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Tricon delivered the refurbishment of St. Kevin’s School in Donaghmede for the Department of Education, covering 500 square metres across five classrooms and the surrounding external areas. The works combined a full internal refurbishment of the classrooms with new accessible facilities, upgraded WCs, a new canteen kitchen, and external play and safety improvements, delivered with McLoughlin Architecture as architect.

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The project brought together classroom refurbishment, new accessibility provision, and external works within a single programme, each with its own requirements, from the finishes and services standards expected in a teaching environment to the specific needs of an accessible WC and shower facility. As a school, the works also had to be completed to a standard suitable for pupils and staff and ready for use.

Tricon coordinated the internal refurbishment, mechanical and electrical upgrades, new facilities, and external works as a single programme, sequencing the trades so that the classrooms, WCs, canteen, and external areas progressed together toward a consistent finished standard across the school.

The five classrooms were fully refurbished with new floor, wall, and ceiling finishes, mechanical and electrical upgrades, and decoration throughout. A new accessible WC and shower area was formed off the classrooms, and four sets of existing WCs were refurbished. A new kitchen was supplied and fitted to the canteen, while externally the works included new soft play, new railings, and tarmac.

The completed project delivered a fully refurbished teaching environment across five classrooms at St. Kevin’s, with new accessible facilities, upgraded WCs, a new canteen kitchen, and improved external play and safety areas. The result gave the school a modernised, accessible, and safe environment for pupils and staff.