About Us

We’re a dynamic construction project planning and digital construction services provider, who are trusted with some of the most complex and challenging construction projects.

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Meet Our Team

Every member of our team is passionate about planning and project controls. Our team of highly capable engineers, are committed to bringing progressive planning techniques, visualisations and delay analysis services to our clients.

Chris Dunn

Chris Dunn

Planning Director

Chris is a Plannng Director and the head of the Scheduling Division.
He has almost 20 years’ international experience working on challenging high-value projects across all industry sectors.
At Strata, Chris leads a team who are responsible for providing full planning support services through pre-construction and construction stages of projects.  This involves preparing integrated baseline construction schedules, phasing / logistics plans and performing schedule management through the project life-cycle.
Chris joined Strata in 2017, from Kentz in Western Australia, where he was involved in scheduling for many significant projects, including the Gorgon LNG project, one of the world’s largest natural gas projects, and the multiple award winning Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Australia.

Chris has a specialty in the scheduling of mission critical facilities, particularly in the energy sector, where he has led scheduling for multiple maintenance and upgrade projects.
Chris is fluent in both English and French.

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Collette Dowd

Collette Dowd

Planning Manager

Collette is a Planning Manager, with almost fifteen years’ international experience, working on the design, planning and construction of a range of transport, civil infrastructure and other sector projects across Ireland, Mainland Europe and Australia.

Collette’s current responsibility involves leading a team of planning engineers, who prepare construction programmes for tenders and construction schedule management for live projects.

Prior to joining Strata, Collette was the regional pre-contracts planner with one of Australia’s largest infrastructure construction companies. In this role, she was responsible for planning of transport projects delivered under construct only, design and construct and alliance contractual arrangements.

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Enda Grimes

Enda Grimes

Director & Founder

Enda is a Director and Founder of Strata. He is a highly experienced construction planner with over 20 years’ experience, working across all construction sectors. At Strata, he leads a specialist engineering team who provide expert planning, project controls, analytics, visualisation and delay analysis services.

Prior to establishing Strata, Enda was the head planner for Skanska on the ESS (European Spallation Source) project in Sweden, one of Europe’s largest active infrastructure projects. The ESS project is a €3 billion scientific research facility involving a 600m linear accelerator tunnel and once operational, it will become the world’s most powerful neutron source.

Enda has a specialty in construction delay analysis, having completed an MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at Kings College London. This along with his considerable planning expertise has enabled him to conduct multiple delay analysis including as-planned versus as-built and time impact analysis to support and defend extensions of time. He has extensive knowledge of dispute resolution methods and has presented at multiple negotiation meetings as well as in the commercial courts.

+3531453594

Melissa Sheridan

Melissa Sheridan

Operations & Marketing Director

Melissa is the Operations and Marketing Director at Strata. She is a highly experienced business leader, with over 20 years commercial experience. At Strata, she leads the operations and marketing functions, guiding the strategic planning, execution and management of all operational and marketing activities.
Melissa joined Strata in 2023, having previously held senior marketing and commercial roles with Kerry, AbbVie and Abbott, where she was responsible for leading global marketing strategy for a diverse range of brands and products.

Melissa is driven by creative, effective and sustainable strategies, as well as ensuring a company culture, where innovation thrives.

+3531453594

Carl Kelly

Carl Kelly

Digital Construction Lead

Carl is a digital construction lead and head of the Analytics Division.

He has over 10 years’ of construction industry experience, working with both contractors and construction material suppliers. At Strata, Carl leads a team who partner with our clients to integrate and analyse real-time data from multiple sources, including financial data, project schedules, and other sources to improve project delivery.

Carl is an experience construction scheduler and has managed a variety of residential, pharmaceutical, data centre and industrial projects.

+3531453594

Neif Silveira

Neif Silveira

VDC / BIM Manager

Neif is a VDC / BIM Manager with responsibility for our in-house modelling and project visualization team, which when combined with our schedules, deliver a comprehensive, multi-faceted construction planning package.

He is a Civil Engineer with a master’s degree in BIM and also in Project Planning and Management. Neif has over fifteen years’ experience working with some of the largest Brazilian construction companies. He leverages this knowledge when linking the visualisation of our 3D and 4D models to the construction schedule and sequence.

Neif is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English.

+3531453594

Maximiliano Barreto

Maximiliano Barreto

Senior Planning Engineer

Max is a Sr Planning Engineer, with over 15 years international experience working across all construction sectors. At Strata, he leads an engineering team who provides expert planning and project controls services

Max joined Strata in 2021, after spending many years working with contractors and engineering consultants on a number of significant Oil and Gas projects.

Max has a specialty in the scheduling of mission critical facilities, particularly in the pharma, energy, and data center sectors.

Max is fluent in both Spanish and English.

