Office Fit Out
LAB Smithfield
- Location
- Brunswick Street, Dublin 7
- Year
- 2024–2025
- Role
- Architect
- Stage
- Sketch Design, Tender, Construction, Completion & Handover
- Contribution
- Acted as Architect from sketch design through tender, construction and handover. Selected drawings shown were prepared by me or developed collaboratively with Directors and internal team members.
Public sector fit-out and alteration project for the Legal Aid Board’s Smithfield Law Centre. The project involved the phased refurbishment of an existing multi-storey building to upgrade public-facing law centre accommodation, office areas, meeting rooms, staff facilities, support spaces, services infrastructure and circulation areas.
As Architect I was involved from sketch design through tender, construction and handover. The works were delivered across multiple phases, including upper floor renovations, roof-level works, ground floor reconfiguration, staircore works and basement/plant-related items. The building remained in use during the project, requiring careful phasing, staff relocation planning, access coordination, escape route coordination, landlord/building management coordination and continuous consultant input.
The project was delivered under a Public Works Contract. My role focused on architectural design coordination, tender and construction documentation, construction-stage drawing updates, architectural responses to site queries, site inspections and snagging.
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Drawings
Key Responsibilities
- Prepared sketch layouts, tender drawings, construction drawings, schedules and supporting documentation
- Coordinated phased works across multiple floors, including upper floor renovations, roof-level works, ground floor reconfiguration and staircore works
- Coordinated architectural information with mechanical, electrical, fire safety, accessibility, security, landlord and operational requirements
- Responded to architectural site queries, contractor information requests and construction-stage drawing revisions
- Attended site meetings, carried out site inspections and provided architectural input during the works
- Reviewed progress information and construction stage submittals relating to partitions, services, ceilings, raised access floor and internal fit-out works
- Prepared snag lists and coordinated architectural completion items through to handover
- Provided architectural input alongside the Employer’s Representative during construction