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Grace Park Educate Together National School, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.
Project Overview

Grace Park Educate Together National School, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.

Education

The project consisted of the design and build of 1 No. 16 classroom primary school building with general purpose hall, support teaching spaces and ancillary accommodation, with a total floor area of c. 3,760 sqm, within the curtilage of DCU All Hallows Campus, a protected structure, accessed off Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.

The school is three storeys with single storey elements.The works included a new pedestrian entrance, a new vehicular exit onto Grace Park Road, internal roads, 160 no. cycle & 50 no. scooter storage spaces, bin store, external store, ball courts, project gardens, play areas, landscaping,boundary treatments, car park drop-off / pick-up facilities and all other associated site development works.

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  • Client

    Department of Education

  • Location

    Drumcondra, Dublin 9

    Stage

    Completed September 2020

  • Client

    Department of Education

  • Status

    Completed September 2020

Awarded under the Department of Education, Design and Build Schools Programme 2018 - 2019.

A new Educate Together school building comprising of the construction of a 16-classroom national school building and associated site works.

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Project Description:

  • ABM’s role in the project was as Main Contractor and Project Supervisor for the Construction Stage (PSCS).
  • Precast concrete construction of 3 storey school on strip foundations. Structural screed on precast hollowcore slabs.
  • Kingspan Kingzip roof installed on structural steel frame.
  • The school elevations were clad in stone cladding, and had steep pitched roofs, so as to fit in with the existing adjacent buildings located within the grounds of the All Hallows Campus in DCU.
  • Temporary accommodation was established initially adjacent to new school site. Appropriate segregation of site and school was necessary.
  • It was also necessary to relocate some existing temporary accommodation on site as this encroached on the footprint of the new ETNS.
  • The school was constructed within the live third level DCU All Hallows education campus.
  • There was therefore significant traffic management required to segregate construction works from those accessing the existing college.
  • Restrictions of deliveries were put in place at college drop off and collection times.
  • Construction staff parking and site access routes were arranged so as to ensure no disruption to the existing campus during the works.