2025 Excellence awards
L-R: Claire McCollum, host, Malachy McLernon, AAB (patron), Luc Gillon, Jim Armour and John Rainey, GRAHAM, and Nick Knowles, host.
L-R: Claire McCollum, host, Claire Whiteside, NIE Networks (patron), Gerard Brooks and Peter Maguire, Felix O’Hare, and Nick Knowles, host.
GB & ROI GENERAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT GB & ROI CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, ABOVE £50M WINNER: GRAHAM, RENFREW BRIDGE, BRAEHEAD
GB & ROI GENERAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT GB & ROI BUILDINGS PROJECT, BELOW £50M WINNER: FELIX O’HARE, MONAGHAN PEACE CAMPUS, MONAGHAN Felix O’Hare’s Monaghan Peace Campus project is already established as a focal point of Monaghan town centre, the wider community and entire border area. Creating a shared space for gathering, learning and culture, the campus serves as a ‘living room’ for the community and includes a library and county museum alongside community and youth hubs, arranged over four floors around a shared atrium. The building is constructed on a car park podium, creating a new landscaped public space with outdoor amphitheatre for performing arts. A complex and challenging project to construct, the completed building demonstrates exceptional workmanship integrating in-situ cast concrete finishes, exacting internal joinery and complex facing brick passing seamlessly between inside and outside.
Generating international attention, including a feature in National Geographic, Renfrew Bridge has set new standards in innovation and sustainability. GRAHAM has showcased innovative design and exceptional delivery with the UK’s first twin-leaf, cable-stayed swing bridge, while also achieving a 35% carbon reduction over the lifecycle of the £114m project. Judges were wowed by this iconic structure, which features the largest interlocking leaves within the UK while also delivering significant community benefit. The project was well managed by a collaborative team, and delivered on time and within budget, overcoming challenges such as ecology issues, unknown services, power supply issues, the planting of 5,000 trees and cross-channel deliveries.
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