Major Flood Works

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 so …

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 re …

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 villa …

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 …

Galway City Council, as the Authority responsible for the upkeep of Galway City’s public infrastructure, undertook a project for the overall regeneration of Galway City Centre’s public realm. The scheme was required to rejuvenate and upgrade this pri …

Until the 1960s, piped water to the rural population was unheard of. Community driven schemes filled that gap through the sourcing of local supplies and currently provide drinking water to 6% of Ireland’s population. The National Federation of Group …

A Preliminary Report was undertaken by TOBIN in 2012 to determine the best location for the treatment of wastewater from the Omeath Agglomeration and to identify the extent of works required to rehabilitate and upgrade the existing wastewater collect …

Irish Water is working in partnership with Donegal County Council to deliver the Donegal Countywide Watermains Rehabilitation Project as part of the ongoing Donegal Water Conservation Project Stage 3 Scheme. Following a reappraisal of the water main …

A Water Order secured under the 1942 Water Supplies Act gave the right to abstract up to 54,145m3 of water per day from Lough Mask. The phased development involved the provision of a supply connection to Westport Town from the Lough Mask Regional Wat …