CONCRETE SOCIETY AWARDS
NORTHERN IRELAND REGION AWARDS 2024
Ulster University Civil Engineering winner: James Taylor.
Ulster University Construction Engineering & Management winner: Joel Hanna.
QUB Civil Engineering winner: Elena Donnelly.
Sustainable Concrete Challenge winner: Niall McGettigan, McAdam.
Sustainable Concrete Challenge runner up: Sophie Hughes, Design ID.
QUB Architecture winner: Lauren Consalves.
STUDENT & SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE CHALLENGE AWARDS WINNERS: JAMES TAYLOR AND JOEL HANNA (UU), ELENA DONNELLY AND LAUREN CONSALVES (QUB); NIALL MCGETTIGAN (MCADAM); SOPHIE HUGHES (DESIGN ID)
Future leaders of the local concrete industry
Six talented young people at the start of their careers were recognised with the Student Awards and inaugural Sustainable Concrete Challenge Awards organised by The Concrete Society NI Region Young Members’ Committee. Designed to recognise dedication and hard work by individuals who will play a key role in advancing the local concrete industry in the future, the awards were presented by Young Members’ Committee Chair Thomas O’Hara and Concrete Society NI Chair Enda McKenna. Ulster University students recognised on the evening included Joel Hanna (Construction Engineering & Management) and James Taylor (Civil Engineering).
Among winning entries from Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) was Elena Donnelly, who lifted the Civil Engineering award with her entry ‘The use of wood ash as a partial replacement of Portland cement in concrete’. QUB student Lauren Consalves came out top in the Architecture category with her project focusing on ‘Investigation of the potential of concrete as both retaining wall and structural element supporting a timber super-structure’. The first-ever Sustainable Concrete Challenge Awards, meanwhile, saw the Young Members’ Committee set a challenge for students, graduates and young industry professionals based in Northern Ireland to submit a paper
relating to sustainable concrete use including innovative methods for contributing to the achievement of net zero and beyond in the concrete industry. Seven submissions were received and reviewed, with four finalists selected for interview before Niall McGettigan from McAdam was named winner for his paper, ‘The influence of integrating precast construction to help achieve net zero carbon emissions through disassembly and adaptive use of structural elements’. Sophie Hughes from Design ID secured the runner-up spot with her paper ’Cutting concrete carbon: lean design and rating schemes for a net zero future’.
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