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HighMulti-storey blocks with undercroft/podium level imply substantial concrete and masonry structure.
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A site of approximately 1.32 Ha principally located at, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24
Major mixed-use development with 169 units, 14,976 sq m GFA, up to 6 storeys, commercial units and crèche — substantial multi-package construction.
Source description
Construction of a mixed-use development in 2 No. blocks (Block A to the east and Block B to the west) with a gross floor area of 14,976.5 sq.m m (excluding undercroft car parking area of 1,975.8 sq.m m) and ranging in height from 1 No. storey to 6 No. storeys. The blocks are connected via a single-storey undercroft/podium level. The development includes: 169 No. residential units (80 No. 1-bed, 85 No. 2-bed and 4 No. 3-bed); 2 No. class 1 / class 2 commercial units (totalling 356.5 sq.m m); and a cr?che (162.8 sq.m m) with external play area. The development also comprises: new street and turning head at the site's southern side and junction with Whitestown Way to the east; 77 No.…
Construction of a mixed-use development in 2 No. blocks (Block A to the east and Block B to the west) with a gross floor area of 14,976.5 sq.m m (excluding undercroft car parking area of 1,975.8 sq.m m) and ranging in height from 1 No. storey to 6 No. storeys. The blocks are connected via a single-storey undercroft/podium level. The development includes: 169 No. residential units (80 No. 1-bed, 85 No. 2-bed and 4 No. 3-bed); 2 No. class 1 / class 2 commercial units (totalling 356.5 sq.m m); and a cr?che (162.8 sq.m m) with external play area. The development also comprises: new street and turning head at the site's southern side and junction with Whitestown Way to the east; 77 No. car parking spaces, with 66 No. within the undercroft car parking area and 11 No. on-street; 5 No. motorcycle parking spaces; 2 No. set-down bays; cycle parking; hard and soft landscaping, including public open space, communal amenity space and incidental spaces; private amenity spaces (as balconies and terraces facing all directions); boundary treatments; sub-station; plant/operational rooms; bin stores; public lighting; green roofs; rooftop plant, PV arrays, lift overruns, telecommunications infrastructure and automatic opening vents; and all associated works above and below ground. The site is generally bound: to the east by Whitestown Way; to the south by Riverside Business Park; to the west by Whitestown Road / Whitestown Industrial Estate, undeveloped lands and the Vita Actives premises; and to the north by the Vita Actives premises and The Arena mixed-used development. It also extends to include part of Whitestown Way for junction, road infrastructure and landscape works.
Opportunity fit
Multi-storey blocks with undercroft/podium level imply substantial concrete and masonry structure.
New street, turning head, undercroft car park, junction works and below-ground works explicitly require substantial groundworks.
Large 14,976 sq m mixed-use development in two blocks up to 6 storeys with 169 units requires substantial multi-package contracting.
Sub-station, public lighting and plant rooms imply substantial electrical works.
Rooftop plant and automatic opening vents imply mechanical ventilation systems.
Hard and soft landscaping, public open space and amenity spaces are explicitly included.
169 residential units and commercial units imply substantial plumbing and heating.
Green roofs and rooftop plant explicitly mentioned.
PV arrays on rooftop are explicitly part of the development.
Multi-storey blocks and podium structure strongly imply structural steel elements.