Upgrades to Bray’s sea-front plaza on Strand Road have recently been completed. This high-quality plaza has greatly enhanced the public space on Bray’s famous seafront. Placed as it is, in the centre of the local community, it is regularly used by both residences and business in the area. It provides the opportunity to sit [...]
McCullough Mulvin Architects transformed a former stone hospice into a new home for the Butler Gallery and a cultural centre in Kilkenny. Galco was a one-stop-shop for all drainage systems used during the renovation. The Evans Home, a former Almshouse, has been sensitively restored and combined with contemporary interventions, in the form of two, [...]
Recyfix Monotec drains Store Street project in Youghal. Cork County Council chose it for its lightweight, high capacity, fast installation, and monolithic drainage system. One of the biggest challenges of the project was to find the most suitable drainage solution that would solve the following issues: Strength, min D400 loading. Robustness, suitable [...]
O’Flynn specifies Paverslot in €500m Cork development Ballincollig Town Centre, located just outside Cork city, is one of the most ambitious mixed developments to be undertaken outside of Dublin. Ballincollig’s 15,000+ residents can expect a dramatic increase in their residential, commercial and working population. Developer O’Flynn Construction is responsible for the overall development of this [...]
Millpark’s invisible ‘Fire Road’ a Safe Bet Five years on and the large-scale Millpark residential development on Clondalkin’s Old Nangor Road is almost complete. Developers Town Park Estates began construction at Millpark in 2002. Designed by Dublin architects Fenton-Simons and DBFL Engineers, Millpark is located in the historic village of Clondalkin where local shops retain [...]
Kerry, Cork and Heathrow Airports rely on Recyfix Hi-Cap - High Capacity Channel - for their drainage needs. Kerry Airport is the latest airport to install Recyfix Hi-Cap drainage system from Galco for the hanger areas. Previously specified for Cork Airport apron extension and Heathrow’s aircraft maintenance area, high capacity channel offers many advantages [...]
The demand for athletics tracks is on the increase in Northern Ireland and no doubt one of the key influences is the 2012 UK Olympics, with some of the North’s tracks planned for use in training. Ballymena-based Sports Surfaces Ireland is a market leader in the design, construction and installation of synthetic sports and play [...]
Robust Recyfix specified on UCD’s Roebuck Hall THE sheer volume of over 20,000 students trekking through campus and in and out of student accommodation is bound to take its toll. Dublin architects Kavanagh Tuite were called upon to design the new Roebuck Hall Student Residence at UCD. Kavanagh Tuite, based in Clonskeagh, Dublin 6, focuses [...]
