Research

Pictured (L-R): Mark Tucker, Manager, ROD-IS; Marko Duranovic, Research Engineer; and Ilaria Bernardini, Design Engineer.

What we do

Roughan & O’Donovan’s research and development company, ROD-IS, explores, analyses and solves the infrastructure challenges facing today's infrastructure owners and managers.

We draw on the expertise of our network of universities, research institutes and industry partners to accelerate the development of new technologies and solutions for clients.

As scientific lead on the CEDR WATCH project, I am researching ways of attaining effective and sustainable stormwater management practices in the face of climate change.

John Paul Rooney

Associate, Roughan & O'Donovan
As a researcher on the Safe 10-T Rail project, I am developing protocols for advanced, real-time condition assessments of transport infrastructure assets.

Ciaran Carey

Research Engineer
As scientific lead on the CEDR INTERLINK project, I researched the use of BIM (Building Information Modelling) for civil infrastructure asset management.

Aonghus O'Keeffe

Associate, Roughan & O'Donovan