Dedicated Desk

Join the Building Block Community with a Dedicated Desk in the Collaborative Space on the Ground Floor. Minimum 3 month licence payable monthly in advance. This is a shared working environment.

What's Included

• Dedicated desk and chair.
• WiFi access up to 1000Mb/s synchronous
• Access to the kitchen area - tea, coffee supplied!
• Secure 24x7 fob access to the collaborative area.
• Free Access to meeting rooms and training space.
• Access to workshops and mentoring.
• Breakout areas for private meetings

Hot Desk

Hot desking is now available at The Building Block. Hot desking involves the rent per desk per day in the collaborative space. You can book on line, call the office manager to reserve on +353(0)71 9310160, or take your chances and turn up on the day (we recommend calling to avoid disappointment).

What's Included

• Dedicated desk and chair.
• WiFi access up to 1000Mb/s. upload and download
• Access 9:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday.
• Free freshly ground Building Block coffee with great conversations

Event Space and Meeting Rooms

We are delighted to now offer events space and meeting rooms for hire. Please contact our community manager Karen Foley for further details: Communitymanager@thebuildingblock.ie

Event Space (Collaborative Area)

• Open event area in collaborative area.
• Seats up to 100 people.
• WiFi access up to 1000Mb/s.
• State of the art presentation equipment by AVA Systems.
• Projector with 4m x 3m presentation screen.
• Secure 24 x 7 fob access.

Rushe Meeting Room (Collaborative Area)

• Private meeting room.
• Seats up to 10 people.
• WiFi access up to 1000Mb/s.
• Presentation screen and white board.
• Secure 24 x 7 fob access.

Nugent Meeting Room (Collaborative Area)

• Private meeting room.
• Seats up to 16 people.
• WiFi access up to 1000Mb/s.
• Presentation screen and white board.
• Secure 24 x 7 fob access.

Downloads

• Event Food Drink Menu Cafe Fleur
• Technical Event Setup Manual

How to get the best out of the Wifi

• All Floors in TBB are covered by a seemless wifi network
• You will need an 802.11AC compatible card to see higher bandwidth speeds on 5Ghz frequency,any PC store will prvode and install in 20mins for ~70€
• Generally, wireless cards will outperform USB dongles. USB WiFi dongles will be limited to throughput of USB port (if plugged into USB 2.0 port and not 3.0)
• The broadband in TBB is also structured to allow for automatic failover to a back up broadband connection in the unlikley event of an outage
• If you can not connect at all, or if you are experiencing difficulty please log your issue on the contact form on this webpage.
• listing it as an IT issue, detailing the time and date of issue including frequency.
• This helps our IT company identify any issues more quickly and remidy them

How to book a Hot Desk

• Please fill in the Application Form
• The application is free and takes a couple of min's to complete.
• Please see description of Hot Desk, terms and conditions.
• If you do not receive a response or its urgent please call us

Whats my address and where is my Post delivered

The Current Address for Dedicated Desks in the Collaborative Area is as follows

• Name Of Company
• Desk XX
• The Collaborative Area - Ground Floor
• The Building Block
• Bridge Street
• Sligo
• F91 XY2N

Post for the Collaborative Area is delivered to the numbered pigeon holes, the number correspondences with your desk, please keep clean

The Current Address for Office Space on other floors is

• Name Of Company
• Post Box No XX
• Main Entrance, 1st/2nd/3rd Floor
• The Building Block
• Bridge Street
• Sligo
• F91 XY2N

Post for the Office Spaces are delivered to post boxes in the main entrance at the bottom of the stair well, please request one to be allocated from the Property Manager

How to Contact The Property Manager

The Property Manager should be contacted for

• Check-In - collection of fob and handover of licence/lease
• Check-Out - handback of fob and repayment of deposit
• Rent/Deposit - any invoice or rent/deposit payment issues
• Maintenance - all issues relating to the building and/or services therein

