Gateway, Dublin, Ireland, 2007

Name of projects: Residential building Gateway

Location: East Wall road, Dublin 3, Ireland

Size of projects [ m² ]: over 10.000 m² of residential floor area

Full budget of construction [Euro]: 10 mil.

Design teams: B&E consultants - superstructure, – other structures 

Design status: preliminary, tender design

Construction status: not constructed

Short annotation of structure:

Gateway is a new seven storey residential building, “U” shaped block, with over 70 apartments. The residential building is as a part of new urban complex on a green flied site near City Centrum in Dublin Docks, Dublin 3. Design intent is a separated building block B. The site, East Wall road – Gateway Block B, is approximately 60m by 40m in area.

The superstructure shall be designed to meet the performance requirements detailed in relevant National Structural Concrete Specification

The available structural zones are shown on the Architect’s drawings

B&E sketch and drawings showing a reinforced pre-cast concrete superstructure from VST system with flat VST slab solution are provided to show the design intent. Difficult design of transfer level at first floor has been done. Result of design was a slab with total thickness of 400 mm and system of in situ RC beams and columns. B&E drawings showing system of reinforced pre – cast concrete shear walls and RC in situ columns are provided to show design intent. The current proposal allows for frame action to resist the torsion induced due to the shear.

Internal flights of stairs are to be provided as a pre-cast concrete stairs.

Refer to Architect’s drawings for details.

Personal duties and responsibilities:

• Develop concept of design of structure, incorporating requirements of external design team and architect
• Preparing preliminary and detailed design of building structures and load calculation.
• Production of 2D, and 3D calculation of building structures or single elements using finite element analyses
• Detailed design, RC detailing and preparation of concrete structures according to British standards.

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