Christchurch National School, Waterford

  This €1.3m project involved the demolition of and refurbishment to existing 1950’s and 1980’s school buildings. Also included were major excavation works to allow for a new extension consisting of a GP hall, library/resource area, staff rooms, special ed rooms, circulation area, stores, sanitary facilities and an impressive rooftop play area. Extensive yard and…

St. Paul’s Community College, Lisduggan, Waterford

This project consisted of the refurbishment of 3 Science rooms, associated prep rooms, stores and demonstration rooms at St. Paul’s Community College, Lisduggan, Waterford. Tom O’Brien’s carried out the complete redecoration of all above mentioned rooms to give a complete aesthetic upgrade. Tom O’Brien’s worked closely with the appointed mechanical and electrical sub-contractors to ensure…

Waterpark National School, Waterford

The development of Waterpark National School was carried out in two phases. The first phase of works consisted primarily of construction of the new two storey primary school building extension consisting of 4 general classrooms, 2 resource rooms, stores, toilets and all associated external works including site enclosures, road and footpath redevelopment works, safe pedestrian…

Ballyduff National School, Waterford

Ballyduff National School posed significant logistical problems for the contractor and client. A number of classrooms were retained whilst other classrooms were moved to temporary accommodation. A mixture of new build and refurbishment took place with students and staff on site. On-site safety is always paramount with Tom O’Brien Construction and was particularly crucial during…

Waterford Institute of Technology, Good Shepherd Campus

Tom O’Brien Construction were responsible for the conversion of a significant part of the historic Good Shepherd Convent, which had fallen into disrepair, into this modern WIT campus building housing kitchen and restaurant facilities blended together so successfully into the new music campus for WIT. The utilisation of the old building fabric and its stone…