LOCATION: Donegal Square North, Belfast
COMPLETION DATE: May 2017
CLIENT: Belfast City Council
MAIN CONTRACTOR: JD Mc Geown Ltd
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
JD McGeown Ltd has worked on the successful conversion of Belfast City Councils ground floor civic offices and public function areas turning them into exciting new visitor attraction and exhibition space.
The City Hall’s east wing on the ground floor has been completely renovated to facilitate the new tourist attraction, which has its own dedicated reception area. The exhibition stretches over 18 separate rooms, all presented within the original architecture of City Hall as designed by Alfred Brumwell Thomas in the late 1890s.
Due to the sensitivity surrounding the public exhibition area the 26-week contract demanded extensive co-ordination and liaison with Belfast City Council engineers and client appointed specialist contractors.
The challenges presented by this project included installation within a fixed time period, secured through meticulous pre planning and team management working with Belfast City Council.
Belfast City Hall remained fully operational during the process of the conversion and our engineers had to be mindful to avoid any disruption to the Councils normal working schedule.
LOCATION: 58 Castlecaulfield Rd, Donaghmore, Dungannon
CLIENT: Western Education and Library Board
MAIN CONTARCTOR: Mc Aleer and Teague
COMPLETION DATE: September 2016
CONTRACT VALUE: £470k
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
St Joseph’s Grammar School is one of the fifty schools in Northern Ireland to have benefitted from the capital investment scheme School Enhancement Programme which funds refurbishment and extension projects.
This £3.7m project has allowed for new school accommodation, including the two-story building for PE with a sports hall and a fitness suite as well as new Drama facilities with all state of the art facilities including stage lighting.
LOCATION: Cromore Road, Coleraine
CLIENT: Ulster University
MAIN CONTRACTOR: Woodvale Construction
COMPLETION DATE: January 2017
CONTRACT VALUE: £480k
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The £5.1 million development, funded by the Department for the Economy, will provide a modern sports center for Ulster University’s Coleraine campus and will include eight multi-sport indoor courts, a fitness studio and upgraded changing facilities.
The new Centre provides – 8 court sports hall; fitness suite; studio; internal & external changing; office and meeting accommodation; athletes lounge and internal and external storage. The facilities will be used for a broad range of sporting activities throughout the year including student sports, competitions and University club training.
The state of the arts sports facility has been developed to accommodate the high demand for student sport whilst creating a fitness & wellbeing hub that can be accessed by the local community.
LOCATION: Adelaide Exchange, Belfast
CLIENT: Liberty IT
MAIN CONTARCTOR: Grahams Interior Fit Out
COMPLETION DATE: June 2016
CONTRACT VALUE: £400k
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This project entailed the development of grade A offices for the HQ of Liberty IT International.
The high standard of finish and technical specification of Adelaide Exchange coupled with provision of excellent data cabling solutions and fibre –optic connectivity has produced state of the art office space.
The project comprised a Category A fit out of the link buildings within the Adelaide Exchange development in Alfred Street, Belfast. Working alongside the main contractor, Grahams, the 6th, 7th, & 8th floors of the building were upgraded and works included the installation of the building’s mechanical and electrical services.
LOCATION: Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
CLIENT: Queens University Belfast
MAIN CONTRACTOR: Felix O’Hare
COMPLETION DATE: Nov 2014
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project involved the complete redesign and upgrade of the 1960s built research centre, which is part of the Queens University Health and Science campus.
The building was live during this refurbishment which we managed carefully and successfully completed the project without disrupting the day to day running of the building.
This major refurbishment took in part of the ground floor of the Whitla Medical Building as well as the first floor and a complete refurbishment and fitting out of the second floor.
LOCATION: Boveagh, Drumrane Road, Dungiven
CLIENT: Western Education and Library Board
MAIN CONTRACTOR Bradley Construction
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The new 4 classroom school was developed at a cost of £1.1million.
JD Mc Geown was the appointed electrical contractor on this project which involved the amalgamation of 3 primary schools Burnfoot, Dungiven and Largy. The result has been a spectacular educational development with classrooms designed around a resource area incorporating ICT, library, arts and crafts. All the classrooms are fully furnished with audio visual equipment and interactive white boards.
LOCATION: Waring Street, Belfast
CLIENT: Whitbread
MAIN CONTRACTOR: Patton Construction
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The Premier Inn, Four Corners Hotel fronts on to Waring Street in Belfast with various commercial premise to its right. The project had a contractual value of £12m allowing this Victorian landmark in Belfast city centre to be restored sympathetically within the confines of a listed building structure.
Previously derelict for a number of years, only the listed façade of this building could be retained in this new hotel project. There are 171 bedrooms, a 200-seat restaurant, a bar, and an underground car park. The new portion has a modern white façade punctuated by simple vertical windows.
LOCATION: Stranmillis Road, Belfast
CLIENT: Queens University Belfast
MAIN CONTRATOR: Cleary Contracts
COMPLETION DATE: Sept 2014
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project involved the refurbishment of phase 1 and phase 2 of this landmark David Keir building at Queens University Belfast. Working to a tight timescale and budget we met the client’s needs, mindful of the fact that we were working during the academic teaching year and minimum disruption was key in delivery. The works comprised upgrade of existing workshops and laboratories. There was some minor demolition works together with installation of new partitions and additional fixtures and fittings.
LOCATION: University Terrace, Belfast
CLIENT: Queens University Belfast
MAIN CONTRACTOR: Mc Aleer and Teague
COMPLETION DATE: December 2014
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The Integrated Medical Centre at University Terrace was subject to a major refurbishment and an extension as part of Queen’s University capital expenditure programme.
This scheme for a new Integrated Medical Centre for Queen’s University Belfast comprised the refurbishment and extension of 7 University Terrace, a grade B1 listed building, which was formerly the Manse to the adjacent Grade A listed Elmwood Church.
The development entailed the refurbishment and remodelling of the main Manse building and a contemporary new build two–storey extension, designed to respect the setting of the listed buildings. The building provided purpose designed accommodation for the University Health Centre (UHC), together with additional space for complimentary activities, such as a Dental Practice, Physiotherapy Practice or other Health Trust Accommodation.
LOCATION: Queens University Main Site
CLIENT: Queens University Belfast
MAIN CONTRACTOR: QMac Construction
COMPLETION DATE: December 2014
CONTRACT VALUE: £500k
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
JD MCGEOWN were appointed contractors on the refurbishment of the Old Physics Building at QUB as part of a major capital spend programme.
This redevelopment was the first phase of a project to consolidate and integrate the Schools of Mathematics and Physics including the development of a Mathematics and Physics Teaching Centre in the current Postgraduate Student Centre and the upgrading of accommodation in the New Physics.
This project consisted of the strip out, part demolition and refurbishment of a four storey listed building located in the heart of Queens University’s main campus. The building has new state of the art mechanical and electrical systems. The building fabric was enhanced by way of total floor by floor reconfiguration to provide cellular double and multi occupancy suites. Particular emphasis was placed on the retention of existing components such as original oak flooring and exposed wooden structural trusses. New joinery throughout the complete building along with new welfare and kitchen facilities completed the internal refurbishment of the project. This project was completed and handover in two phases with the first being the total refurbishment of the Emeleus Lecture theatre.