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Senior Structural Engineer required for our Dublin Office
05 May 2013We require a Senior Structural Engineer to work in our office in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
Job Description:
As a senior engineer you will be responsible for the technical, managerial and commercial aspects of your p...
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Management changes at PUNCH
22 April 2013PUNCH Consulting Engineers are delighted to announce the appointment of Emma McKendrick as our new Managing Director with effect from 1st June 2013. Emma joined the firm in 2006 and currently heads up the Environmental Divis...
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PUNCH win ACEI 2013 President’s Award for Innovation at NUI Maynooth
28 March 2013PUNCH Consulting Engineers have received the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland 2013 President’s Award for Innovation in the Design of the John Paul II Library at the National University of Ireland Maynooth.
The...
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Cill Rónáin Harbour Project a winner
15 October 2012Our Cill Rónáin Aran Islands new harbour project, recently completed, has won the Engineers Ireland Project of the Year Award 2012. As lead project engineers and designers, PUNCH Consulting is proud to deliver this a...
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PUNCH Murnane appointed by Limerick CC as Employer’s Representative for the contract stage of Kilmallock Waste Water Treatment Works.
05 October 2012PUNCH Murnane has been appointed by Limerick County Council as Employer’s Representative for the contract stage of Kilmallock Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW). The works are being procured under a 20-year Design Build Oper...
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Kilkenny Bridge Inspections
17 September 2012PUNCH has commenced a contract with Kilkenny County Council to gather an inventory of, and inspect 170 bridge structures throughout the County. The bridge inspections will be based on the NRA’s Eirspan principal inspection m...
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Clones Erne Sports Centre
17 September 2012A publicity event to mark the start of construction of this project took place yesterday (11/09/12). The €8M project is supported by the European Union’s PEACE III Programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Bo...
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Management changes – new Director and Regional Director appointed
03 September 2012As part of planned and ongoing development at PUNCH Consulting Engineers we are pleased to announce recent changes in the senior management of our practice.
Emma McKendrick, who manages the company’s Environmental Division,...
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PUNCH appointed as Civil and Structural designers on the Bernal project at UL
23 August 2012PUNCH has recently been appointed as Civil and Structural designers on the new Bernal project at the University of Limerick. The concept design for this proposed development is at an advanced stage and a planning application is du...
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Arklow Water Supply Scheme
12 July 2012The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has approved funding to allow Wicklow County Council to accept the tender of AECOM-Cradock JV for the Arklow Water Supply Scheme Water Treatment Plant Upgrade. This ...
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PUNCH in a Design/Build team for Liverpool development
22 May 2012PUNCH, as part of their association with TPE, are the structural designers in a Design/Build team for a €12m Hotel, Tesco Retail, and Multi-Storey Car Park in Liverpool. The 8-storey development including a basement, and inco...
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Sod turned for new €13m development at Limerick hospital
21 May 2012Construction on the new €13 million development on the grounds of the Mid Western Regional Hospital has begun.The six storey unit with a total floor area of 5115m2 will contain vital services for patients including treatment ...
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Flooding Workshop: Hydraulic Modelling of Fluvial Systems, Portlaoise Heritage Hotel
21 February 2012The risk of flooding is defined as a function of both the probability of a flood happening and its impact. In urban areas, the impact can be very high because the areas affected are densely populated and contain vital infrastructu...
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PUNCH and Glenman have been awarded LOT 1 of the Rapid Build Schools programme.
05 January 2012PUNCH in conjunction with Glenman Construction has been awarded LOT 1 of the Rapid Build Schools programme for the D&B of 3 national schools in Cork at Ballincollig, Rochestown and Clonakilty. These projects have a combined va...
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Boyle Abbey Cistercian Church Works Completed
14 December 2011Boyle Abbey conservation project was declared officially complete by Minister of State Mr. Brian Hayes TD.
At the reception in King House to mark the occasion Kevin Clancy & Kevin Mullery, along with other members of the proj...
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Tankfarm Refurbishment at Tarbert
25 November 2011Balfour Beatty Ireland is now carrying out hydrostatic testing of the refurbished tanks at Tarbert. Each tank is 14.6m high and has a diameter of 61m.These tanks were originally used for Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) storage when the Tarbe...
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Limerick Student Awarded Michael Punch Scholarship
22 September 2011A Limerick student has been named the recipient of the 2011 Michael Punch Scholarship which provides university registration fees of up to €4,500 for a student studying Civil Engineering at the University of Limerick. Padraig...
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PUNCH Consulting Engineers working with Local Authorities in the Implementation of Designated Fats, Oils & Grease Programmes
17 May 2011PUNCH Consulting Engineers are now offering Local Authorities services in the implementation of a designated FOG (Fats, Oils and Grease) Programme aimed at reducing maintenance costs and associated environmental risks.
Fats, oils...
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TPE Appointed to design Cochlear Implant Centre at KFMC Riyadh, KSA
31 March 2011The Cochlear Implant Project is a purpose built 4-storey facility over 8,000m2 on the King Fahad Medical City Hospital campus. The building will provide Research, Training, Administration accommodation along with Treatment areas a...
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TPE wins Masterplan commissions at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh, KSA
30 March 2011King Fahad Medical City (KFMC) is one of the largest independent Medical Cities in the Middle East. It consists of a Main Hospital, Women’s Specialist Hospital, Children’s Hospital and Rehabilitation Hospital.&nb...
