Western Complete €1m Hospital Job

A Co Tyrone firm has completed the construction of a new four-storey medical admissions unit at Dublin's Beaumont Hospital.

Coalisland company, Western Building Systems completed the €1m job in under 12 months, with work going ahead in the middle of a live fire tender route which had to be kept clear and operational at all times

"The site constraints presented considerable challenges in terms of health and safety," said Western's Senior Contracts Manager, Shane Taggart.


A total of 80 modular sections fabricated off-site at Western’s factory over a three-month period were transported to Dublin over four days and craned into the courtyard of the hospital.

The modules then had to be linked to the existing building at three levels to provide 21,500 sq ft of additional space for the hospital. Fit-Out then commenced on-site which provided four high-spec isolation rooms, four intensive care units and nurses reception area on the ground floor; 28 fully-fitted bed wards with wet room ensuites on the first and second floors; and a fully-fitted out plant room including Air Handling Units on the third floor.

Mr Taggard continued: "It was definitely our most complicated and intricate project in terms of level of services. It is a highly serviced building in terms of acute hospital services."

The Tyrone firm has gained a reputation in both Ireland and the UK for fast-track building work within the health sector.

(NS/GK)