Murphy International Steel Fabrication Facility Newbridge, Ireland

Barrett Mahony provided Civil and Structural Engineering services to Murphy International Ltd, in relation to their new steel fabrication facility at Great Connell, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. The facility will includes 5T and 15T gantry cranes, and 3.2T cantilever travelling wall cranes. The main frame has been designed as a fixed base single bay asymmetrical portal, with side portal bay extension and has been designed to tight deflection limits to resist onerous dynamic loading from the working cranes. Lateral stability in the cross section is achieved by portal action of the steel frame, while lateral stability in the longitudinal direction is achieved by a tubular steel roof and side wall bracing system, coupled with 3 internal wind portal braces.