It was an early start for our site-based team last Thursday for the 1st main concrete pour of the 10,200sqm basement, post-tensioned slab on Project Opera, Limerick.
Following the successful pour, application of tension commenced on Friday once the concrete reached the necessary 10N strength. This initial pour forms part of the basement for One Opera Square which will be a 6-storey WiredScore, LEED and WELL Platinum-rated office building with a GIA of circa 15,000sqm, designed to NZEB Standards.
Tags: Concrete Pour, Project Opera
Contracts have been signed for the design and construction of a multi-million euro development at the Opera Site, Limerick.
Cogent Project and Cost Management teams were on site for the contract signing with Sisk and the announcement of an €80m joint venture with Limerick Twenty Thirty and the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), which will boost the development of the circa 10,000sqm Opera Square site-wide basement and the six storey One Opera Square office building.
Tags: Project Opera, Limerick OperaOver 1,000 tonnes of stone, brick, cobblestone, old doorways and gates have been salvaged during the enabling works contract of the Project Opera site in Limerick.
Every effort has been made to recycle and reuse the construction rubble at the city centre site. Cogent Associates managed the demolition and site clearance process, with sustainability and recycling central to the employers’ requirements, whilst picking up LEED points to enhance the LEED scoring at a later phase. It has been an innovative and exciting phase of the project, engaging with the various stakeholders and putting into practice the principles of a circular economy.
Cogent is overseeing a range of Integrated Project Management services under a single appointment on the Limerick Opera site. The 3.7 acre “mixed-use” development remains on course to be delivered over a six-year period.
For the full article and details of how the stone is being used to train early school leavers as stonemasons: RTE News
For more news on Project Opera see Cogent News posts: Programme Management / Demolition
Tags: Project Opera, Limerick OperaDemolition of the old library building follows the completion of the first parcel of works for the Cogent Project Management team – a significant step in the wider Opera site urban redevelopment scheme and a remarkable achievement considering the challenges faced over the last 12 months.
The first parcel of works comprised the temporary relocation of Limerick City Library and Limerick City and County Council administration offices from these now demolished buildings to the repurposed and refurbished Barrow House.
This mixed use development comprises approximately 550,000ft² of hotel, commercial office, retail and residential accommodation over a shared basement with over 57,000ft² of public realm space, delivered over multiple phases on a 3.7 acre site.
Cogent Associates are providing Cost and Project Management services from the initial planning consent of the scheme through to procurement, construction and completion of the overall Campus.
Video Footage, courtesy of Limerick Twenty Thirty, shows the demolition of the old library building on Project Opera, Limerick.
