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Redevelopment Tackling Challenges
In June 2010, Cork City Council voted in favour to The project faced a number of challenges along the
make 27,600m of land next to Páirc Uí Chaoimh way, including:
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available for the redevelopment of the stadium. As
part of the redevelopment, a new Centre of Excellence The control of water at groundworks stage.
was planned with an ancillary all-weather pitch, Cork is situated at the mouth of the Lee River.
floodlights, a 1,000 seat stand, gym, changing and Groundwater levels are very high and at high
medical facilities, a museum, dining facilities, and a tide the water table is only about 30cm below
400-space car park. street level. As a result, surface runoff water from
As of May 2015, Sisk closed the stadium to take on surrounding roads ended up on the stadium site
the refurbishment, extension and build. and caused local site flooding. Combined with a
Now, with completion drawing closer, this wet winter, it meant the team had to pump water
redeveloped stadium will enable future generations before excavation for foundations and drainage,
of sporting fans and heros to make new memories on and water was discharged through settlement
this historic site. ponds and filtration beds before being pumped
back into local drainage
Keeping the existing playing field free of all traffic.
This was one of the principal reasons Sisk won the
tender but to achieve this took great planning. We
had to ensure the outer ring of the stands were
built first, and the steel roof frames were erected
from the rear of the stands
• The ongoing concrete works. These are fair faced
and left exposed which is very demanding to
achieve
Connelly Towers. • The two steel ‘Connelly Towers’ (pictured), named
after the north side Site Manager John Connelly.
These were a simple but effective, Sisk designed,
scaffold replacement for constructing the high
concrete columns at the rear of the stands. They
not only improved health and safety onsite but
also gave the team many logistical advantages
• The steelwork and roofs. These are controlled to
extremely high execution class 3 fabrication; to
Pádraig Ó Caoimh protect against flaws, and preventing a collapse.
With no interest in Ireland an Austrian company
were used to make the steel roof frames 45m
long, connected on ground and lifted up on a 750
tonne mobile crane
North stand construction.
South stand construction.
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