2026 Shortlist

Announcing the Finalists for the 2026 Engineering Excellence Awards We're delighted to reveal this year's shortlist. Winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on 21 October 2026 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry.

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Engineering Project of the Year

The winner of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony.

Engineering Firm of the Year

FINALISTS

ACS

Copper Coast Renewables

Fleck Metal Solutions

IN2 Engineering

Powercomm Group

Rising Star in Engineering

FINALISTS

Dillon Mulligan

Capcon Engineering

Anna Quaid

ORS

Declan Kennedy

Waldron and Associates

Women in Engineering Award

FINALISTS

Julia Cavanaugh

Capcon Engineering

Amy Lane

Kirby Group Engineering

Lorraine Corcoran

www.nyrahbeauty.com

Michelle Dunne

ORS

Ramya Janardhan

O'Reilly, Stuart and Associates Limited

Ritika Singh

ORS

Margaret Dolan

Waterman Moylan

Software and Electrical Engineering Project of the Year

FINALISTS

Gowran Water Supply Scheme Upgrade

Cantwell Electrical Engineering Ltd

Simulation and Results Extraction of Capacity Workbooks

ESB

Croke Park Stadium LED Floodlighting Redevelopment

McSherry Electrical & Musco Lighting

Mechanical Engineering Project of the Year

FINALISTS

Moneypoint Power Station Lifetime Extension and Fuel Conversion Project

ESB

Royal Victoria Hospital

John J Doyle Ltd

Climate Flow Modular Heat Recovery System

One Point Zero Limited

Civil Engineering Project of the Year

FINALISTS

Lifford to Castlefinn Greenway

ACS

Rosslare Europort Terminal 7 & Enabling Works

John Paul Construction

Sustainability Award

FINALISTS

Capcon Engineering

Environmental Products and Services Ltd

KORE Insulation

Shareridge

Swoopet Pet Products Ltd

Trend Technologies

Environmental Engineering Project of the Year

FINALISTS

Moneypoint Coal to Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) Conversion Project

ESB

HSE Fairview Decarbonisation Upgrade

HeatConnect

Integrated Portable Waste Collection System

Swoopet Pet Products Ltd

Manufacturing Engineering Project of the Year

FINALISTS

GreaseShield®

Environmental Products and Services Ltd

Woodbrook Station Pedestrian Bridge

Graepels

Automated Beading of Triathlon Cementless Femoral Components

Stryker

Mechs Line Improvement Project

Thompson Aero Seating

Innovation in Engineering - SME

FINALISTS

GreaseShield®

Environmental Products and Services Ltd

Walkinstown High-Speed Hub

EZO

GraepelStrade

Graepels

Adspire

Nuada

Integrated Portable Waste Collection System

Swoopet Pet Products Ltd

Innovation in Engineering - Large

FINALISTS

Active Travel Support Office

AECOM, A/B Street Ltd, University of Leeds Institute for Transport Studies

spacebead

energystore Ltd

38kV Substation Precast Basement System

ESB

API-Based Digital Structural Assessment Workflow

ESB

AI-Driven Antenna Product Recommendation Engine

Taoglas

AI-Driven Asset Intelligence

Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Berth 52 & 53

Wills Bros

Excellence in Health & Safety

FINALISTS

Quinn Downes Group

Source Civil

Writech Industrial Services Ltd.

Operational Excellence Award

FINALISTS

KORE Insulation

Mellett

myERP

Shareridge

Viatris

Best People Development in Engineering

FINALISTS

Kirby Group Engineering

PHE Engineering & Architecture

Graduate Training Programme of the Year

FINALISTS

Iarnród Éireann, Irish Rail

Irish Cement

Irish Manufacturing Research

Kirby Group Engineering

McLaughlin and Harvey Ltd

Powercomm Group

Thompson Aero Seating

Engineering Team of the Year

FINALISTS

Active Travel Support Office

AECOM

Geaney Engineering Consultants – Engineering Team

Geaney Engineering Consultants

Finland Project Team

LotusWorks

Apprenticeship Programme Award

FINALISTS

LotusWorks

Mellett

OBW Technologies, Ltd.

Shareridge

STS Group

VSM

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Strategy of the Year

FINALISTS

ORS

PHE Engineering & Architecture

STS Group

Engineering Consultancy of the Year

FINALISTS

IN2 Engineering

ORS

Emerging Engineering Firm of the Year/Start-Up

FINALISTS

myERP

Swoopet Pet Products Ltd

Renewable Energy Engineering Project of the Year

FINALISTS

Monroe Solar Farm

Copper Coast Renewables

Climate Flow Modular Heat Recovery System

One Point Zero Limited

Irelands 1st Net Zero Energy Supermarket

SDS design engineers and Lidl Ireland

Social Impact Award

FINALISTS

Powercomm Group

STS Group