+3531453594

Chris Dunn

Chris Dunn

Planning Director

Chris is a Plannng Director and the head of the Scheduling Division.
He has almost 20 years’ international experience working on challenging high-value projects across all industry sectors.
At Strata, Chris leads a team who are responsible for providing full planning support services through pre-construction and construction stages of projects.  This involves preparing integrated baseline construction schedules, phasing / logistics plans and performing schedule management through the project life-cycle.
Chris joined Strata in 2017, from Kentz in Western Australia, where he was involved in scheduling for many significant projects, including the Gorgon LNG project, one of the world’s largest natural gas projects, and the multiple award winning Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Australia.

Chris has a specialty in the scheduling of mission critical facilities, particularly in the energy sector, where he has led scheduling for multiple maintenance and upgrade projects.
Chris is fluent in both English and French.

353 1 4535947

Collette Dowd

Collette Dowd

Planning Manager

Collette is a Planning Manager, with almost fifteen years’ international experience, working on the design, planning and construction of a range of transport, civil infrastructure and other sector projects across Ireland, Mainland Europe and Australia.

Collette’s current responsibility involves leading a team of planning engineers, who prepare construction programmes for tenders and construction schedule management for live projects.

Prior to joining Strata, Collette was the regional pre-contracts planner with one of Australia’s largest infrastructure construction companies. In this role, she was responsible for planning of transport projects delivered under construct only, design and construct and alliance contractual arrangements.

353 1 4535947

Enda Grimes

Enda Grimes

Director & Founder

Enda is a Director and Founder of Strata. He is a highly experienced construction planner with over 20 years’ experience, working across all construction sectors. At Strata, he leads a specialist engineering team who provide expert planning, project controls, analytics, visualisation and delay analysis services.

Prior to establishing Strata, Enda was the head planner for Skanska on the ESS (European Spallation Source) project in Sweden, one of Europe’s largest active infrastructure projects. The ESS project is a €3 billion scientific research facility involving a 600m linear accelerator tunnel and once operational, it will become the world’s most powerful neutron source.

Enda has a specialty in construction delay analysis, having completed an MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at Kings College London. This along with his considerable planning expertise has enabled him to conduct multiple delay analysis including as-planned versus as-built and time impact analysis to support and defend extensions of time. He has extensive knowledge of dispute resolution methods and has presented at multiple negotiation meetings as well as in the commercial courts.

353 1 4535947

Melissa Sheridan

Melissa Sheridan

Operations & Marketing Director

Melissa is the Operations and Marketing Director at Strata. She is a highly experienced business leader, with over 20 years commercial experience. At Strata, she leads the operations and marketing functions, guiding the strategic planning, execution and management of all operational and marketing activities.
Melissa joined Strata in 2023, having previously held senior marketing and commercial roles with Kerry, AbbVie and Abbott, where she was responsible for leading global marketing strategy for a diverse range of brands and products.

Melissa is driven by creative, effective and sustainable strategies, as well as ensuring a company culture, where innovation thrives.

353 1 4535947

Carl Kelly

Carl Kelly

Digital Construction Lead

Carl is a digital construction lead and head of the Analytics Division.

He has over 10 years’ of construction industry experience, working with both contractors and construction material suppliers. At Strata, Carl leads a team who partner with our clients to integrate and analyse real-time data from multiple sources, including financial data, project schedules, and other sources to improve project delivery.

Carl is an experience construction scheduler and has managed a variety of residential, pharmaceutical, data centre and industrial projects.

353 1 4535947

Neif Silveira

Neif Silveira

VDC / BIM Manager

Neif is a VDC / BIM Manager with responsibility for our in-house modelling and project visualization team, which when combined with our schedules, deliver a comprehensive, multi-faceted construction planning package.

He is a Civil Engineer with a master’s degree in BIM and also in Project Planning and Management. Neif has over fifteen years’ experience working with some of the largest Brazilian construction companies. He leverages this knowledge when linking the visualisation of our 3D and 4D models to the construction schedule and sequence.

Neif is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English.

353 1 4535947

Maximiliano Barreto

Maximiliano Barreto

Senior Planning Engineer

Max is a Sr Planning Engineer, with over 15 years international experience working across all construction sectors. At Strata, he leads an engineering team who provides expert planning and project controls services

Max joined Strata in 2021, after spending many years working with contractors and engineering consultants on a number of significant Oil and Gas projects.

Max has a specialty in the scheduling of mission critical facilities, particularly in the pharma, energy, and data center sectors.

Max is fluent in both Spanish and English.

353 1 4535947

  • Join Our team

    We offer opportunities for top talent to shine and make a real difference by working on some of the largest and most complex construction projects in Europe. If you have the ambition to succeed and would like to be part of our team, please contact us.