Student housing, Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Summary
Roughan & O’Donovan provided full civil and structural engineering services for this 297-bed student housing complex at Maynooth University.
Solution
The development consists of three individual courtyard blocks, three to nine stories in height, with a total gross floor area of c. 9,300m2.
It includes a variety of apartment types, seminar rooms, retail and student social spaces cleverly integrated with existing campus facilities.
The development has several sustainable elements, including surface water attenuation, infiltration trenches, permeable paving and green roofs.
The units were handed over on a phased basis to allow students to gradually move in before the project was fully completed.
Challenge
All the works were carried out on a confined site, on a live university campus, close to other student residences and mature residential dwellings.
Services provided:
- Civil and structural engineering and design
- Planning reports
