This project highlights FT’s experience in providing:

• Hydraulic design of culverts and bridges on the scheme
• Procurement and interpretation of river survey
• Modelling of the River Nore and King’s River
• Hydraulic assessment and analysis
• Design of flood relief culverts on the floodplain at the River Nore structure
• Validation of the model using gauged data and historic records
• Hydraulic modelling of existing weirs and bridges upstream and downstream of the proposed new bridges
• Liaison with Utility Companies and Statutory bodies
• Application for consent under Section 50 (watercourse crossing) of the Irish Arterial Drainage Act, 1945
• Accommodation Works Design.

The Oldtown Mooretown lands comprise approximately 111.5ha of greenfield, agricultural land outside Dublin City.  These lands were zoned for residential use by the Fingal County Development Plan 2005-2011 and subsequent variations.  It is estimated that the lands can facilitate 3,600 residential units together with a range of community services, a western distributor road, and new national and secondary schools.

FT’s responsibilities on this project included:

• A strategic review of the potential significant impacts of the Local Area Plan on humans, water quality, air quality, noise, geology/hydrogeology, land use, ecology, cultural heritage and landscape
• An SFRA on the proposed Local Area Plan strategy considering the flooding potential of the Broadmeadow River at the southern edge of the lands; and the Fingal East Meath Flood Risk Assessment and Management (FEMFRAM) study
• Presentation of mitigation measures to reduce/remedy the significant impacts of the Local Area Plan and a monitoring programme to measure and assess the impacts of the LAP on the environment.

The draft Plan was adopted in September 2010.

The National Technology Park (NTP), Limerick, is developed and managed by Shannon Development.  A 50 acre site at the NTP is designated as a Strategic Site under Industrial Development Authority’s (IRE) National Strategic Site Initiative.

FT’s responsibilities on this project included:

• Hydrological flood study of the Shannon and Mulkear rivers to confirm the 1 in 500 year flood level at the site
• Review of drainage options for the site and possible attenuation solutions.

FT modelled a 1.5 km reach of the River Shannon using HEC-RAS software and a survey provided by the OPW for an earlier ISIS model of the same reach.  The purpose of the flood study was to establish the 1 in 500 year flood level (0.2% AEP) at the study area, to inform the design of a flood defence berm for the site.  The earlier ISIS model had predicted the flood level for the 1 in 100 year flood event (1% AEP).