Management Team

Pat O’Neill has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry. In the mid 1980’s, Pat successfully established and operated a mid sized construction firm in New York, U.S.A. Upon returning to Ireland in the early 1990’s Pat, along with his fellow directors Sean Minihane and Brendan O’Neill, established ABM. Pat has experience of traditional build, design & build, rapid build schools, refurbishments extensions, new builds, private and public sectors projects including educational, residential, medical, and commercial and civil engineering.

Philip is a Chartered Structural Engineer and has over 25 years post qualified experience across many sectors within the construction industry in various engineering roles. Philip graduated from Bolton St., College of Technology in 1992 with a Degree in Structural Engineering and spent the early part of his career working in Consulting Engineering practices as a Design Engineer and Client-Side Project Manager. In 2000, he joined ABM and led the ABM Bridge Systems Division as General Manger/Associate Director and was responsible for all operations in Irish, UK and European markets. In 2011, Philip joined Leighton Contractors as a Project Manager and was responsible for the delivery of over $200m of precast concrete for the multi-billion Gorgon LNG Plant, Civils and Underground Services contract. Philip re-joined ABM in 2015 and as the General Manager is responsible for all day to day operations, particularly the strategies for winning work and the management of resources and systems to deliver projects to meet client expectations. Philip is a Chartered Engineer with Engineers Ireland and The Institution of Structural Engineers and has also completed an Executive MBA.

Robert has over 23 years’ experience in Traditional Build/Design & Build construction methods and has been ABM Contracts Manager & PSCS responsible for Department of Education Rapid Build Schools Programme for the last 10 years. Robert has worked on many projects including Schools, Residential, Medical, Commercial and Retail and has an in-depth knowledge of project management and the complexity of programming projects from inception to completion.

Tom has over 20 years’ experience working in both the Irish and UK Construction industries. He has a wealth of experience in all stages of construction, from project feasibility to final accounts across a wide range of project types and sectors. Tom is a pro-active team leader with key focus on Cost Management and Risk Management across all projects. He encourages the commercial team in ABM to take a co-operative and collaborative approach to ensure projects are delivered within the parameters agreed at pre-construction stage. Tom ensures he has an in-depth knowledge of each project ABM are involved in and this assists the ABM projects teams in delivering quality projects within the agreed time-frame and budgets.