New development will allow UCD to move exams from RDS onto Belfield campus
The development also plans to reconfigure existing sport pitches on the South Dublin campus, to provide two new Uefa-standard artificial football pitches, six new 5-a-side football pitches, and an artificial half-size hockey training pitch.The estimated €87.5 million project will be partly funded by a €350 million loan facility made available to UCD through the European Investment Bank in 2021, said Dominic O’Keefe, the university’s director of student services.
The exact cost of the development will be subject to bids received by construction companies during a competitive tender process. In a planning report, UCD said the “major” expansion of its sport facilities “will enhance the experience of students and university staff”, as well as the public., a university spokeswoman said the estimated €87.5 million cost covers service fees, core building costs, equipment, as well as including a specific contingency for inflation in building costs.
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