PROJECT
IPC House
LOCATION
Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4
PROJECT SUMMARY
Basement excavation and groundworks for 7 storey high reinforced concrete framed office building
CLIENT
MAC Group
PROJECT
IPC House
LOCATION
Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4
PROJECT SUMMARY
Basement excavation and groundworks for 7 storey high reinforced concrete framed office building
CLIENT
MAC Group
Earthworks and rock excavation | Substructures | Drainage, tanks and utilities
Architect: RKD Architects
Engineer: Garland
Identifying, exposing and diverting all existing services found within site boundary
Obstruction probing (slabs, foundations, walls removed)
1800m2, 300mm deep piling mat installed and attendance to 2 no. piling rigs
364no. piles cropped and grinded (secant pile wall)
11,000m3 reduce level excavation of site including the breakout of rock up to 10m below existing road level
Design and install of temporary propping (40m). 6m long trench sheets installed, braced with steel whalers and hydraulic raking props
150m of below slab drainage including petrol interceptor and welded pumped main
Project works were completed on program despite the logistical constraints of working within the Dublin 4 area which experiences high volumes of pedestrians and traffic. The compact nature of the site also posed logistical challenges during the removal of excavated material.