UCC Mardyke Arena Gym Shortlisted for RIAI Award

We are delighted to share that we have been shortlisted for an RIAI award for the UCC Mardyke Arena Strength & Conditioning Gym, Cork.

We always aim to lead by example in promoting sustainability in design and construction practices to achieve RIAI Climate Challenge targets by 2030. All our design efforts are focused on increasing our awareness and understanding of embodied carbon within the construction process and reduce embodied carbon in all our projects. We were excited to be afforded the opportunity by our clients at the University College Cork to measure the embodied carbon of the recently completed Gym project. The project utilized Glulam and Cross laminated timber construction technologies with much off-site fabrication.

Following our LCA analysis we were delighted to discover that the building bettered the RIAI Climate Challenge 2030 target for embodied Carbon (538 kgC02e/m2 achieved versus an industry standard benchmark of 1000 kgC02e/m2 i.e. more than 40% target reduction). The use of timber is not just low in carbon; it can really deliver a high-quality architectural solution. And we simply love the look & feel of the timber.

Stay tuned for more updates on OCMA’s path to Net Zero Carbon.