Guinness Enterprise Centre, Dublin

The Guinness Enterprise Centre is a former stables and forge which once served the Guinness brewery. In the 1990’s the building was converted to 3 storey offices by Dublin corporation. This took the form of precast floors on internal load-bearing masonry wall structure supported on piled foundations. In 2018 funding was secured by GEC to construct an additional two floors and associated lift and stair core to accommodate the growing demand for startup companies.

The Guinness Enterprise Centre presented a fascinating opportunity to revilatising a historic building. The overall design required the careful consideration of existing loads and the assessment of the load-bearing structure. A detailed structural analysis of the floors, walls and foundations was undertaken at project inception to ensure the feasibility of the proposed additional two storeys.