CRH company awarded Lansdowne Road roof contract

Walling and ventilation specialists Williaam Cox has been awarded the contract for the design, manufacture and installation of the Lansdowne Road stadium roof, façade and internal screens.

The €20m contract was signed today with John Sisk & Son, the main contractor for the redevelopment project, and the Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company, a joint venture between the IRFU and the FAI.

Works on site are due to commence this October and are expected to take about a year to complete.

Williaam Cox boss Declan Quirke said: "The stadium is a complicated project…the façade is a shimmering form of transparent polycarbonate louvres and acoustic/non-acoustic screens, rising both in the east and west and falling in the north to minimise the impact of the building on the adjoining neighbourhoods. Reflecting the colours of the sky and the light conditions, the stadium façade will be ever-changing."

Williaam Cox Ireland is jointly owned by CRH plc and the Sicon Group and employs 130 staff in Dublin, Cork and Belfast.

The construction of the new €365m, 50,000 all-seater Lansdowne Road Stadium is on schedule to be completed by Spring 2010.