Civil Infrastructure

Project Title:

Cliffs of Moher Coach Park Reception Building | Roadstone

Date:

2018

Location:

Co. Clare, Ireland

Client: 

The Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre

Business Sectors: 

Civil Infrastructure

Services (Technical Disciplines):

Design and manufacture of architectural grade concrete.

Project Objectives/ Outcomes: 

The Cliffs of Moher visitor centre in Co. Clare developed a new Coach Park Reception Building in 2018.

The construction of the building required a number of concrete mix designs which were both functional and visually appealing.

Architectural grade concrete was specified throughout the interior and exterior of the building including floors, walls and ceilings. The designers for this project specified a fair faced concrete finish to negate the requirement for any painting, cladding or finishing materials to be applied to the surface.  A variety of finishes were required including polished concrete and exposed aggregate, according to the location within the building.

Our Role:

Roadstone designed and manufactured an architectural grade concrete suitable for use as a finished product, whilst also ensuring consistency of finish could be achieved.

In order to do so the proportions of all materials were carefully processed and mixed to ensure designed ratios were achieved

All constituent materials were closely monitored to guarantee consistency throughout the project resulting in a consistent concrete colour and finish.

Geoscience Ireland Contact:

Dermot McCarty (dmccarty@roadstone.ie)

Project Title

Project Fitzwilliam, ESB HQ | ByrneLooby

Location

Dublin, Ireland

Client

PJ Hegarty

Business Sectors

• Civil Infrastructure

Services (Technical Disciplines)

• Detailed Design
• Construction Sequencing
• Temporary Works Design
• Construction Supervision

Project Objectives/Outcomes

Project Fitzwilliam is situated on Lower Fitzwilliam Street within the heart of Dublin City centre and is the site of the former ESB headquarters. This new 45,000 sqm development, which comprises of an entire city block, will deliver a near zero energy building, one of the most efficient and sustainable commercial office developments in Dublin city, while sensitively respecting and enhancing the Georgian streetscape.

The development involves the demolition of 4 former building blocks and each of their basements. The new structure comprises the deepening and integration of the basements to form a single site-wide triple level substructure along with a new 7 storey office building. Approximately 50% of the site was underlain by a former quarry, historically backfilled in an uncontrolled manner.

Our Role

Our Geotechnical Engineering team of experts in Dublin’s involvement in Project Fitzwilliam initiated in assisting PJ Hegarty in their tender, by developing a practical construction sequence and risk mitigation measures associated with the demolition and subsequent basement works.

On project commencement, ByrneLooby acted as specialist designers for P.J. Edwards for the detailed design of the perimeter secant pile wall. The secant wall comprised of approximately 400 linear metres, with over 650 No. piles to be installed. The wall was restrained with pre-stressed glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) anchors under streetscapes. GFRP anchors were chosen and agreed with DCC to avoid obstructing potential future service installation beneath the adjacent streets.

ByrneLooby also produced a detailed design of the 450 foundation bearing piles and 150 anti-flotation anchors for the substructure.

ByrneLooby acted as temporary works designer for PJ Hegarty throughout the project and assisted with a wide range of elements on site.

Geoscience Ireland Contact

Maurice Ryan (MRyan@ByrneLooby.com )

Project Title

Thirlmere Links Mains | ByrneLooby

Date

2020

Location

Thirlmere, UK

Client

FarransRoadbridge JV

Business Sectors

Civil Infrastructure

Services (Technical Disciplines)

• Temporary works design
• Detailed design
• Earthworks
• Access road design
• Construction Supervision

Project Objectives/Outcomes

Thirlmere Links Mains is a major water mains project which involved laying and relining more than 100km of pipes to supply water to homes and businesses from Thirlmere Reservoir, Cumbria, UK.

The scheme is designed to ease pressure on environmentally sensitive local water sources and provide a secure, long term supply for the area. A joint venture between Roadbridge and Farrans were appointed to deliver 32km of large diameter twin water mains and 24km of large diameter water mains.

The £300m project also involves the construction of new water treatment works, two service reservoirs and a new pumping station.

Our Role

ByrneLooby were engaged by FarransRoadbridge JV to provide temporary works design services to the project.

These designs have included hoardings, formwork, thrust blocks, stockpile batter assessments, a lagoon bund, a temporary dam, service supports, excavation batter assessments, earthwork reinstatement works, temporary walkways, access roads and retaining walls.

Through collaborating and communicating effectively with our client, we have been able to offer efficient design solutions that have allowed FarransRoadbridge JV to progress their construction works.

Geoscience Ireland Contact

MRyan@ByrneLooby.com

Project Title

UniperEnergy, Digital Transformation Program | TQS Integration

Date

10/2017 – 06/2019

Location

Germany

Client

Uniper

Business Sectors

Infrastructure

Services (Technical Disciplines)

Consultancy and Engineering:

• Asset Management
• Maintenance strategy
• Digitisation of data

Project Objectives/Outcomes

Plant operations data is the foundation of maintenance planning. The collection of accurate data and its validation was extremely difficult.

• High probability of errors when updating data Manually, so automated where possible
• Low frequency of data due to manual effort
• Expensive integrations with different systems

One single connection from OSI PI to the Data Lake allowed us to get all he needed data in an accurate and real time frequency.

• Accurate historical & current data
• Automatic updates & data flow
• Using Asset Framework we can derive exact OH, starts (cold/warm/hot) for all relevant components.

TQS helped provide next generation maintenance planning based on reliable and live data.

• Allowed the implementation and successful use of the MSP tool company wide

Overall the tool reduced the CAPEX spend by 16%

Our Role

Consultancy and engineering in getting their data systems and data historians connected and running efficiently.

Geoscience Ireland Contact

Rory Sheehan (rsheehan@tqsintegration.com)