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Tricon delivered the full fit-out of a 160 square metre grey box unit into a working KBC bank branch at Unit 101, Blanchardstown Shopping Centre. The scope took the space from a bare base build through to a finished, customer-facing retail banking environment, complete with mechanical and electrical services, partitioning, glazing, joinery, and branded signage.

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Delivered for KBC with Aramark as architect, the project combined a public-facing branch area with staff offices and support facilities, integrating branded shopfront glazing, acoustic partitioning, and a fitted kitchen within a single fit-out.

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A grey box fit-out begins from an unfinished shell, requiring the full sequence of services, partitions, finishes, and joinery to be built out to a defined brand and operational standard. For a retail banking environment, that standard spans both the customer-facing branch and the private offices behind it, each with different requirements for acoustics, glazing, and finish.

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Acoustic performance was a specific priority. Partitions required a double layer of plasterboard and 50mm acoustic insulation to provide privacy for banking conversations, while several offices needed full-height glazed screens and doors that maintain sightlines without compromising separation. The external and internal shopfronts, in triple-glazed powder-coated aluminium and 12mm toughened glass respectively, had to meet both security and brand-presentation requirements within a live shopping centre.

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Tricon approached the project as a coordinated retail fit-out, sequencing mechanical and electrical upgrades, partitioning, glazing, flooring, and joinery so that each trade progressed toward a consistent finished standard across both public and staff areas.

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Particular attention was given to the acoustic build-up of partitions and the specification of glazed screens, balancing the openness expected of a modern branch with the confidentiality required for banking. The shopfront, signage, and branded finishes were coordinated to present a consistent KBC identity to the shopping centre frontage.

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Delivery covered full mechanical and electrical upgrades, plasterboard and suspended tile-and-grid ceilings throughout, and a flooring package combining Tarkett to the main area, vinyl to the kitchen and toilets, and Adams carpet inlay to the offices. Partitions were built with a double layer of plasterboard and 50mm Isover acoustic insulation, with full-height glazed screens and doors to selected offices.

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The external shopfront was installed as a powder-coated aluminium triple-glazed fixed window, with an internal shopfront in 12mm toughened glass and double-glazed doors. A fitted kitchen was completed with wall and base units finished in Lacobel coloured glass, alongside shop-fit joinery, signage, and both loose and fitted furniture for staff and customers throughout.

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The completed project delivered a fully fitted 160 square metre KBC branch, finished to the bank's brand and operational standard across customer, office, and support areas.

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The acoustic partitioning, glazed screens, and branded shopfront gave KBC a branch environment that balanced customer accessibility with the privacy and security demands of retail banking, ready to open and trade within the shopping centre.

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