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 […]
Vartry Water Supply Scheme
The Vartry Water Supply Scheme provides drinking water for over 200,000 people. With historical significance, it was developed by Dublin Corporation in the 1860s and includes two reservoirs, a water treatment plant, a 4km tunnel under Callowhill and 40km of trunk mains that deliver water to storage reservoirs at Stillorgan in Dublin. The scheme was […]
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. […]
Major Networks
As part of Uisce Éireann’s National Leakage Reduction Programme, TOBIN in the role of contractor’s designer, have carried out watermain rehabilitation designs for more than 1,000km of pipeline since 2017. In our designs, we have incorporated where possible, materials such as HDPE pipelines and techniques such as Horizontal Directional Drilling and Pipe Bursting to provide […]