What FESP International does

FESP International Ltd is a privately held Irish professional services firm headquartered in Dublin that has delivered project management, cost management, and construction management services to the construction industry since its founding by Sean White in 1994. The firm operates across nine primary verticals — Healthcare, Commercial, Life Sciences, Infrastructure, Leisure & Hospitality, Residential, Retail, and Manufacturing & Technology — with a particularly deep specialism in life sciences (pharmaceutical manufacturing, GMP facilities, biotherapeutics plants) and healthcare (hospitals, clinical facilities). Its methodology stack is anchored in Last Planner and Lean Management, supported by ISO 45001 occupational health and safety and ISO 14001 environmental management certifications, with delivery expertise spanning LEED Platinum/Gold, WELL, BREEAM Excellent, and Irish Green Building Council certification standards.

FESP engages with enterprise clients on a project-by-project professional services fee basis, typically spanning full lifecycle from initiation through planning, execution, and project close. The firm has delivered landmark projects including the Guinness Storehouse Gravity Bar expansion (175,000 incident-free manhours), the CitiBank 300,000 sq ft EMEA HQ at Dublin Docklands targeting triple Platinum (LEED/WELL/Wiredscore), the FUJIFILM Biotech Campus Expansion for mAbs/mRNA/viral gene therapy manufacturing, and the first private-sector public rail infrastructure in Ireland (LUAS Line A1). Customer roster includes CitiBank, Google, Dell Technologies, MSD, Bristol Myers Squibb, Amgen, Abbott, J&J/Vistakon, VHI, Mater Private Hospital, Diageo, State Street, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

FESP monetizes through three primary revenue streams — Project Management, Cost Management, and Construction Management services — all delivered on a quote-based, project-specific pricing model with no publicly disclosed tiers. Distribution is direct-to-enterprise, with leadership-driven business development across Ireland, the UK, continental Europe (Netherlands, Germany, Russia), North Africa and the USA. The firm employs 11-50 internal professionals (while coordinating 600+ people on major projects), operating a 2-year Graduate Program to develop talent. The leadership team is led by CEO Kevin Moran (joined 1996, MD since 2010) and Managing Director Eoghan Leahy, with CFO Peter Evans overseeing finance across Ireland and overseas. There are no external investors, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no patents or trademarks disclosed.

Name

FESP International

Legal name

FESP International Ltd

Website

https://fesp.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FESP International is a Dublin-headquartered, privately held professional services firm founded in 1994 that delivers project, cost, and construction management to enterprise clients across healthcare, life sciences, commercial, and infrastructure sectors in Ireland, the UK, continental Europe, and the USA.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin, Leinster

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Project Management Services: FESP provides project management services for construction and development projects across multiple sectors. Revenue is generated through professional services fees on a project basis, typically involving engagements from project initiation through completion and handover.
2. Cost Management Services: Cost management and cost consulting services for construction projects, including budget development, cost control, valuations, and progress payments throughout the project lifecycle.
3. Construction Management Services: Construction management services including on-site management, contractor coordination, quality management, and construction completion and handover services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

FESP International is a privately held construction professional services firm providing Project Management, Cost Management and Construction Management Services to enterprise clients across healthcare, commercial, life sciences, infrastructure, hospitality, residential, retail and manufacturing sectors. Its teams define client needs, manage process and risk, and deliver projects safely, on time and on budget using methodologies such as Last Planner, Lean Management, value engineering and ISO 45001/14001-certified safety and environmental management.

Product overview

FESP International is a privately held professional services company providing Project Management, Cost Management, and Construction Management Services to the construction industry. Rather than a software product company, FESP offers a portfolio of service offerings including Project Management, Cost Management, Construction Management, Project Controls, Contract & Claims Management, Risk Management, Safety Management, Procurement Management, Programme Management, Value Engineering, Last Planner, and Lean Management. The company's service delivery spans the entire project lifecycle from Initiation through Planning, Execution, and Project Close, and operates across multiple sectors including Healthcare, Commercial, Life Sciences, Infrastructure, Leisure & Hospitality, Residential, Retail, Manufacturing & Technology, and Project Recovery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Project Management Services End-to-end project management of construction and development projects from initiation and planning through execution to close, for enterprise clients across healthcare, commercial, life sciences, infrastructure, hospitality, residential, retail and manufacturing sectors.
• Cost Management Services Cost consultancy services for construction projects including budget development, cost control, valuations and progress payments across the full project lifecycle.
• Construction Management Services On-site construction management services including contractor coordination, quality management, safety management, construction completion and project handover for enterprise clients.
• Project Recovery Services Specialist intervention to recover troubled, delayed or stalled construction and development projects, helping clients regain control of cost, programme and risk.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully delivered 175,000 incident-free manhours on the Guinness Gravity Bar expansion project.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm offering project and programme management across buildings, life sciences and infrastructure — a much larger incumbent competing for the same enterprise PM work.
• Arup: Global engineering and advisory firm offering project and programme management for buildings, life sciences and infrastructure — directly relevant competitor for high-spec enterprise projects.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consultancy providing programme, project and construction management across commercial, life sciences and public infrastructure — a scaled competitor for enterprise frameworks.
• WSP: Global professional services consultancy providing project management and engineering across property, life sciences and transport — competes with FESP at the upper end of the same enterprise client list.

Direct peers

• Linesight: Irish-headquartered construction consultancy providing cost management, project management and advisory services to data centres, life sciences and commercial real estate clients globally — directly overlapping FESP's service mix and client verticals.
• Turner & Townsend: Global professional services firm specialising in programme management, cost consultancy and project management for real estate, infrastructure and natural resources — a direct competitor for the same enterprise PM mandates FESP pursues.
• Faithful+Gould: AtkinsRéalis-owned project and cost management consultancy serving commercial, life sciences, public and infrastructure clients — directly comparable in scope, geography and blue-chip enterprise client mix.
• Mace Group: International consultancy and construction company offering project and programme management services across commercial, life sciences, transport and hospitality sectors, competing head-to-head with FESP on complex builds.
• Gleeds: UK-headquartered global construction consultancy providing project management, cost management and advisory services — comparable in service lines and target sectors (commercial, life sciences, healthcare).
• PM Group: Ireland-headquartered international project management and engineering firm serving pharma, life sciences, food and advanced manufacturing. Highly comparable to FESP in life-sciences PM focus, Irish roots and enterprise client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fesp-international

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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