Breda Corrigan

Breda joined Mannings in April 2020 with a mandate to: digitise the business through cloud services; identify opportunities to streamline the business through process change; develop and gather data from across the business to deliver business intelligence dashboards and; make the data available for interrogation through power BI. Breda has worked in the construction industry for over 30 years. Commencing in Geo Surveying in Bolton Street and subsequently completed a full time Computer Aided Design (CAD) training course before commencing with leading Architectural firm, BKD Architects as an Architectural Technician, During this time Breda developed 3D models and walkthrough models of significant projects, BKD were at the forefront of CAD at this time. Breda became a certified Autodesk trainer (AutoCad and Revit) working with a leading IT support company providing customer support, on site installations, customisation of software and training, later moving to Mott MacDonald ( Consulting Engineers) as a BIM /CAD manager Ireland, with responsibility for the delivery of the BIM requirements of the Bergen Light Rail Project, Depot and Workshop Project in Bergen, Norway. Breda later assumed the role of BIM lead for Ireland and was administrator for the Bentley Project Wise Document Management System, supporting projects globally. Breda’s experience in programming and managing the introduction of new software resulted in her joining John Sisk and Sons ( Contractors) in 2016 as IT Project Manager for the business, with responsibility for driving digital maturity across the business. Breda worked with the stakeholders to identify process strengths and weaknesses within the organisation and address issues with new procedures and staff development. As part of this process, the management system was reviewed to introduce digital practice and support technology at the core of the business where it could bring value. Across her career transformation of process as been at the heart of her roles , driving change from within organisations to extract business benefits across all aspects of the construction project life cycle.