Limerick Greyhound Stadium

[CologneMike]

€8.6m Greyhound Stadium Contract Awarded

Irish Construction Industry 29th May 2009

The €8.6 m contract to construct the new €15m greyhound stadium in Limerick has been awarded to John Sisk & Son Ltd.

The Irish Greyhound Board awarded contract for what will be the largest construction project starting in the south-west this year this week.

The project consists of the construction of a new five-storey Greyhound Racing Stadium and track, which will be similar in size, scope and complexity to Cork Greyhound Stadium.

The scheme will comprise of restaurant / dining areas, tiered viewing areas, bar concourses, kennel block, shop storage areas.

A new three-storey Headquarters Office Building attached to the Stadium is also to be constructed to house the Irish Greyhound Board.

When the project was announced last year, the Irish Greyhound Board said the scheme will create 250 construction jobs.

The stadium is due for completion in September 2010.

More than 100 permanent jobs will be created at the new stadium, which will also become home to the headquarters of the Irish Greyhound board.

“The original plans approved by the Irish Greyhound Board in 2005 have been updated to accommodate greater building and environmental efficiency,” Adrian Neilan, IGB Chief Executive said at the time.

“This stadium will be right on the cutting edge of sports and leisure building and will reflect the confidence generated within our sport in recent years,” he added.

John J Casey and Company was appointed as project manager for the construction of the new Limerick Greyhound Stadium in 2008.

[D-A-V-E]

Originally Posted by CologneMike

€8.6m Greyhound Stadium Contract Awarded

Irish Construction Industry 29th May 2009

The €8.6 m contract to construct the new €15m greyhound stadium in Limerick has been awarded to John Sisk & Son Ltd.

The Irish Greyhound Board awarded contract for what will be the largest construction project starting in the south-west this year this week.

The project consists of the construction of a new five-storey Greyhound Racing Stadium and track, which will be similar in size, scope and complexity to Cork Greyhound Stadium.

The scheme will comprise of restaurant / dining areas, tiered viewing areas, bar concourses, kennel block, shop storage areas.

A new three-storey Headquarters Office Building attached to the Stadium is also to be constructed to house the Irish Greyhound Board.

When the project was announced last year, the Irish Greyhound Board said the scheme will create 250 construction jobs.

The stadium is due for completion in September 2010.

More than 100 permanent jobs will be created at the new stadium, which will also become home to the headquarters of the Irish Greyhound board.

“The original plans approved by the Irish Greyhound Board in 2005 have been updated to accommodate greater building and environmental efficiency,” Adrian Neilan, IGB Chief Executive said at the time.

“This stadium will be right on the cutting edge of sports and leisure building and will reflect the confidence generated within our sport in recent years,” he added.

John J Casey and Company was appointed as project manager for the construction of the new Limerick Greyhound Stadium in 2008.

is this the one thats going to be on the dock road? or am i thinking of a different project?

[CologneMike]

Limerick Racecourse Plc

07470

Greyhound racing stadium and ancillary development works, car parking, lighting, landscaping and access works all on a site of 6.6 Ha. The track will be a 500m Greyhound track (480m internal circumference/510m external circumference), it will provide stadia viewing, dining area, kennel block, shop storage areas and office buildings. Site levels will be increased to accommodate the proposed development so that the proposed FFL (Final Floor Level) of the stadium will be 4.5 OD. The track will generally be at a level of 4.2 aOD and the final height of the stadium building will be 16.1m with additional roof support poles of 9.7m. Filling of the lands over an infrastructure way leave is also proposed. The facility will provide for 510 car, 54 greyhound trainer vehicles and 3 coach parking spaces around the stadium will access onto and from the Dock Road via the permitted internal access which will require detail changes. The proposed will also allow for the construction of a roundabout on this internal access road to access the northeast end of the stadium site. An Environmental Impact Statement accompanies this application and will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy.

Development Address: Former Greenpark Racecourse, Dock Road

Curiously it was the Limerick Racecourse Plc that made the original planning application and not Bord na gCon.

[CologneMike]

NEW €15M LIMERICK GREYHOUND STADIUM ON SITE (Hamilton Architects)



The construction of a new €15 million ‘Flagship’ greyhound stadium has just started on site (May 2009) and involves the relocation of the existing racing facilities to a 12 acre green-field site on the outskirts of Limerick.

Strategically linked to the new 15,000 sqft Headquarter Offices of the Irish Greyhound Board, the new stadium is envisaged to become the Board’s ‘Flagship’ stadium.

With almost 2,000 spectators located over four storeys the stadium has been designed so that all levels are directly interconnected thus allowing the bustling atmosphere to permeate all levels.

Large double height spaces have been strategically located to provide good vantage points for ‘big-screen’ viewing and provide good connectivity, orientation and legibility throughout entire building.

The project is due for completion in June 2010.

I see that they have been on site since February.

[CologneMike]

Hey Hamilton Architects have added a bit of colour to the images above without changing the urls.

Below is what I originally posted.

[Tuborg]

The renders for this project look great, the facilities seem top notch aswell. It's going to be an excellent facility for the city in the coming years.

Its another world entirely compared to the Markets Field!

[donalosullivan]

Thanks Tuborg, not to knock down Hamiltons at all, but just to clarify, shove media (of Liverpool and Limerick) created the latest 3d visual, I belive that there's going to be a big sign on the dockroad anytime soon, although they have filled the sign wiht everybody else's logo, and left a small space for the image.. shame....

[lostexpectation]

we're still building these ?

[CologneMike]

Originally Posted by lostexpectation

we're still building these ?

Listening to Gus Ryan’s (Retiring Track Manager) audio on live95fm . . . . . .

. . . . . Ah no, once it had started that was my main achievement if you like to put it that way, to keep the pressure on that it would be built and so if a person who wants to walk off his turkey on Christmas Day, have a walk down by the Dock road and I’m quite sure that three storeys of the stand will be up.

[Tuborg]

Construction Photo's ~ October 9th

[Tuborg]

Incidentally, does anyone here know anything about some subsidence that is alleged to have happened on site in the last few weeks? I've heard stories about defective fill material and more worryingly, problems with underground drainage channels!

[D-A-V-E]

where is this site?