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Originally posted by EUFighter View PostInteresting to see there will be a new 140m jetty.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Most of the report is reactive maintenance to prevent the complete loss of buildings due to neglect.
2025 is still too late for most of the works as they are needed 10 years ago.
There is little to SFA imagination and vision in this report.
Refurbish USAC (equivalent of painting it and some insulation)
Refurbish Block this, block that.
The Defence Forces need MODERN accommodation facilities akin to UCD/UL on campus student apartments.
MODERN multistory office block like buildings with reconfigurable partitions to suit changing needs. Class rooms, auditoriums, Army “hanger” spaces etc etc etc.
I’ll bet the cadets and NCOs in the military college are still trying to wash their boots and kit in the gutters under a single outside tap.
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The programme and the monies envisaged give the impression that this will be a bare bones project. Other than Block 8 refurbishment most Naval base projects are deferred to 2022. Operationally one would imagine that Comcen , Fire damage, and additional berthage would be an urgent matter. Our GPD for 2019 will top E200bn and even as a once off gesture an expenditure of E4Bn would only meet Western Standards for one year. I hope they intend to re-establish the Graving Dock and build a safe 140 metre berth. The Oil Base berthage has an inbuilt hazard of being an area of flammable products. The paucity of conditions throughout the PDF is reflected in the number of dining halls that need upgrading, including kitchens. The 17% reduction in energy costs in the PDF is mainly a function of fewer places to heat and light with closures of Barracks, Hospitals, and Brigades.
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Originally posted by Laners View PostSo who's going to break the bad news to the yacht owners . I'm curious to known what the water depth in the Graving Dock is at low tide .Last edited by ancientmariner; 17 January 2020, 19:06.
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View PostI think the comcen mentioned is the former comcen that was destroyed by fire last year? It is next to the current cadet accommodation and I think the plan is to re purpose the building as cadet accommodation.
No the ComCen was not located there.
The building that went on fire was the former Ops building.
Housed Naval Operations and Shore Operations before Block 6 was refurbished.Last edited by A/TEL; 17 January 2020, 20:29.
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