2026 ACEI Engineering Excellence Awards – Winners!
2026 ACEI Engineering Excellence Awards
Above: President Tim Murnane addresses attendees at Friday night’s award ceremony in Dublin
On Friday 27 March, we crowned new winners of the ACEI 2026 Engineering Excellence Awards.
In a packed-out Intercontinental Hotel, President Tim Murnane presented awards to each of the category winners as well as two special awards to Michael Moriarty, for a lifetime contribution to the sector, and Seán O’ Driscoll, for his recent work in the Accelerating Infrastructure Taskforce.
Over 400 people gathered to celebrate the achievements of our industry ahead of a period where consulting engineers will lead the way on infrastructure delivery in Ireland.
Congratulations to all our winners and to the fantastic projects which were shortlisted alongside them. ACEI would like to sincerely thank Richard Crowe and his supporting judges Anne Marie Conibear and John Purcell for all their thorough review of the project nominations to arrive at a shortlist and decide on the award winners.
Your 2026 ACEI Engineering Excellence Award Winning Projects are:
2026 Project of the Year: UCD O’Connor Centre for Learning (CFL) at University College Dublin submitted by Arup
Civil (Small): George’s Dock Luas Bridge Replacement by Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers
Civil (Medium): Marina Park and Promenade by O’Connor Sutton Cronin
Civil (Large): Project Roadrunner (Dexcom – Athenry), by Clifton Scannell Emerson Associates
Structural (Small): 180–187 Townsend Street, Dublin 2 with structural design by DBFL Consulting Engineers
Structural (Medium): Beamish and Crawford Bridges, Cork, with structural design by Arup
Structural (Large): The Treasury Building, Lower Grand Canal Street, Dublin 2 with structural design by CORA Consulting Engineers
M&E (Small): Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown Centralised Standby Power Supply Control System Project submitted by Varming Consulting Engineers
M&E (Medium): National High-Level Isolation Unit (NHLIU) Project at the Mater Hospital Dublin (MMUH) submitted by J V Tierney Consulting Engineers
M&E (Large): UCD O’Connor Centre for Learning (CFL) at University College Dublin submitted by Arup
Sustainability Built Environment (Small): 180 – 187 Townsend Street for the Peter McVerry Trust by DBFL Consulting Engineers
Sustainability Built Environment (Medium): Student Services Building, at the University of Limerick, by Don O’Malley and Partners Limited
Sustainability Built Environment (Large): The Treasury Building by CORA Consulting Engineers
Sustainability Natural Environment: Marina Park Promenade by O’Connor Sutton Cronin
Project Management (Small/Medium): Dublin Airport Authority Solar Farm by Nicholas O’Dwyer Ltd.
Project Management (Large): Killaloe Bypass, Brian Boru Bridge & R494 Improvement Scheme for Clare County Council by RPS Consulting Engineers
SME Category: The Shackleton Museum, Athy, Co. Kildare with structural, civil and fire engineering design by McCrae Consulting Engineers
Innovation (Small/Medium): Dublin Tunnel Tolling System Replacement Project by Arup
Innovation (Large): College Square by Waterman Moylan
Overseas: The Eades in Walthamstow, London, by Barrett Mahony Consulting Engineers