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PUNCH are Consulting Engineers to Summa Construction for the D&B Burj Al Baher
03 March 2011TPE are Consulting Engineers to Summa Construction for the D&B Burj Al Baher, Triploi, Libya.
The Project is a 95,267 M2 mixed use development comprising, 32 story hotel tower, 28 story residential tower, 21 story office tow...
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New Tesco Superstore Roscrea
04 January 2011Construction has commenced on a new Format 35 Tesco superstore in Roscrea Co. Tipperary in which PUNCH Consulting is the Civil & Structural consultant. The new store is being developed by Tiernan Properties with SISK having be...
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Older Persons Accommodation Southill
16 December 2010PUNCH Consulting Engineers have successfully tendered for Older Persons Accommodation Southill with ABK Architects.
As part of the Regeneration programme that was first published in October 2008 an integrated plan was prepared by...
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Civic Centre and Public Library in Carrickmacross
15 December 2010PUNCH Consulting was commissioned as part of a Design & Build team with John Sisk & Son for the new 2000m2 Civic Centre and Public Library in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan.
The complex will house both Carrickmacross Town a...
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ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) Symposium in Dublin Castle
26 October 2010ICOMOS is hosting the Advisory and Executive Committee Meeting and Scientific Symposium 'Social Change' 2010 in Dublin Castle from the 26th to the 30th of October 2010. ICOMOS Ireland follows and comments on matters in respect to ...
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Killua Castle, Co Westmeath, receives Commendation at Irish Georgian Society Awards
06 October 2010The Irish Georgian Society awarded a Commendation to Killua Castle, Co. Westmeath for the completed conservation work. The castle contains the core of a fine late-eighteenth-century house, greatly extended, probably by the archite...
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Taoiseach Opens 2 New Buildings at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
24 September 2010Taoiseach Brian Cowen was in attendance for the opening of the Tailteann & Teamhair (Tara) Buildings at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. PUNCH Consulting Engineers are the lead Civil/Structural Engineers on both projects. An...
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PUNCH Awarded Contract to Deliver New Ferry Pier at Doolin, Co Clare
01 September 2010PUNCH Consulting Engineers was recently appointed by Clare County Council to provide Project Management and Engineering services for the development of a new ferry pier in Doolin, Co Clare. The project shall comprise of the constr...
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Planning Lodged for €750m million Redevelopment Project in Cork Docklands
01 August 2010A planning application was lodged to Cork City Council on Wednesday 11th August 2010 by Businessman Gerry Wycherley for the redevelopment of Marina Commercial Park (MCP), a 24 acre in the heart of Cork city’s docklands. ...
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Sallins Flood Alleviation Works
30 July 2010In the
aftermath of severe flooding in the Waterways Estate in Sallins (November
2009), PUNCH Consulting Engineers were
commissioned to provide engineering and PSDP services in relation to emergency
works and also the de...
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RIAI Best Public Building 2010 - Limerick Co Council area offices at Kilmallock
23 June 2010Limerick Co Council area offices at Kilmallock won the RIAI Best Public Building Award 2010. The facility includes a District Court, a Branch Library and Local Area Office, so as to form a new Civic Precinct.
The Library and Loca...
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The Director General of the CIF, Tom Parlon visits Cill Ronain, Inis Mor
23 June 2010In a recent visit to site at Cill Ronain, Inis Mor the Director General of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) Tom Parlon was high in praise of the new harbour project which is due for completion later this year. The works ...
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An Daingean Marina Refurbishment
06 May 2010PUNCH Consulting Engineers recently secured the contract to provide Marine Engineering Consultancy to the Department of Agricultural, Fisheries, and Food to design the refurbishment works of the steel mooring piles in An Daingean ...
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New business name for Michael Punch & Partners
27 April 2010We are delighted to announce an exciting change to the look of our company with a brand new website, stationery and logo. We continue to provide the same top quality services as we always have but have updated our look to ma...
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Energy Assessment of City Hall for Limerick City Council
23 April 2010PUNCH Consulting Engineers has recently been appointed by Limerick City Council to carry out an Energy Assessment of City Hall. The objective of this assessment is to determine the current energy usage status of the building and t...
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Medal of IStructE Murray Buxton Award
21 April 2010PUNCH will be delighted to receive a medal for the Murray Buxton Award from the Institution of Structural Engineers for their paper on the “Redevelopment of Thomond Park, Limerick” in London on June 2nd 2010. Mic...
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Work continues on Trinity Long Room, Dublin
02 April 2010This project involves academic and research space for the Humanities department. The overall scale of the project which is to be carried out in Phases will be in excess of 5,000m2 with Phase 1 comprising 915m2 of usable acco...
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PUNCH Wins 2010 ACEI Award for Thomond Park
26 March 2010PUNCH Consulting Engineers was awarded the 2010 ACEI Excellence in Design Award at a recent function in the Four Season's Hotel in Dublin. The project involved the transformation of the 'Home of Munster Rugby' into a 26,000 seater...
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Work continues on Dublinia Refurbishment
24 March 2010This project involves the design of the glass entrance to the Viking Dublin experience. The overall scale of the project is in excess of 350m2 and is designed as a two story high glass box with a timber and steel composite structu...
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Oman Distribution Centre Contract Signed
16 March 2010PUNCH Consulting Engineers and their logistics design partners Ashton Smith Associates today signed a contract with the leading Oman logistics company Al Madinah Logistics for the design of a new 170,000ft2 temperature controlled ...
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