Irish Life Block 3A & 3B
The redevelopment of Blocks 3A & 3B as part of the Irish Life Campus on Lower Abbey Street.
The project involved extensive demolitions, structural alterations and refurbishment to the existing blocks, including additional floor levels to the buildings, a 10-storey atrium linking the blocks with feature stairs, replacement of the existing glazed façade, and new unitised façade with bespoke fins, and external landscaped gardens and terraces at various levels. The extremely complex demolition sequence necessitated a 150-tonne temporary steel support structure, load jacked to transfer the loads from the columns.
The internal completions comprised a full Cat B fit-out through the buildings, with a new reception, open and glazed partitioned offices, meeting rooms, training spaces, large kitchen and servery area, corporate suites and events centre. The project also involved the refurbishment and fit out of the Irish Life leisure centre, that includes a 20m swimming pool, squash court, sports hall and other amenities, providing a state-of-the-art workspace for 3,000 staff members.
CLIENT
Irish Life
ARCHITECT
MCA Architects
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Horgan Lynch
DURATION
34 Months
PROJECT MANAGER
Urban Solutions
QUANTITY SURVEYOR
KSN
SERVICES ENGINEERS
Metec
AREA
26,000m²
