Successful completion & handover of Technological University Dublin (TUD) Tallagh campus – Sports Science Health and Recreation building development

February 17, 2023

ABM are delighted to announce the successful completion and handover of the Technological University Dublin (Tallaght Campus) - Sports Science, Health and Recreation Building Development.

The project consisted of the construction of a Sport Science, Health and Recreation Building containing a single storey state of the art sports hall and teaching accommodation and associated facilities arranged over two storeys plus roof plant areas, total floor area 3,175 sq.m, a grass playing pitch 140 x 90 m with a 1 m high spectator barrier, 12 m high x 25 m wide ball catch nets behind goal posts.

This state of the art Sports Hall will be used for National and Regional sporting events and competitions. Facilities include Archery Net, Badminton nets (6 no.), change rooms benches, Ceiling Mounted Basketball Hoops (2 no. for National, 4 no. for Regional), Dividing net to Sports Hall, Retractable bleacher seating (180 no. seats), Climbing wall.

Lecture seating to classroom space (56 seats), Lockers, Reception Desk, Laboratory work benches and tables.

A new external landscaped quadrangle, pedestrian areas, footpaths and landscaping, linking existing facilities with the development. Building signage, 56 no. covered bicycle parking spaces, covered walkways and demolition of 46 no. existing car parking spaces and associated site works.

Enhanced pedestrian crossing facilities at Greenhills Road access, comprising new raised entry treatment across access and pedestrian refuge island on Greenhills Road with associated road markings and traffic signs The application site is centrally located within the TU Dublin campus, which is bounded by Belgard Road to the west, industrial buildings accessed off Airton Road to the north, Greenhills Road to the east and to the south by Old Blessington Road and the grounds of the Old Priory, Tallaght.

ABM’s role in the project was as Main Contractor and Project Supervisor for the Construction Stage (PSCS).

Congratulations to all the Team involved in the completion of this high-quality Third Level Education building on behalf of ABM.