Bill McMahon, Sr. AIA, OAA
Chairman
Bill is a strategic, financial and architectural planning consultant to clubs throughout North America. He established McMahon Group in 1983 as an affiliate of the family architectural firm his grandfather founded in 1906. Over the ensuing years, the firm has expanded its club consulting services beyond clubhouse improvement planning to a full range of services for all aspects of private club challenges. To date, the firm has assisted more than 2,000 private clubs across the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean. McMahon Group provides a unique approach to developing club facility projects first establishing design and financial feasibility so membership approval is achieved. Thereafter final design and construction firms are selected to build the member approved project.
Mr. McMahon is unique among club consultants in providing an integrated strategic, financial and architectural approach to solving club problems. His personal involvement with his own clubs in St. Louis (serving in the roles of president, board member and committee member) has allowed him to bring unparalleled experience to each client. Mr. McMahon’s club memberships have included Bellerive Country Club (St. Louis), Racquet Club Ladue (St. Louis), University Club of St. Louis, Spring Lake Yacht Club (Michigan) and the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania.
Mr. McMahon is a graduate of Washington University School of Architecture in St. Louis and holds architecture licenses in 44 U.S. states and in Ontario, Canada. He is a featured author in industry publications and a featured speaker at the annual conferences of the Club Managers Association of America, the Canadian Society of Club Managers, the National Club Association and the Hospitality, Financial and Technology Professionals. He serves as a visiting lecturer at continuing education sessions offered by regional CMAA chapters and at Michigan State University. Bill is a co-author of McMahon Club Trends®, the comprehensive research reports on strategic issues facing private clubs published with the National Club Association. He is also founder of the Excellence in Club Management Award.
Mr. McMahon is a member of the American Institute of Architects, and the National Club Association. He is a former president of the Missouri Council of Architects, AIA and has served on various charitable boards in the St. Louis area.
Posts by Bill McMahon, Sr. AIA, OAA
Strategic Planning Comes in Many Packages, But It Must Start With a Comprehensive Plan!
Clubs that do not strategic plan and get with the times will have declining memberships, poor facilities, low initiation fees and crisis management problems.
Read MoreWhy Master Planning Must Precede Any Actual Club Improvement Programs
There is little thought of master planning for the entire club. The classic mistake for clubs in expanding and adding both indoor and outdoor dining capacity and doing nothing for the kitchen.
Read MoreClub Opportunities For Facility Master Planning in a Recessionary Economy
The financial geniuses in Washington have done it again. Having overfunded the economy to save it, they now have to underfund it to deflate it. I think this means deflation and recession. Of course, we in the club world benefited from all the government largesse, so we can’t cry in our soup when they raiseinterest…
Read MorePlanning Strategically to Address Club Facility Needs From Expanding Memberships
The challenge is to not just expand facilities, but to do so with strategic objectives in mind, so the facilities serve to achieve a club’s mission of driving high member satisfaction.
Read MoreSuccessful Club Master Planning Must Start with Board and Membership Consensus Building
A Club’s master plan for its facility future should not just be a wish list for every committee in a Club. It must have direction and purpose. It must be guided by the Board, membership and the General Manager.
Read MoreTimely Conceptual Facility Planning and Budgeting
As club after club is studying its facility needs for establishing future budgets, McMahon Group has been asked over and over again to help provide a range of magnitude cost for club and community projects of all types and sizes
Read MoreBudgeting for Future Projects: If you know the cost, you can get the money
It is almost certain that clubs will have to undertake major facility improvement programs in at least ten-year cycles. Irrigation systems, grill rooms, new recreation activities, etc. will need to be added or improved.
Read MoreMcMahon Group – The Source for Private Club Excellence®
Watch this video of Bill McMahon Sr., Chairman of McMahon Group, explain how McMahon Group continues to be a leader of information and a catalyst for success in the Club industry.
Read MoreO Canada
After an exceptional season last year, both in terms of golf rounds and public health protocols, Canadian clubs are anticipating another successful, albeit unusual year.
Read MoreWhy McMahon Strategies and Services are so Effective
Watch this video of Bill McMahon Sr., Chairman of McMahon Group, detail why the services McMahon provides are so important to not only club members, but general managers as well.
Read MoreYear-Round Club Opportunities – The Way to Build Country Club Success!
In country club after country club and even for golf clubs, the next generation of members want more than a seasonal club offering.
Read MoreEnhancing Club Value and Success by Wisely Investing in the Right Club Facilities!
Over the last ten years, we have seen an explosion in reinvestment in club facilities. And the results have been growing memberships, much higher club satisfaction and a more comprehensive approach to planning, maintaining and adding club facilities.
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