Winner – Innovation – ACEI Design Excellence Awards 2017

The Sports Ireland National Indoor Arena is the new flagship facility at the National Sports Campus on the north side of the city of Dublin.  It is designed to the highest world class standards and specifications and the first of its kind in Europe with a seating capacity of 1,900 spectators.  The Arena consists of full entertainment specifications to allow for all sporting activities from minor games with minimum spectator value to major sporting and corporate events as well as concert events.

J.V. Tierney & Co.’s early input to the design allows dedicated services routes to be predetermined and coordinated within the steel structure to allow for neat, safe, and robust services installation.  All services design was evaluated constantly to ensure value for the Client while providing systems to last the test of time.  All value engineering solutions were employed in the design.

JV Tierney & Co. provided the following services:

• Building Energy Rating of ‘A3’ targeted and achieved
• Thermal Model of the Building
• Natural ventilation and daylighting in National Indoor Athletics Training Centre (NIATC) and National Gymnastics Training Centre (NGTC).
• Complete heating/ventilation and water services installations throughout.
• Complete fully analogue addressable fire detection and alarm system
• Programmable lighting control on all common, circulation, offices, changing rooms, toilets incorporating LED technology, automatic DALI addressable emergency lighting.
• Full BMS compatible distribution network mechanical plant and ventilation systems.
• Full network access control, Digital Camera Surveillance and intruder alarm system
• Rainwater harvesting provided for toilet areas.
• TV Media Facilities, Outside Broadcast Facilities, Electronic Signage, AV and Event Control Centre.
• Integration with campus security and BMS.