Uisce Éireann National Water Laboratory wins Sustainability Built Environment Category at 2025 ACEI Engineering Excellence Awards
The project is Ireland's first dedicated national water laboratory for comprehensive water analysis, featuring state-of-the-art equipment for both microbiological and chemical testing. The flagship 3,736m² project can conduct up to 1.2 million water tests annually and has been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM design rating. We were appointed by our client Uisce Éireann to deliver the project, from design and planning through to construction and handover.
We’re pleased to announce that the Uisce Éireann National Water Laboratory has won the ‘Sustainability Built Environment – Small/Medium’ category at this year’s Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland (ACEI) Engineering Excellence Awards, held in the InterContinental Hotel, Dublin on Friday 28th March.
The project is Ireland's first dedicated national laboratory for comprehensive water analysis , featuring state-of-the-art equipment for both microbiological and chemical testing. The flagship 3,736m² project, which can conduct up to 1.2 million water tests annually, includes specialised areas for organic and inorganic chemistry, microbiology and parasitology, along with essential utility support, gas storage, and waste management facilities.
We were appointed by our client Uisce Éireann to deliver the project, taking it from preliminary design and planning, through detailed design, tendering, construction, commissioning and handover.
The laboratory is designed to generate 22% of its energy demand from renewable sources and 31% of energy is reclaimed. It was independently awarded an ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM design rating, the first laboratory in Ireland and only the third across Europe to do so.
A BREEAM certified rating reflects the sustainability performance achieved by a project and its stakeholders, as measured against the BREEAM standard and its benchmarks. The rating provides assurance on performance, quality and value of the asset. The BREEAM ratings range from Acceptable to Pass, Good, Very Good, Excellent and Outstanding.
Overall, the contract was delivered on time and within budget through a six-year development timeline and handed over to the client in October 2024.
In what proved to be a successful night, another one of our projects, Saggart Reservoir, was also shortlisted in the ‘Civil - Large’ category.
Congratulations to the teams involved in bringing these projects to fruition. Your collective efforts showcase how we solve problems that matter, devising innovative solutions to make complex easy for our clients.
