or commit.

Strategy and team formation

We help define your brief, map the regulatory path, and assemble the right design and consultant team from day one.

Design coordination and planning submission

We guide architects and engineers through a planning-ready
design - collaborating closely to submit with confidence and speed.

Planning navigation and approvals

From LRD's to Section 5's, we manage the planning application process, lead engagement, and secure approvals.

Procurement and delivery management

We coordinate contractors, manage procurement, and maintain project momentum - all while protecting programme, quality, and cost.

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Mary-Rose O'Donnell
Director
+353 86 382 2870
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Mary Rose is a highly experienced, dedicated and driven project manager. 

With over 20 years industry experience, and a background in engineering, Mary Rose is unparalleled in her attention to detail and commitment to ensuring the best possible outcome for a project. 

Mary Rose’s approach is grounded in collaboration and a teamwork ethos that ensures that the project team feel a responsibility for, and pride in, a successful project delivery. 

Mary Rose holds a BSc in Construction Management and has worked for both main contractors and Client side companies to ensure a full knowledge range in the management of complex construction projects. 
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Robert Keran
Director
+353 87 254 3332
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Robert is respected within the construction industry due to his collaborative project management style and highly knowledgeable town planning aptitude.

Robert excels in providing projects with development strategies from the get go due to his unique knowledge base.

Robert is a planning enthusiast and is currently a voluntary and integral IPI (Irish Planning Institute) member which ensures that he is on the pulse of all planning legislation.

Robert holds A BSc In Spatial Planning, a BA (Ord) in Law, a LLB (Law) and a Diploma in Project Management. 

Ready to move?
Let’s talk.

Whether you’re exploring a site or facing delivery pressure, we can step in - early, midstream, or right when it matters most. Let’s figure out how to move your project forward.

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