The winning project in this category demonstrates excellence in project management in delivering the Dublin Airport Authority Solar Farm at Dublin Airport. Appointed to lead feasibility, planning, procurement and design coordination for an EPC contract, Nicholas O’Dwyer Ltd. managed complex environmental, archaeological and live-airport operational interfaces. 

Now generating 7.46GWh annually (11.8% of airport demand), the project advances national Climate Action targets and exemplifies excellence in project management within a safety-critical, operationally constrained environment. 

Adaptive design solutions—such as trenchless crossings and above-ground ballast foundations—mitigated environmental and archaeological risk while protecting cost and schedule certainty.  

Active project management combined with strategic leadership in procurement and coordination of a multidisciplinary team delivered a highly complex infrastructure project with significant long-term sustainability benefits within a live airport environment.