Please always use the Contact Form on this webpage to log issues as it records them and they are tracked

If an urgent issue please also call the Property Manager using the details below

If a major security or fire issue please call the Gardai or Fire Brigade first on 112 or 999

Contact details for Property Manager

Rory Conway, Ballincastle Property Services Ltd. PSRA License 001169

Email : Please use Contact Form on this webpage

Tel : 071 9145005 Email : info@ballincastle.ie

Block 8 The Grove Complex,Clarion Road, Sligo. F91 A2FP

Print and Copy Solutions

The Collaborative Area has a A3/A4 Colour/Black and White Pinter/Scanner/Fax Machine HP M880z (A2W76A)

The service is managed through a 3rd party service agreement and is a pay as you go services with Compupac

If there are any issues with the service please contact Compupac directly, (this includes paper and toner shortages) their contact details are

• Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:30
• Email support@compupacit.ie
• Tel (071) 915 8700

The cost of using the service is

• A4 Mono Cost Per Page = €0.02 ex vat
• A4 Colour Cost Per Page = €0.07 ex vat
• A3 cost is double A4
• Scanning A3/A4 Free

To use the service you must complete the following steps

• Call Compupac on (071) 915 8700 and request a top up and they will send you a Worldpay secure payment link for the amount requested
• Compupac will email you a Worldpay secure payment link for the amount requested which can only be paid only by laser card or credit card
• Once paid Compupac will put the credit on your account and provide you a pin/fob if you do not have one already
• Use the pin to print from the printer
• If you run out of credit use the same process again
• You can check your balance on the printer
• If you want a refund of the balance please email the Compupac requesting same

Security and Access

Please note the area is monitored internally and externally by CCTV

Users of this office do so at their own risk. The management will not accept responsibility for any damages accidents or losses. Please have insurance in place for your own property.

Please use your fob for all access. Pins can be issued temporarily for emergency access in event of fob failure. Please note you should not lend your fob to anyone else, it is personal to you and all access is recorded online.

Please ensure all doors are closed behind you after they open, they should be locked at all times. Please also ensure all windows are kept closed and please note emergency doors are alarmed and should be closed after if used in an emergency.

If you have any issues or concerns please use the Contact tab on this webpage.

Heating Of Collaborative Area

Please note the heating is controlled centrally using programmed settings and should not be modified to ensure we maintaining a green office

Heating Settings

Mon to Fri 06:30 – 16:30pm

Temp 24 deg

Heating is off outside of these times

What happens if you find the temperature too cold or too hot

Based on the shape and size of the office, different parts will experience slightly different temperature. Whilst the heating temp is set at 24 degrees, this temperature is set at the height of the heating units and the air is circulated by fans, therefore you may experience a slightly lower temperature at different locations.

If there are consistent issues please use the Contact Form on this webpage to let the property manager know and they will investigate

What happens if I am working or at an event outside of the set hours and the area is too cold

You can overwrite the set heating schedule by increasing the temperature on the control units. We would ask that when you leave the office space you make sure to click the off button to ensure the heating turn off, once boosted it will remain on until the next timed on event, e.g. if you boost at 18:00 and do not turn off it will stay on all night or all weekend if on a Friday.

As you can imagine energy usage for such a large area is substantial and the strong preference is that the controls are not interfered with wherever possible, and always turned off after use. This helps reduce operating costs substantially and make the building more green. Benefits we hope to be able to pass on to our tenants in keeping rates low.

Cleaning Service

Cleaning Services times

Every Tuesday 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Every Saturday 1:30pm - 3:00pm

TBB Office Cleaning Services

TBB provides a weekly cleaning service using Ballincastle Property Services . This services include, Cleaning and servicing the toilets, cleaning and servicing the kitchen including stocking Tea/Coffee/dishwasher tablets etc, dusting all surfaces including the desks, emptying all bins, cleaning windows and cleaning the vacuuming and mopping all floors.

