Ruairdhi has trained as a professional structural carpenter, with 8 years experience in Ireland and 10 years training in the guild in France specialising in structural timberwork.
Proven man-management skills.
Proven Customer facing and negotiation skills.
Fluent in English, French and Spanish.
Suspended Balconies,
Attic Conversions,
Cut Roofs,
Tiling and Slating – 1st and 2nd Fixing Post and beam
oak structures traditionaly assembled with wooden pegs.
Glue lammed beams.
Timber-Framed structures,
traditional stairs,
wooden floors and timber decking.
1999 to 2004
Set up own company under Kavanagh Timber
Contractors Ltd. Employed between two and ten staff at all
times. Responsible for the management and development of new
business and potential customers.
Management of staff and oversight of all work carried out.
1998
Sole Trader in carpentry work. Two weeks
spent in Cimpina (Romania) to help construct an orphanage
(humanity work).
September 1997 - September 1998
Enterprise Louis Geneve, Switzerland- Position
to co-ordinate workshop and site work on several projects
with architects and engineers. Structural foreman (carpenter)
on site co-ordinating with all other trades. Also responsible
for employees and apprentices.
April 1997 - July 1997
Enterprise Belliard- Specialised in gluelame
beams and carpentry. Co-ordinate office (cad works), design
with workshop and site work. Providing for 4 teams of carpenters
and 4 teams of roofers. Verifying drawings before cutting
any timbers or beams. Also responsible for workshop employees
and apprentices.
April 1996 - March 1997
Enterprise A.T.B. (Art et Technique du Bois)-
Restoration specialising in castles, churches, cathedrals.
Using traditional methods, i.e. tenon / mortise and wooden
pegs. Responsible for co-ordinating traditional methods on
strict budgets with architects. Also responsible for site
employees and apprentices.
July 1991 - March 1996
Worked in various parts of France, French
Alps and Holland carrying out the following :
Agriculture Buildings
Carpentry
Restoration
Stairways
Chalets
September 1989 - June 1991
Apprenticeship – Carpentry, Shuttering,
Stairs.
September 1987
Enterprise Pfirsh – Joinery / Carpentry
– Doors, Windows, Stairs.
Education
De La Salle Secondary School, Churchtown,
Co. Dublin.
C.F.A. – Henri Nominé – Sarreguemines,
France.
Association Ouvrière des Compagnons du Devoir du Tour
de France.
Qualifications
July 1991 - Certificat d’Aptitude
Professionnelle Carpentry - Brevet d’Enseignement Professionnel
March 1993 - Certificat Promotion
Ouvrière
Architect : Ghislain Luthers, Dromahair,
Leitrim- tel : 0719164370
Architect : Michael Gowran, BSc.MCIT Saggart- tel : 014589868
Architect : John Batt project, client N. Kavanagh –
tel :014935140
Sub-contracted to :
Albert Building Services (Farmleigh Estate)
Shenick Contracting
R. Doyle Construction
Asgard Building Services
Blue Print Construction
Private Clients :
C. Cusack: Ballainteer
Denis Conway : Kilmainham
Des Byrne : Templeogue
Martin Byrne : Dolphins Barn
John Lyons : Sligo
Patricia Moran : Drumcondra
Al Richardson : Rathfarnam
Sarah Kerr : Celbridge
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