Mayo Rural Water DBO Bundle 1A
TOBIN was the Employer’s Representative for Mayo County Council on the Mayo Rural Water DBO Bundle 1A project. This project included upgrades to thirteen existing Group Water Scheme water treatment plants in County Mayo. The thirteen plants served some 5,350 connections and supplied 4,000m3/d to the schemes. Ten of the thirteen schemes were served by […]
Greater Dublin Drainage
The core requirement of the Greater Dublin Drainage project was to safely deliver a Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant and associated marine outfall located in the northern part of the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), and an Orbital Drainage System linking the Regional WWTP to the existing regional sewer network. The Greater Dublin Drainage project proposed a […]
The Swords Watermain Rehabilitation Scheme Project
As the age-old proverb suggests, necessity is indeed the ‘mother of invention’, and within a construction and engineering context particularly, we have seen time and time again that the primary driving force for innovation is the need to resolve a real and immediate problem. This was certainly the case for the Swords Watermain Rehabilitation Scheme. […]
InterReg SWELL
The INTERREG VA Programme is one of over 60 funding programmes across the European Union that have been specifically designed to address problems that arise from the existence of borders. The programme’s aim is to stimulate cross border co-operation between neighbouring states in order to improve infrastructure and services within an eligible area, irrespective of […]
Dunkellin River Flood Relief
Following the intense flooding of the Dunkellin River in November 2009, TOBIN was appointed to design a scheme to alleviate flooding between Craughwell and Kilcolgan in County Galway. The works consist of: (1) Channel deepening in Craughwell village to the confluence of the Aggard Stream (2) Local channel widening at Rinn Bridge (3) […]
Flood Risk Mitigation Works at Letterkenny General Hospital
In July 2013, following intense rainfall in the area, flooding occurred in parts of Letterkenny General Hospital. The source of the flood water was a local stream known as the Sprackburn Tributary (a tributary of the River Swilly), which runs towards the hospital and enters a 1350mm diameter circular culvert running through the hospital grounds. […]