Cathy McMahon

Cathy’s stirring institutional designs not only inspire the communities they serve, but also prioritize sustainability, accessibility, and durability. Married with her exceptional leadership skills and highly efficient working style, Cathy’s specialized skills ensure that projects reflect design excellence and integrity. Cathy recently led the design team which brought the Nova Scotia Community College, Marconi Campus, to a new home on Sydney Harbour, in Cape Breton Island. This is a special project for her as the project aspirations are to reinvigorate Post-Industrial Downtown Sydney with the new campus, which is near where she grew up. Cathy served as Project Architect for the Sudbury Place des Arts project, a multi-purpose community and cultural centre for the Franco-Ontarian community which included a theatre, daycare, and gallery spaces. This rewarding project brings together seven diverse community-basedFrancophone arts organizations in a facility which is reinvigorating the Post-Industrial downtown core of Sudbury. Cathy was also a Design Team Leader for the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) Headquarters and Multi-Tenant Complex, a mass timber and LEED Platinum facility which also includes a geothermal field.

Cathy has a wealth of expertise in the execution of student, wellness, and recreation facilities for a number of post-secondary and public institutions, as prior to joining MTA, Cathy focused a decade of her career developing community centre, athletic, and wellness projects in municipalities across Canada.Cathy has served as a Project Architect and Team Leader in all phases of a project. Her experience working with various client types through early design to completed construction will ensure that project goals are achieved without compromise to the design. Her career experience ranges from institutional to residential projects with an ability to develop and implement design vision at any scale.

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