Water & Utilities

The Costelloe Regional Water Supply Scheme was procured in two contracts, a DBO contract for the lake impoundment, abstraction works and treatment (Contract 3), and an Employer Design contract for pipelines and reservoirs (Contract 2).  Contract 2 co …

The Westmeath Water Conservation Project entailed a 3 stage approach to tackling the issue of unaccounted for water (UFW). Stage 1 involved putting Water Management Systems in place, District Meter Areas, to quantify the extent of the problem and sys …

In July 2013, following intense rainfall in the area, flooding occurred in parts of Letterkenny General Hospital. The source of the flood water was a local stream known as the Sprackburn Tributary (a tributary of the River Swilly), which runs towards …

As the age-old proverb suggests, necessity is indeed the ‘mother of invention’, and within a construction and engineering context particularly, we have seen time and time again that the primary driving force for innovation is the need to resolve a re …

This project was implemented to improve the water quality of the River Boyne, to comply with the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive and to improve the potential for continued development of the town. This project consisted of 2 phases. Phase 1 was …

TOBIN Consulting Engineers were commissioned by Elgin Energy to carry out a Flood Risk Assessment on a solar farm located in County Kilkenny approximately 2km west of Ballyragget Town. The Flood Risk Assessment was carried out in accordance with a st …

TOBIN was appointed as Client’s Representative for the Stage 5 expansion of the Leixlip Water Treatment Plant. The expansion, with a capital cost of approximately €30 million, included the construction of a state of the art “stand-alone” facility, on …

TOBIN Consulting Engineers commissioned the first modern survey of the whole River Barrow navigation; over 68km from Athy in Co.Kildare, to the tidal reaches at St Mullins in Co Waterford. In sharing that survey with those who use and care for the wa …

Following the intense flooding of the Dunkellin River in November 2009, TOBIN was appointed to design a scheme to alleviate flooding between Craughwell and Kilcolgan in County Galway. The works consist of: (1)    Channel deepening in Craughwell villa …