UCD Ashfield Student Accommodation
Student Accommodation Comprising of 354 no. bedrooms.
Client
UCD Property Development
Architect
Michael Collins Associates
Civil & Structural Engineer
Barrett Mahony
Services Engineer
Homan O’Brien
Quantity Surveyor
AECOM
Location
Dublin
Value
€15,500,000
Vibrant new student living facilities enhancing a lively university campus.
The project involved the construction and full fit-out of 4Nr. 5 storey blocks of student apartments and ancillary accommodation facilities, comprising 354 Nr. bedrooms, site development works, surface carparking (100 spaces) and landscaping within existing live university campus in close proximity to residential/occupied academic buildings with open access to students, staff and public.
High-end fit-out to student accommodation.
Works included traditional strip foundations, masonry cavity wall construction, precast concrete floor slabs with structural screeds, precast concrete stairs and landings, flat roof construction with asphalt finishes, prefabricated bathroom pods to each student bedroom, masonry and metal stud partition internal walls, plastered / skimmed and painted internal wall finishes, brickworks and monocouche coloured render external walls, high efficiency triple glazed aluminium windows, insulated aluminium panels, oak finished internal doors, painted yellow pine skirtings and architraves, vinyl and carpeted floor finishes, MF suspended ceilings throughout, electrical installations including general lighting, power, intruder alarms, IT and the like, mechanical installation including soils & water installation, hot and cold water installations, heating installations, solar installations and rainwater harvesting systems, lift installations comprising 4nr passenger lifts, fitted furniture and fittings including fitted kitchens and associated appliances, wardrobes, study desks, beds, curtains, blinds and the like, hard and soft landscaping including associated external furniture and fittings.
Modern student living in a busy university campus.
UCD Ashfield provides vibrant, high-end student accommodation.
Key features of this build include:
01. Works undertaken in a live university campus
02. Solar installations and rainwater harvesting systems
03. Brickworks and monocouche coloured render external walls
04. Prefabricated bathroom pods