Riverdale Development

The Nightingales

Play Areas

Residential Dwellings

239

Attenuation Ponds

O’Halloran & O’Brien delivered the full groundworks package for The Nightingales, a major residential development comprising 239 new dwellings, including 81 affordable homes. The scheme features a mixture of 2, 3 and 4-bedroom houses and apartments, designed within a landscaped setting to create a high-quality living environment.

Works encompassed complete site infrastructure and groundworks, including roads and sewers constructed to adoptable standards, extensive drainage and attenuation systems, utility connections, and reinforced concrete substructures. Value engineering solutions were implemented throughout to enhance build efficiency, cost-effectiveness and long-term sustainability.

Scope of Works:

Site Clearance – vegetation removal and preparation for construction
Roads & Sewers – adoptable works under Section 104
278 Works – construction to full highway standards
Street Lighting – design and installation across main routes and residential streets
Infrastructure Solutions – value-engineered design improvements for efficiency
Attenuation Ponds – sustainable surface water management systems
Substations & Pump Stations – installation of key infrastructure services
Drainage – deep trench and confined excavation works under strict safety measures
Foundations – traditional, piled and raft slab solutions
Ground Beams & Raft Slabs – reinforced concrete structural bases
House Drainage & Service Runs – connections to all plots
Utility Connections – coordinated delivery across all residential zones
External Works – driveways, patios, house paths and communal parking areas
Retaining Walls & Earthworks – sloped plot and split-level design solutions