The causeway supporting the pier foundations for the railway viaduct had been subjected to several programmes of grouting. The work specification was prepared by C.I.E. and a constant check had to be kept on the grout levels during injection, to ensure a sufficient spread was being maintained in the strata below the viaduct. Each span and […]
The works are the extension landward of the existing Berth 50 within Dublin Port by 50 metres to provide additional berthing capacity within a load-on, load-off container handling/shipping facility. We were sub-contracted by BAM to install 58 No. 40 metre long permanent double corrosion protected rock anchors with working loads up to 1200kN.
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Owing to the increase in traffic from the M50 into Dun Laoighaire and the increase of urban development in South County Dublin, the interchange at Wyattville was upgraded. This interchange facilitates a traffic fl ow of 50,000 vehicles a day and is the second busiest section of motorway in Ireland. The new Wyattville overbridge runs East to West over
This facility which is due to open in 2011 will accomodate Trinity’s Institute of Immunology, a Centre of Excellence in Cancer Drug Discovery, Institute of Neuroscience and Trinity’s Bioengineering Centre. Its opening will coincide with the tercentenary of medical education in 2011. The building will accomodate around 1,000 researchers by 2013. Our involvement in the project arose from
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Phase 1 of this project, carried out in 2007, required the construction of a triple basement with a retained height of 13.5 metres. Over most of the site the rock level within the basement was 3 to 4 metres above formation level. Our proposed solution was to provide a secant pile wall with 900mm CFA
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Mater Hospital, Dublin P.J. Hegarty & Co Ltd were awarded the enabling works package for the new Children’s Hospital. The package of works included for the demolition of existing buildings, the construction of the site perimeter retaining walls, and the bulk excavation of the site. We were awarded the pile wall sub-contract which included the
Criminal Courts of Justice, Dublin The impressive new Criminal Courts Building is located in the west side of Dublin City, close to Phoenix Park, where its elevated location gives it a striking position looking down on Dublin City to the East below. The tricky part on the site was not associated with piling in difficult
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George’s Quay, Dublin Whilst the piling works on this site were technically unchallenging it is one of those contracts that we find very pleasing to be associated with. The building is visually very striking and has a fantastic location overlooking the River Liffey. Specialist services: The piling works involved the installation of 473 No. 600mm
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Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne Road, Dublin The Aviva Stadium is a sporting stadium located in Dublin, Ireland, with a capacity for 51,700 spectators (all seated). The stadium, set in the midst of Dublin’s streets and built on the site of the old Lansdowne Road venue, which was demolished in March 2007, and replaces that stadium as
Over the last few years Dublin Airport has had a number of modifications and extensions to Terminal 1. The new Terminal 2 with its estimated cost of €395M is set to increase the passenger handling capacity by 15 million people a year. It will become the home of Aer Lingus, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta
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