{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Engineers Ireland Amplified","title":"Uncovering a Hidden Menace","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2050,"description":"Few of us are presented with a problem so big it needs to be dealt with on a national scale.\nWhen Aidan O’Connell discovered pyrite, he tackled it head-on, literally writing the book on how to deal with it. Today, he is an acknowledged expert in the area worldwide. \nA hands-on pragmatic civil engineer, Aidan’s colourful career has spanned from his early days in the UK to running a successful small firm in Portlaoise for almost thirty years. In this packed half hour, he pulls no punches on pyrites' early days in Ireland and the processes he helped develop to tackle it. He also shares invaluable information on the challenges of engineering, moving up the ladder and what he sees in the immediate future. \nTOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE \n03:27 The most insightful advice he ever received\n06:09 The biggest challenge of his career\n07:47 How he set industry protocols and standards\n09:07 The problem with Pyrite\n15:25 How he started his own firm\n20:11 Competing with local councils\n26:50 The one thing you must have to move up the ladder\n27:50 Process of being named a Fellow of Engineers Ireland\n \nGUEST DETAILS\n\nAidan is a Chartered Civil Engineer with additional qualifications in Geotechnical Engineering and Project Management. After starting his career in the UK, he returned to Ireland to establish his own firm AOCA in 1996, expanding to Dublin in 2014. Aidan is regularly called on as a civil/structural expert with particular expertise on Pyritic Heave. He also holds the honour of being a Fellow of Engineers Ireland.\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/aidan-o-connell-91128b1b/\nhttps://www.aoca.ie\n\n\nMORE INFORMATION\nLooking for ways to explore or advance a career in the field of engineering? Visit Engineers Ireland to learn more about the many programs and resources on offer.\nhttps://www.engineersireland.ie/\n\n\n QUOTES\n\nYou're starting out as a civil or structural engineer but what you will be in ten or twenty years will not be what you started out as. I found that to be absolutely...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/yT1HKVBRO-_0Tw5LD-gGV6EOyCLdCro-cFnWSlmkksA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMjUz/ODU1M2Y5NWViNTE3/Njc1NjAzZTgxMjY0/YjZlMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}