Commercial Property

Building on experience to manage construction costs

Ronan McGrath of McGrath Construction Consultants discusses how his company copes with the profound changes that have disrupted the sector

Ronan McGrath, quantity surveyor and principal of McGrath Construction Consultants, said keeping up with current rapid construction cost inflation rates was like working in the stock exchange. Picture: Maura Hickey

Construction costs and questions about development viability have maintained a constant presence in news headlines for the past few months, so it was timely to talk to Ronan McGrath, quantity surveyor, owner of Enniscorthy-based company McGrath Construction Consultants and a guest speaker at last week’s CIF Housebuilding Summit 2023 in Dublin.

McGrath’s business offers costing services to the construction sector and has expanded in recent years to open additional offices in Dublin and London.

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