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Clar-Con is a Dublin civil engineering contractor delivering roads, drainage, earthworks, retaining structures, hard landscaping and infrastructure works for main contractors, consulting engineers and local authorities. With 17+ year civil works record, we handle Tender, framework and subcontract enquiries.
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Road construction and resurfacing, footways, kerbs and markings to NRA Specifications and DMURS. Formation to specified CBR, plus culverts, headwalls and minor bridge works.
Foul drainage to Irish Water connections, surface water with attenuation tanks, soakaways, SuDS, gullies, manholes and channel drainage, to Building Regulations TGD Part H.
Cut and fill, bulk excavation, reduced-level and trench digs, formation and compaction, to the geotechnical engineer’s spec and Eurocode 7 where applicable.
Reinforced concrete, gravity, gabion and small-scale sheet piled retaining walls to Eurocode 2 and Eurocode 7, with drainage and waterproofing.
Paving, kerbing, street furniture and civic hardstanding, the public realm finishes for commercial and council schemes, to DMURS on public-facing work.
Trench excavation, ducting and reinstatement for ESB Networks, Gas Networks Ireland and telecoms providers, in live environments needing traffic management and access control.
For the foundational construction stage of a building, see groundwork contractors in Dublin. For full commercial site preparation, see commercial site development. For broader new-build prep, see construction site development.
The national spec for road construction, drainage, earthworks and reinstatement on public roads, published alongside the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets (DMURS).
European structural design standards adopted in Ireland: Eurocode 2 (Concrete), Eurocode 7 (Geotechnical Design) for foundations and retaining walls, and Eurocode 1 (loading).
The legacy specification set still referenced in many tenders and contracts for road, drainage and structural works.
Site preparation and structural work to TGD Part A (Structure), TGD Part C (Site Preparation and Resistance to Moisture) and TGD Part H (Drainage and Wastewater Disposal), enforceable on relevant works.
Concrete to NSAI (National Standards Authority of Ireland) and EN 206 (the European concrete standard adopted in Ireland) for structural and ground works.
Site work run under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations, with PSCS duties, safety file, method statements and risk assessments where required.
For public works tenders, Capital Works Management Framework call-offs and major projects, competence is evidenced through industry registers. Our tender response confirms registration status against each tender's requirements.
The point of listing these is not to recite acronyms. It is to confirm that Clar-Con’s civil engineering delivery is built around the actual specifications a consulting engineer or local authority engineer is checking compliance against, not a generalised idea of “construction quality”.
Public road works, drainage upgrades, footpath reinstatement and civic space works for Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and Louth County Council, under the Capital Works Management Framework and other public procurement routes.
Roads, drainage networks, retaining structures and external works supporting commercial site developments, retail parks, office schemes, industrial estates and mixed-use projects.
Civil engineering works supporting national utility infrastructure for ESB Networks, Irish Water and other operators. Trench works, foundations, ducting and reinstatement to operator standards.
Civil engineering work in heavy industrial settings, including the kind of controlled-environment infrastructure work delivered for Dublin Port Company.
Civil engineering supporting larger redevelopment schemes, including work in strategic development zones such as the Dublin Docklands area under the former DDDA.
Civil engineering as a defined subcontract scope for main contractors delivering larger building or infrastructure projects, priced to the contractor’s tender or programme requirements.
For market context on what civil engineering projects typically cost in Dublin, see our civil engineering contractors cost in Dublin guide, and the related construction site development cost guide.
For civil engineering enquiries we provide:
to public works tenders, framework agreement call-offs and private invitations to tender, with full pricing breakdown, programme, method statement and references
to main contractors who need a civils subcontractor for a phase of a larger project, in the format the main contractor's tender or contract requires
for clients and consulting engineers at feasibility or pre-tender stage
Construction work in Ireland is charged at the reduced 13.5% VAT rate, itemised in every tender response and quote. Quotes break the scope down by work type (roads, drainage, earthworks, structures, reinstatement) so the client’s quantity surveyor or contracts engineer can compare against other tenders.
