Restarting Construction: Delivering New Housing for Dublin 12

Castlehaven Finance is proud to support Double E Investments (part of the Double Property Group http://www.doublepropertygroup.ie) as their team delivers new homes to the Dublin 12 area.

The Greenhills Shopping Centre development is located on St James Road, Greenhills, in the suburb of Walkinstown, approximately 6km from Dublin City Centre. Upon completion, this mixed-use development will consist of 9 commercial/retail units and 26 apartments. It is proposed that the retail units will be let to local business operators in order to boost employment in the area.

The residential element will be made up of quality 1-bed, 2-bed and 3-bed apartments, which will be leased to South Dublin County Council to relieve pressure on the housing list for this area. These new homes are a welcome and much-needed addition to the housing stock locally.

Like most building sites around the country, this site is preparing to reopen in the coming weeks, in line with An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s announcement that construction activities are included in the first phase of easing COVID-19 restrictions, which will commence on May 18th.

Speaking on RTE last week, An Taoiseach confirmed:

“It is intended that all construction will go back, some social housing actually already has, what has to happen now is a lot of work involving the employers, unions, Health and Safety Authority and the HSE to get this right. The construction industry in fairness to them, it’s a very safety orientated industry, they already wear PPE, it’s quite regulated, so I think they will be able to work it out and will be a good example to follow.”

It is important to acknowledge the great work by members of the industry who have already undergone an online, HSE-approved, site safety induction programme through the CIF in preparation to restart construction, safely. Reopening building sites like the Greenhills Shopping Centre development is critical to restarting the economy and doing this safely is critical to the public health. Undoubtedly, this will require immense cooperation and collaboration across the entire supply chain and we are grateful to all delivery partners on this particular project.

Project Delivery Partners

Architect: C+W O’Brien Architects  https://cwoarchitects.ie

Structural Engineer: GDCL Structural Engineers https://www.gdalyconsulting.com

Services Engineer: JAK Consulting Engineers https://www.jak.ie

Planning Consultant: CTR Planning Consultants

Quantity Surveyor: Hardy Partnership http://hardy.ie

Fire Consultant: FCC Cert http://www.fire-cert.com/

Acoustic Consultant: iAcoustics Consultants https://www.iacoustics.net