Clean Kitchen Policy

The kitchen should be kept clean at all times, please leave it as you would like to find it, please stack your dirty cups/plates in the dishwasher and wipe down all services. The cleaners will turn on and clear out the dishwasher on each visit. Please use the overnight economy (5 hour delay) mode to save energy if running. Please note the fridge is cleaned out on the 1st Tuesday of every month, please remove all of your items or risk having them dumped.

Clean Desk Policy

TBB has a Clean Desk Policy and users a required to maintain their desk and the facilities in a clean and tidy fashion to enable cleaners to keep neat and tidy.

Waste Bins

Green / Recyclable Waste Bins are provide at each desk location for recyclable waste only.

Black / General Waste is stored under the sink in the canteen, these bins are labelled.

The waste is disposed of twice weekly as part of the cleaning services and emptied in the designated Green and Black bin in the laneway. The bins in the laneway are emptied bi-weekly by Barna Waste.

For any issues please contact Ballincastle Property Services

How to book a dedicated desk

• Please fill in the application form at http://www.thebuildingblock.ie/#contact-wrapper.
• The application is free and takes a couple of min's to complete.
• Your application is processed by the board and you should receive a response in less then 1 week subject to availability.
• Please see description of dedicated desk, terms and conditions.
• If you do not receive a response or its urgent please contact the Property Manager, details provided above

Booking a meeting room

For general event bookings if you are not a Dedicated Desk Member, please contact lettings@ThebuildingBlock.ie

Meeting Rooms can be booked for free by Dedicated Desk Members using the instructions below

To Book The Rushe Room - Collaborative Area - Seats 8 - 12 People

• Check availability Of room using this web diary link Rushe Meeting Room Diary
• If available book meeting in your personal diary (outlook/google etc) and invite rushemeetingroom@thebuildingblock.ie
  as an attendee
• Make sure you use your name or company as Subject of meeting, as this allows others to know who booked without giving away confidential info
• Check booking updated on diary link Rushe Meeting Room Diary, it may take a minute, it will not book a past time
• To cancel or edit the diary booking, please complete on your own personal diary and save, and repeat steps to ensure RusheMeetingRoomDiary updated
• Don't hog the room please! Less then 2 hours per day per room please, note RnRs

Booking Event Space

The Building Block has a large dedicated event area based in the Collaborative Space on the ground floor

Please contact us using the Contact Form on this webpage or email direct lettings@thebuildingblock.ie

The Event Space caters for the following

• Seating for up to 100 people
• 5m and 3m Projector Screen
• Integrated Sound System with Mic and DVD/Memory Stick/Laptop/Internet
• 2 X wireless Mics and 1 X wired Mic
• laptop
• remote control for powerpoint presentations incorporating laser pointer
• Gigabyte Wireless Connectivity

To Book An Event Please confirm the following

• Name Of Event
• Purpose Of Event
• Public Or Private (invite only Event)
• Expected Number of Attendees
• Preffered Date/s For Event
• Start Time Of Event, (please note the area is a shared work area, therefore the preference is that events occur after 17:30pm Mon-Fri)
• Est End Time Of Event
• Key Contact Name and Details For Event Management
• Do you have a requirement for Tables/Chairs/Event Equipment

We recommend Cafe Fleur for all Catering Requirements for Finger Food/Tea/Coffee

• Please order directly from Cafe Fleur for a Building Block Menu
• Cafe Fleur Menu Available under FAQ Downloads
• Key Contact: Des Faul
• Email: info@cafefleur.ie
• Tel:0872050909
• they will setup for you and have direct access to the event area and can meet all your requirements from tea/coffee to buffet
• typlical cost per person for tea/coffee is 1.50€, a menu is available, please request

Use of kitchen

The Kitchen is available to use by all Dedicated Desk members with free tea and coffee. Please always leave the kitchen as you would like to find it, keeping all surfaces clean.