On tendered projects we engage early with the consulting engineer and contracting team, review drawings and specifications, raise buildability and tender queries before close, and confirm scope. For framework call-offs we confirm against the framework schedule and programme.
Full tender package: priced bill of quantities to the contractual form, construction programme, method statements and risk assessments, organisation chart, health and safety documentation, references and any required accreditation evidence.
Mobilisation, programme management against contractual milestones, co-ordination with the consulting engineer and clerk of works, management of the civils workforce and specialist subcontractors, traffic management where required, and reporting at the contract’s cadence.
Drainage testing, concrete cube results, as-built drawings, compliance certificates against the relevant TII or Eurocode requirements, the safety file under the Construction Regulations, and full documentation to the client and consulting engineer.
Full civil engineering scope: The full civils scope, not just foundation groundwork: roads, drainage networks, earthworks, retaining structures, public realm and utility works.
Public sector experience, verified: Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, Louth County Council, Dublin Port Company, the DDDA and ESB Ireland, awarded through formal procurement.
Engineering-grade documentation: Tender packages, method statements, programme reporting, testing and as-built documentation to the standard consulting engineers expect.
Capacity to subcontract or principal: Subcontract package on larger schemes, or principal contractor on standalone civils projects.
We carry out home renovations throughout Dublin, Meath and Louth, including the surrounding towns and villages. Wherever you are in the region, you get the same local team, the same standards and the same clear pricing.
Surrounding counties: Louth, Meath, Kildare, Wicklow. We deliver civil engineering work on roads, drainage and infrastructure projects across the Greater Dublin Area.
A civil engineering contractor delivers the physical construction of infrastructure: roads, footways, drainage networks, earthworks, retaining structures, hardstanding and the supporting elements of public and commercial spaces. Civil engineering sits between consulting engineering (the design) and main contracting (the building), and on many projects civil engineering is delivered as a subcontract package within a larger build.
Roads and footways (construction and resurfacing), drainage networks (foul, surface water, attenuation, SuDS), earthworks and bulk excavation, retaining structures (reinforced concrete, gabion, sheet piling), hard landscaping and public realm, utility ducting and trench works. We can deliver the full scope or any individual scope component as a subcontract package.
TII Specifications for Road Works, the Eurocodes (particularly Eurocode 2 for concrete and Eurocode 7 for geotechnical work), NRA Specifications, Building Regulations TGD Part A, C and H, NSAI and EN 206 for concrete, and the Construction Regulations under the Health and Safety Authority. Tender responses confirm compliance with the specifications relevant to the scope.
On a project-specific basis through tender response, subcontract quote or pre-tender cost consultation. Per-square-metre or per-linear-metre headline rates are not meaningful for civil engineering at scale. Quotes break the scope down by work type and show VAT at 13.5% separately, so the quantity surveyor can compare against other tenders.
Civil engineering is broader: roads, drainage networks, retaining structures and infrastructure-scale work, with or without a building. Groundwork is the foundational construction stage of a building (excavation, foundations, sub-base, slab) and is one specific component within the broader civil engineering category. We deliver both.
Yes. Civil engineering as a defined subcontract scope is a substantial part of our work. We quote in the contractual form and at the level of detail the main contractor’s tender or contract requires, and we work to the main contractor’s programme and safety regime as principal contractor on site.
Yes. We have a track record on Capital Works Management Framework tenders and other public procurement processes. Tender enquiries should be addressed to info@clarcon.ie with the relevant tender reference and documents.
As-built drawings, drainage testing certificates, concrete cube test results, compliance evidence against the relevant TII or Eurocode requirements, the safety file under the Construction Regulations, and any other documentation specified in the contract.
For civil engineering tender enquiries in Dublin or the surrounding counties, public works tenders, framework agreement call-offs, or subcontract packages for main contractors, contact us with the project details:
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