Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses

Tender description

Works contract for a mixed use inner city development in Dominick Street Lower, adjoining neighbouring buildings, public roads and the LUAS. The development will be an exemplar for apartment living and social housing, built and finished to the highest quality and standards of materials and workmanship. It will comprise: 5 No. townhouses, 67 No. apartments over ground floor commercial and community uses, a basement car park, a community garden, public realm and pavement works. A piling solution is proposed for the site perimeter and the foundations of the corner building. The works contractor will be required to retain a licensed archaeologist as part of the contract to undertake the archaeological works in relation to extensive residual Georgian basements. The development has been designed to meet Near Zero Energy Building Standards (NZEB). For further information please consult the associated documentation, which is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT 129259. DCC invites Expressions of Interest for the Works Contract for a mixed use development in Dominick Street Lower on a cleared brownfield inner city site, adjoining neighbouring buildings, public roads and the LUAS, which must remain operational during the Works. The development will be an exemplar for apartment living and social housing in the city, built and finished to the highest quality and standards of materials and workmanship. The development comprises the following: 5 No. townhouses and 67 No. apartments on 5 upper floor levels over ground floor community and commercial uses, a landscaped courtyard garden at first floor level, complete with planting, seating areas and play equipment, a basement car park, ancillary accommodation, plant and storage, public realm and pavement works in Dominick Street and Dominick Place. A piling solution is proposed for the site perimeter and the foundations of the corner building. There are extensive Georgian basements, requiring archaeological resolution /recording, prior to excavation and removal and the Works Contractor will be required to retain a licensed Archaeologist to undertake the Archaeological works as part of the works contract. The development has been designed to meet Near Zero Energy Building Standards (NZEB), adopting a fabric first approach, air tight construction, demand control ventilation and utilising heat pump technologies for space heating and domestic hot water with additional solar PV as part of the renewable component. The Building Control Amendment Regulations apply. For further information please consult the associated documentation, which is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 129259.