Demolition works at Boland’s Quay are now 100% complete, according to the developer renewing the site, formerly Boland’s Mill and a historic part of Dublin’s architecture, as well as acting as HQ to the south-east Dublin volunteers during the Easter Rising.

Demolition of the large concrete silos, which were built in the 1950s, was carried out by Hegarty Demolition, who completed the process in 242 days. The demolition was complicated by the presence of existing mill buildings on site which are protected structures and will be retained and converted for commercial and residential use.

The site is being redeveloped by the Boland’s Quay Development Group (BQDG), a collaboration of property consultants Savills Ireland and Cleary McCabe & Associates. BQDG say tenders have been received from several Irish construction contractors and main works are due to commence in September. The full development will be completed in 2018.

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Boland’s Quay will include new buildings amounting to about 36,851 sq m of office, residential, retail and cultural space. A number of protected mill buildings will be restored, and a new civic plaza created looking onto the waterfront at Grand Canal Dock. A pedestrian bridge will link the plaza to Ringsend Road. Boland’s Quay will accommodate up to 2,500 workers.

Michael Cleary of BQDG said: “This was a complicated process due to the site’s proximity to the water, and credit must go to Hegarty Demolition for their work in completing this task in a safe and timely manner. We are now in the process of appointing a contractor and, come September, a new urban campus will rise from this iconic Dublin site.”