DA Construction is a building company with a highly experienced and dedicated team of professionals.
DA Construction was set up with a view to focusing primarily on clients’ needs and to offer an in-house professional service. DA Construction specialise in all types of building projects from refurbishments and new build to design and build contracts. DA Construction also provide project management services.
With vast experience and an excellent track record, they have positioned themselves as the ideal solution for all residential and commercial development projects. Some of their recent projects are listed below:
No. 7 D’Olier Street, Dublin 2
-Removing partitions and walls for new layouts
– Removing asbestos, pumps and large oil tanks from the basement
– Resealing, refurbishing and reglazing all the sash timber windows
– Damp proofing the affected areas of the basement
– New heating and toilets
– New electrical installation – including fire alarm and emergency lighting
– Also fitting smoke vent to roof
– Extensive fire proofing of walls, ceilings and internal doors where required
– Repairs to roof finishes and valleys
– Full decoration, tiling and carpets throughout
– New granite surround and timber shop front
Clancarthy Court, Dublin 5
– Remedial work to Senior Citizens complex of 20 units in 3 blocks due to the presence of pyrite in all the hard-core used for the development.
– Remove all internal walls, kitchens, bathrooms, concrete floors, plumbing and electrical installations from all ground floor units.
– Remove all footpaths, drainage, cobblelock, utilities and tarmacadam.
– All hard-core removed to approved land fill site and replaced with certified hard-core filling.
– All affected works were re-instated to original condition.
Auburn Park, Castleknock, Dublin
Development of 44 No. luxurious apartments
Auburn Park is a development which exceeds all expectations. Not only is it located in one of the most prestigious neighbourhoods of Dublin, all internal and external finishes have been meticulously selected and sourced. Each apartment is finished to an exceptionally high standard to give a truly luxurious finish worthy of the address.
Central to Auburn Park is a fantastic water feature and the grounds of the development are extensively landscaped. The intelligent design of each apartment maximises natural light with large expanses of glass in the living area leading to spacious balconies.
Kitchen Replacement Programme for 100 units at St Michans House, Dublin 7
– Replacement of existing kitchens in Local Authority dwellings.
– Remove and replace all kitchen cabinets.
– Upgrade electrical supplies as required.
– Relocation of existing gas meters as required.
– All work carried out in a live environment as tenants in situe.
– All disturbed finishes made good on completion.
Vershoyle Court, Dublin 2
Redevelopment of 20 No. bedsit apartments to 10 No. one bedroom apartments.
– Remove partitions and walls for new layouts.
– Remove asbestos from site.
– Remove existing concrete floors and provide new drainage.
– Replace all external windows and doors.
– Provide new electrical installations.
– Provide new mechanical installations.
– Fire proofing of walls, ceilings and internal doors.
– Repairs to roof.
– Full decoration, tiling and timber floors throughout.
– Provide new fitted kitchens and wardrobes throughout.
– New paved areas, brick planters and new bicycle stands.
DA Construction provide complete project management and full turnkey services when working for private clients or when outsourced by engineers, architects or interior design firms across any type of construction service. Their skilful team pride themselves on being innovative and design orientated complimented by the very highest level of expertise in all areas of building construction and project management.
The ethos of the company is to deliver the clients requirements on time, within budget and with a first-class finish achieving the attention to detail that one would expect of a professional reputable building construction company.
“Personally, I always work off the mantra if you wouldn’t like it done in your own house, don’t do it in someone else’s house,” outlined Managing Director Des Adams. “We take great pride in delivery of quality projects on time and providing a turnkey service to our clients.
“The company is extremely fortunate to have 10 dedicated and highly skilled people working for it. We also rely heavily on sub-contractors that we have established strong working relationships with down through the years. The staff are absolutely paramount to the company because you are going nowhere in this business without a team of employees that can be trusted to get the job done.”
Des Adams has been involved in the construction industry for over 20 years and in that time has held many roles and covered both the commercial and domestic sector of the industry.
His background includes shop fitting in the retail sector, overseeing the delivery of projects for clients on time and within budget and managing all aspects of the fit out. For this he also liaised with sub-contractors and Shopping Centre Managements on a daily basis.
Des has also been heavily involved in management local government projects ranging from €50k to €3.5 million. He consults with senior architects, engineers, health and safety personnel and acted as contracts manager, including all sub-contractor accounts, estimation and cost control. Des has also contracted many one-off houses and carried out numerous bespoke projects for private clients. In recent years, he has successfully managed two maintenance contracts both in excess of €2m for the largest city council in the country, providing a 24/7 emergency call out service along with scheduled routine maintenance to properties covering the greater Dublin area.
“I set up the company in May 2005,” he recalled. “I was a partner with another building company, and it was a natural progression for me to go out on my own. I had developed good contacts working for some of the local authorities, Dublin City Council being the largest, so I decided from early on that that was where my focus was going to go.
“It was at the height of the boom, but I resisted the temptation to get into the private market and that has paid dividends for me in the long run. We knew what we were good at and thankfully that got us through the recession.
“We have maintenance contracts on Local Authorities’ housing stock and also carry out refurbishment work on complete complexes, individual houses or apartments. Dublin City Council would be our main client, but we also carry out work on behalf of South Dublin County Council and, more recently, Fingal County Council have been added to our client base.”
The affable Des currently holds a Managing Safety in Construction Diploma and is an accredited Project Supervisor for construction stage certified by the Construction Industry Federation. He is optimistic about what the future holds for DA Construction Ltd and the building sector in general.
“Business is good thank God and there seems to be an appetite out there to carry out more works which is obviously great from our point of view. We take great pride in the delivery of quality projects on time and providing a turnkey service to our clients and it has very much been a case of so far so good!
“We are currently at the tender stage for several projects and if they come up with there will be scope for expansion but, like before, it will be a measured approach. It would be easy to make the mistake of over-extending in the current climate but everyone has learned lessons from the past. There is a positive future outlook, however,” he concluded.
If you would like a free no obligation quote, an estimate or an assessment of your building requirements, feel free to contact Des and the DA Construction Ltd team at the numbers below. You won’t be disappointed!
DA Construction Ltd
74 Oakglade
Blessington Road
Naas
Co Kildare
Tel: 045 901 654
Mob: 087 278 9990
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.daconstruction.ie
Taken from Building Ireland Magazine, October, Vol 5 No 10
