5 minutes with … Martin Harvey at McAvoy

2026-08-21T06:00:00

The firm’s head of design and technical services on modular challenges and solutions, why people make all the difference in construction, trusiting his instincts and his love of (particularly) Gaelic football

Why did you choose construction as a career?

I was always drawn to the technical side at school – woodwork, metalwork and problem-solving. I started as an architectural technologist, then moved to England for more experience and was introduced to offsite.

When I came back to Ireland, McAvoy was moving from product to solution. There was strong demand, particularly through the Department for Education in England, and it felt like the right place to be.

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