Waterman Moylan Consulting Engineers for Clerys Quarter.  Located on the main thoroughfare of Dublin, the Clerys Quarter project involved the repair, restoration, and extension to the historic Clerys Building, originally constructed in 1922. The development also saw the construction of a new six-storey building. The completed development provides 32,000m2 of mixed-use space for retail, cafe, office, and hospitality use. The project involved the conservation of existing building fabric and retention of the 1922 concrete structure, with the addition of an independent large-span steel structure to support three new additional floors and roof. The consultant C&S engineers were appointed from concept to completion for the development. The scheme demonstrates an innovative and sensitive design approach to the delivery of a project involving a building of cultural significance on a challenging site. The project is an example of engineering excellence, with an innovative design utilising BIM. This redevelopment will form an integral part of the regeneration O’Connell Street and the wider north city centre.

Garland for 16 St Stephen’s Green.

The project comprised the restoration and redevelopment of no. 16 St Stephen’s Green; a four-storey Georgian Townhouse connected at the rear with a four-storey 1960s-built concrete framed office building. The consultants were C&S engineers and PSDP from project inception to building handover. Works included the conservation and repair of the protected structure. The 1960s rear block was partially demolished and subsequently redeveloped as a 7-storey office building. On a restricted city centre site, the project saw the sensitive restoration of the original Georgian townhouse connected via a new glazed bridge to the new office development to the rear. This included the restoration of damaged cantilevered limestone stairs. The completed scheme obtained an A3 BER rating as well as LEED Gold accreditation. This project represents an excellent example of how the existing historic street fabric of Georgian Dublin can be conserved and adapted for reuse.

A project of significant scale occupying almost the full length of Fitzwilliam Street. Comprising two 5/7 storey blocks over triple basement, with an overall floorspace of 42,000 m2 above a semi worked-out quarry. The outcome of an International Design Competition, conceived to complement its Georgian core setting, it features hand laid brick walls as the primary load bearing element along Fitzwilliam Street. Innovative structural details include large Vierendeel trusses offering clear spans up to 15m, slip formed cores, and GGBS to reduce embedded carbon footprint. The project is a worthy winner of a competitive category.

A 48,000 m2 ultra-modern, precision engineered, biologics plant for which GDCL Consulting provided Civil & Structural Engineering services. At a cost of €350 million the project was delivered at high speed over a short time period meaning the consultant had to be on hand with just in time design solutions across a range of areas. The main building is a complex steel structure accommodating state of the art pharmaceutical processing equipment, with extremely high operating tolerances, feeding back into strict structural engineering design requirements. The site employed 2,000 workers at peak.

Located in the historic heart of Dublin, this former stables and forge was turned into three storey offices by DCC in the 1990’s. The current project added a further two floors which, through inspection, historic drawing review, and analysis, were supported off existing walls and foundations. The project is a worthy winner given its attention to detail, reuse of existing historic structure and the successful marriage of old and new. The concept of exposing the primary structure of the new project is considered a welcome expression of engineering form and function.

Located on a tight, City Centre site in an Architectural Conservation Area, the project involved the construction of a seven storey over basement office with a glazed atrium, coupled with the restoration of four protected, semi-derelict, 18th century Georgian Houses. The Consulting Engineer assessed the protected structures for suitability from floors through to brickwork. Some facades had moved away from the buildings and had to be tied back to the party walls. Underpinning required in locations. The scheme is an example of engineering excellence providing real world solutions for the reuse and re-integration of older Protected Structures.