NDSS – Advance Utility Diversion Works

Civil Engineering / Utilities / Water & Waste Water

This project was undertaken to divert utilities in advance of the North Docklands Sewerage Contract.

Project Description

Client
Irish Water
Consultant
Nicholas O'Dwyer
Location
Sherrif's Street, Dublin

Key Elements

  • Design and implementation of extenstive traffic management in the heart of Dublin City including road closures, shuttle systems and footpath closures
  • Excavation of slit trenches to identify routes for service diversions
  • Excavation on Sherriff’s Street to construct a 110KV joint bay while the cable remained live, including provision of temporary works for support of both the cable and the carriageway
  • Installation of sheet piling adjacent to live traffic to facilitate the construction of the joint bay
  • Provision of ducting to divert 10. ESB LV and MV cables and 2 no. Virgin Media Cables
  • Diversion of an existing watermain
  • Investigation works to identify and repair existing leaks on 2 no. 500mm rising mains, works undertaken 0.8m from LUAS swept path under the Veolia permit system