PUNCH provided Civil & Structural engineering consultancy services for this significant nursing home facility which is located in the village of Drommahane near Mallow in County Cork. 

The redevelopment encompassed an overall site area of circa 3.5 Hectares which included a new 120 bed nursing home facility to replace the outdated accommodation in the original building which was no longer fit for purpose. The new facility was efficiently designed to comply with the latest Health Information & Quality Authority (HIQA) requirements.

An important part of the brief was maintaining the existing nursing home operational for the full duration of the works. A further part of the brief was the retention and refurbishment of all existing facilities and incorporating same into the overall design.

In order to satisfy these elements of the brief, the project was completed in 2 phases to enable the facility to continue providing residential care during the construction of the new 120 bed facility.

The original 19th Century Newberry House facility (a Protected Structure) was also completely renovated to provide residential accommodation for the Sisters of Nazareth as part of the original works scope along with extensive site development works.