Dexcom Manufacturing Facility

The Dexcom Manufacturing Facility in Athenry, Co. Galway, is a state-of-the-art manufacturing and office development and Dexcom’s first manufacturing facility in Europe. The 29,900sqm facility is designed to support the production of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology for markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The development includes a highly technical production environment alongside supporting laboratory, engineering, and office spaces.

Select Access was appointed to supply, install, and certify comprehensive internal and external access and working-at-height solutions throughout the facility. The scope required a combination of standardised and bespoke systems to provide safe access to plant areas, roof levels, and other operational areas across multiple zones and levels. The scale and technical requirements of the facility required careful consideration of the different access conditions and configurations throughout the development.

Select Access supplied and installed 317lm of freestanding aluminium guardrail, 11lm of freestanding Keeguard Premium guardrail, and 125lm of fixed guardrail to plant decks. Four aluminium cage ladders were also installed, with a combined length of 14.7lm, alongside Roof Angel anchors and cable systems.

The project incorporated 10 bespoke stepover installations, including six stairflights and four landings, designed to provide safe and practical access across plant areas and rooftop obstacles. Additional bespoke systems include stairflights, guardrails with toe boards, concrete fixed galvanised guardrails, and freestanding stair systems across multiple zones and levels.

All systems were supplied, installed, and certified by Select Access in a span of four and a half months on a live construction site, with each solution configured to suit the specific dimensions, heights, and access requirements of the relevant area.

The completed access package, completed on time, under strict timetables, provides safe, durable, and compliant routes across Dexcom’s 29,900sqm manufacturing facility, supporting efficient access to plant, roof, and operational areas. The combination of standardised and bespoke systems provides a coordinated working-at-height solution suited to the facility’s highly technical manufacturing environment.

With the facility supporting Dexcom’s European CGM manufacturing operations, the completed access systems provide reliable access infrastructure across key operational areas, helping support safe maintenance and servicing activities throughout the building. All installations were supplied, installed, and certified by Select Access, with solutions tailored to the varying requirements of the facility’s multiple zones and levels.