When designing buildings to comply with Fire safety standards, the current version of the Irish Building Regulation Part B [2006], amended in 2020, makes reference to BS5588 Parts 1 – 12 (Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings). However this standard has been withdrawn by the British Standards Institution (BSI) and has been replaced by two separate standards;
The steel for the building is on going for the new extension in Bausch + Lomb in Waterford.
The project involved a detailed review and report on a steam system in Building X on the Glasnevin Campus for DCU.
FCE Area 8 is a large contact lens manufacturing facility on the existing Bausch + Lomb site in Waterford.
This project in Bausch + Lomb in Waterford was to increase manufacturing capacity and increase personnel and materials flow.
Opened in Q4 2016 this new flagship store is in the heart of Amsterdam shopping district.
The essence of this project was to increase production capacity. Some existing internal functions needed to be reorganised and additional building area was required. The project was of a fast-track nature
Hibernian house is an existing four story office building located on Haddington Road, Dublin. It is envisaged that the building will have a separate tenant on each floor.
Grattan house is an existing five story office building located in central Dublin, with underground car parking facilities. The project involves total refurbishment of the building, split in two phases.
This project was a continuation from the previous 3 phases. The project entailed an expansion to the existing clean room facility used for the production of contact lens and a new two storey building. The new build incorporated a cartoning area and offices and meeting rooms.
Synergy Engineering staff undertook a cycle of the Ring of Kerry for charity. Congratulations to all participants as weather conditions on the day of the cycle were tough which meant slippery conditions and poor visibility. There was a lot of tired and bruised bodies at the end of the trek.
Bausch & Lomb (B&L) are a large multi-national, headquartered in Rochester New York, USA. B&L are a leading manufacturer of eye health products, including contact lenses, lens care products, medicines and implants for eye diseases.
This project involved, a detailed energy modelling of an existing Clean room HVAC system to determine energy saving opportunities. A detailed analysis in conjunction with existing data allowed a very accurate model to enable reduction in energy reduction and reduce costs.
This project involved the construction of a clean room grade suite of production areas.These include solutions laboratory, material handling intake & out going and solvent mixing rooms.
This project involved the design and construction of a state of the art Glass Manufacturing Facility and tourist trail in a part listed building in the centre of Waterford City. This factory has been designed to produce approximately 40,000 pieces per annum.
This project involved the construction of a mixed use development in the heart of Carlow Town. The building consisting of office space (5,000sq.m), ground floor retail units, apartments and basement car-park.