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The 13-18 City Quay office development in Dublin by Bennett Construction has won the Award for the Commercial/Office Building Project of the Year at the 2019 Irish Building and Design Awards. 13-18 City Quay was constructed on a brownfield site in the heart of Dublin’s central business district.

The overall development of 8 storeys over basement, contains circa 15,530 sq m of gross development area including the basement. The office and related spaces have a gross floor area of 13,495 sq m. The nett internal area of office space is 9,953 sq m.

Some of the features include:

• Centralised core for flexible splits to meet client requirements and maximised natural daylight,
• Slab to slab height 3.82m/clear floor to ceiling height 2.80m with floor to ceiling glazing,
• Four pipe fan coil air conditioning system, Design occupancy for M&E of 1 person per 8 sq m,
• Metal suspended ceilings (1200 x 300) and raised access floors,
• Double height feature reception which contains 5 no. 13 person passenger lifts with destination control,
• Access controlled floors with integration into broader buildings access control system,
• Own self-contained toilet provision on floor,
• Extensive high quality tenant facilities in the basement with showers, drying room, lockers and changing facilities at basement level,
• Underground secure parking and car lifts which maximise the usable space in basement without the need for a ramp,
• Cafe/restaurant at ground floor, High quality common area finishes throughout, with feature glazed wall to upgraded central stairs in main core, promoting wellness & LEED Gold V4/BER A3.

Jason Fox and Paul Bruton of Bennett Construction collecting the award for Commercial/Office Building Project of the Year.

This award is in addition to a number of awards that this impressive project has already won including:

• Workplace New Build Award at the Irish Architecture Awards 2019
• Overall Project of the Year Award at the 2019 Irish Construction Industry Awards
• Large Commercial Project Award at the 2019 Irish Construction Industry Awards.

Founded in 1917, Bennett Construction has steadily grown into an international construction and construction services company with clients representing every market sector. With offices in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Germany Bennett Construction has constructed, renovated and successfully delivered over 1,000 buildings including:

• Social Justice Centre, London – winner of ‘International Project of the Year Award 2016’,
• Westmeath Civic Office – winner of the Opus Architecture and Construction Awards 2009
• CHQ Building – winner of the Best Conservation Project 2008
• Senior Citizen Housing Islandbridge – highly commended by Community Housing Awards 2007.

Bennett Construction is the first development firm to be awarded the New Gold Standard Award in Occupational Health and Safety by the National Irish Safety Organisation and the first Irish construction company to achieve ISO 14001 environmental accreditation.