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The following featured projects are a selection of ongoing and completed schemes in the
Enterprise & Research sector:

	Feature Project
	Dublin City Council Central Laboratory, Marrowbone Lane, Dublin Mixed-use scheme was selected for development following a limited competition organised by Dublin City Council. The building comprises retail and commercial office space and a fully fitted out laboratory department on the third and fourth floors. The massing of the building is divided into a ‘linear’ block and a ‘cube’ block with a glazed link between, open at ground floor level.

	Feature Project
	FÁS Training Centre, Tallaght, Co Dublin New-build FÁS Training Centre incorporating a mixture of workshops, general classrooms, IT classrooms and administration areas. The building has been set out to maximise the potential of the site, while addressing the requirements of the brief, including updates for safety and the disabled. The building underwent a successful air tightness test as part of the design specfication.


		Esat Digifone Customer Care Centre and Switch Facility Customer Care Centre and Switch Facility set amid the lush greenery of Plassey's National Technological Park. The Care Centres structure is L-shaped to maximise on natural light, internal ventilation, and the fortunate location.

		E-Town, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare *Residential* Pilot project in Shannon Development’s initiative to create a number of e-towns in the Shannon Region.The development is on a 2.2 acre site and will comprise of 12 housing units, six of which have an integral business unit and six starter business units.

		Leo Laboratories Pharmaceutical Plant This project called for an extension to the existing pharmaceutical plant, and necessitated a programme of fast track construction.

		Longford Enterprise Centre - Competition New build Enterprise Centre comprising three functionally distinct elements, linked by circulation and pivot spaces of various configurations both internal and external. The organisation of the building in plan can be understood in its external, three-dimensional appearance; the light-industrial, office and training areas each clearly identifiable and distinguishable from the other.

		Rottapharm Research Facility, Co. Dublin This Rottapharm Ltd. development incorporates three buildings on a green-field site in West County Dublin. Phase 1 of the overall plan, comprising the construction of an administration building, a process / production building and a warehousing facility, was awarded the CIF's 'Sustainable Building Award 1999'.