Shannon View, Kylebeg, Banagher
Construction of 8 no. new houses for Offaly County Council, two three-bed and six two-bed.
Architect designed scheme on a difficult site with steep slopes. Houses in terrace formation and were stepped both horizontally and vertically. Houses were angled to the street to achieve a continuous roof plane. White brick façade.
Houses achieved A2 rating and used air source heat pumps, PV solar panel, heat recovery and solid fuel stoves. Also double and triple glazed aluclad windows.
New foul and S.W. sewers were installed and existing services were diverted into new arrangement. ESB main services were diverted and rearranged to facilitate new development. Large quantities of cut and fill and reshaping of existing terrain were involved.
