Client: PPP – SISK
DBFL is providing civil, transportation, and structural engineering consulting services on this multi-site OPW Rapid Build Modular Housing Program to provide emergency accommodation for Ukrainian refugees. The program aims to provide accommodation for 2,000 Ukrainians through the delivery of 700 modular homes across the country using Modern Methods of Construction (MMC).
DBFL have provided civil, traffic, and structural engineering services over the course of this project including foul and water infrastructure design, road safety guidance, timber canopy and foundation design, and the design for single and multi-storey 3D modular unit foundations. The single-storey, rigid frame modular units arrive to site fully complete to land onto foundations and the multi-storey units arrive as two individual elements that are fitted together on site to satisfy the project requirements for structural robustness and stability alongside the requirement for quality and speed of production. The units are capable of withstanding loads exerted during lifting, transportation, installation, and permanent design conditions, with a 60-year design life.
This multi-phase project includes sites across Ireland. Phase 1 sites, in Cavan, Cork, Mayo, Sligo, and Tipperary, reached completion in May 2023, with sites in Phase 2, in Laois and Offaly, reaching completion in November 2023. This brought the total number of units being occupied to 310. Phase 3 and 4, in Cork, Galway, and Dublin, are currently underway, with a new final Phase 5 site in Tipperary starting June 2024.
This multi-site project involved extensive positive collaboration between the entire design team, the OPW, the contractor Sisk, and the off-site manufacturers. Coordination and consistency across all sites are both key elements in the successful delivery of these projects within the constraints of a tight program.
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