BAM Group Ireland has been awarded the contract to design and construct a new €14.4m research and incubator facility at Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Grangegorman.
The construction project will employ over 150 people and is scheduled to be completed by September 2015.
The 4,414 sq m hub will feature state-of-the-art laboratories, offices and seminar rooms over six storeys with an enclosed plant room at roof level for scientific research.
The facility will be split into two components, with the Environmental Health Sciences Institute (2,400 sq m) featuring laboratories, offices and accommodation for 90 full time research students and 40 research and administration staff working across biological, chemical and physical sciences. This unit will feature dedicated seminar and meeting rooms, reception / exhibition spaces as well as informal meeting and discussion spaces.
The second unit of the facility is a hot house incubator (2,000 sq m) featuring a mix of rentable units of varying sizes for outside companies. Management office spaces and hot desks will be open plan and DIT expects to have 184 business people accommodated in the unit. A mix of meeting spaces will be available ranging from ‘phone booth’ rooms to a full size boardroom.
“BAM Group Ireland is delighted to be awarded another major project in the science and education space,” said the company’s chief executive Theo Cullinane. “This facility will be a state-of-the-art working environment to facilitate scientists, students and external industry collaborators, maximising the impact of the research and ultimately driving innovation and job creation. BAM has a proven track record of delivering cutting-edge science and research facilities and we will bring all of our specialist skills and expertise to this exciting project.”
Grainne Rothery