The Club Hotel at Goffs

Goff’s Hotel is a distinguished establishment in County Kildare, renowned for its connection to Ireland’s world-famous equestrian industry.

The hotel blends modern sophistication with an equestrian-inspired charm, offering high-end accommodations, gourmet dining, and exceptional facilities tailored to both business and leisure travelers. Designed to provide a premium experience, it features elegant rooms, stylish communal spaces, and dining options that highlight the best of local produce.This project involves the construction of a three-storey hotel building using a precast concrete crosswall structure. The design ensures efficient load transfer and structural stability while maintaining a streamlined and cost-effective construction process.
The hotel is built using precast concrete crosswalls, providing both load-bearing capacity and lateral stability. The structure integrates precast filigree slabs with a structural screed topping, ensuring a robust and durable flooring system.
Structural Idealisation
• Transfer of Vertical Loads:
o Flooring: Precast filigree slabs span simply supported onto precast concrete walls and steel beams, with beams bearing on precast walls at each floor level.
o Structural Walls: Precast concrete crosswalls provide vertical support for slabs, stair landings, and other framing elements.
• Transfer of Horizontal Loads:
o The building is designed as a braced structure, ensuring stability under wind loads and notional horizontal loads.
o Precast shear walls form part of the overall lateral stability system.
o During erection, temporary propping ensures stability until all connections are secured.
o In the final stage, screeded hollowcore slab units act as a diaphragm, transferring forces to precast shear walls to stabilise the structure.
This project demonstrates the efficiency and structural benefits of precast construction, offering a fast and reliable building solution for hotel developments.