Sectors

We operate across six core sectors, drawing on our wealth of cross-sector, international expertise to design and deliver projects that range in both scale and complexity.

About

From the outset, our collective focus and strategic thinking enables us to design and realise architecture that works.

Jim Sullivan

Data Centres + Technology Sector Lead, Director

Jim joined RKD in 1995, bringing five years of prior experience in Ireland across hospitality, leisure, and high-end residential projects. Since then, he has progressively expanded his expertise across multiple sectors within the practice, taking on diverse roles and projects that have fostered his professional growth. Concurrently, Jim pursued further qualifications part-time, enhancing his broad industry knowledge.

Since 2011, Jim has been instrumental in RKD's Data Centres + Technology Sector, which he now co-leads. He has successfully delivered, and continues to work on, complex and challenging projects throughout the EMEA region, gaining extensive experience in various countries including Ireland, the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, and Italy, among others.

Core Expertise

  • Key Client Account Management
  • Data Centre Design and Delivery
  • EMEA Wide Experience
  • Mission Critical Projects
  • Project Delivery
  • Site Selection & Due Diligence
  • Compliance

Qualifications

H Dip Proj Mgt, Post Graduate Diploma in Project Management Trinity College Dublin, 1999
BSc (Surveying), Bachelor of Science Trinity College Dublin, 1998
Dip Cons Econ, Diploma in Construction Economics Dublin Institute of Technology, 1998
Dip Arch Tech, Diploma in Architectural Technology Dublin Institute of Technology, 1995
Dip Con Tech, Diploma in Construction Technology Dublin Institute of Technology, 1994
Jim Sullivan