Ceannt Station Galway
TOBIN were appointed as Assigned Certifier, Civil and Structural Design Engineers and PSDP for the restoration and refurbishment of the existing Former Engine Station building located at Ceannt Station, Galway to be used as a modern office space by Irish Rail. The existing building has a total footprint of 510m² of which 250m² underwent redevelopment […]
Rent the Runway, Galway
The works involved the refurbishment and fit-out of the ground, first & second floors and extension to the Piscatorial School, Galway City which is a protected structure. The new fit-out of the building provides office space, a canteen and all associated furniture, fixtures and fittings including lighting, new hand-railings in stairwells, public address (PA) systems […]
Refurbishment of the Cathedral of the Assumption
The Cathedral of the Assumption was built in 1827 – 37 on a hill overlooking Tuam and was the second Roman Catholic Cathedral (after Newry) to be built in Ireland after Catholic Emancipation. The building is built of limestone with buttresses, elaborate window tracery, pinnacles, outstanding stained glass windows, and a variety of crisply carved […]
Ballintubber Abbey
TOBIN were involved in the refurbishment of Ballintubber Abbey. The work involved a detailed survey of the Chapter House and 14th century doorway at Ballintubber Abbey, with a structural assessment of the capacity of the Chapter House walls to accept a load-bearing floor built in 1994 which would partition the vertical spaces in two areas. […]
St. Dominics, Taylors Hill, Galway
This project consisted of the restoration and refurbishment of an existing four-storey twentieth century Masonry schoolhouse building into four self-contained apartments on each of the 4 floor levels. This protected structure had many structural features, which were to be retained in-situ including masonry walls. Timber staircases, floor joists and steel beams, roof rafters and steel […]
Aran Sweater Market
The completion of the Aran Sweater Market project in July 2018 marked an important social, cultural and economic development for the famous Medieval Quarter of Galway city. This significantly important project is the result of an extensive conservation effort to design a culturally-sensitive outlet for GlenAran from a derelict property cluster located at the bottom […]