Jacobs Supports Irish Rail on the Largest Coastal Protection Scheme in North-Western Europe

"Our studies have identified that in the last 20 years there have been more storm events than there have been in the last 100 years, thereby increasing and accelerating the erosion rates and the climate change impacts," says Irish Rail Infrastructure Program Manager, Aidan Bermingham. "Without this project we would just be fixing it all the time and that incurs problems such as getting access to land. There is a risk there would be pockets where the embankment would become unstable, and we would never let it get to that stage."

"Our support will focus on environmentally-led design, with careful attention to the environmental sensitivities of the local area," explains Jacobs Vice President Buildings & Infrastructure Ireland, Dom Lynch. "Climate change is having a dramatic impact on the transport route and local area. Protecting the Dublin to Rosslare coastal line will build long-term resilience and preserve vital connectivity, local economies, and communities, while benefiting the next generation."

Jacobs is a global leader in delivering coastal resilience projects, that are cost effective and put sustainability at the core of decision making. Around the world, Jacobs delivers major transportation projects as part of integrated infrastructure solutions that encompass transport planning and modelling, environmental solutions, intelligent mobility, connected vehicle and other emerging technology to full project life cycle transport infrastructure management.

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Seated left to right: Iarnród Éireann IM Department Head of Programs and Projects, Michael Danaher; Iarnród Éireann Director Infrastructure Manager, Éamonn Ballance; Jacobs Vice President Buildings & Infrastructure Ireland, Dominic Lynch; and National Transport Authority Heavy Rail Program Manager, Tamara Vazquez.

Standing left to right: Iarnród Éireann IM Department ECRIPP Program Manager, Aidan Bermingham; and Jacobs Project Manager, Joe Magee.