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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

QUESTION NO. 3

QUESTION: Councillor M. McDonagh

To ask the Manager for a detailed response to the findings contained in the Buckeridge Forristal Partnership report into housing developments at Balgaddy conducted in May of this year and to comment specifically on the report's six key recommendations contained on pages 14 to 18 of the report and to outline what action the Council intends to take with respect to the findings of this report?

REPLY:

A building survey was commissioned by CPLN and carried out in May 2011 by Buckeridge Forristal Partnership, Consulting Engineers (BFP) covering 39 units in Búirg an Rí,  Méile an Rí and Tor an Rí which were selected by CPLN and the Balgaddy Working Together Group. This report is linked to this reply.

The six key recommendations contained on pages 14 to 18 of the BFP report relate to the following:

1.    Roofing issues – on traditional pitched roofs and flat roofs

2.    Heating and plumbing issues

3.    Electrical installations

4.    Aluminium windows and doors

5.    Wall construction

6.    Building Regulation Compliance relating to:

a.    Widths of doors & windows, clear heights

b.    Mechanical ventilation requirements

c.     Natural ventilation requirements

d.    Compartmentation of properties

The current situation in relation to these recommendations and remedial works on this scheme in general is as reported in Headed Item (3) on this meeting agenda.