After a lengthy review process, the ICE Awards Judges have selected their 2025 category finalists from the record number of registered entries. The winners will be announced at the Gala Event which will take place on Thursday, 01 May 2025 at the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD).

The Irish Construction Excellence Awards (ICE Awards) are the original and premier recognition of performance excellence for the contracting sector in Ireland and provide an opportunity for the industry to showcase and reward best practice across the full range of construction disciplines and project categories.

Award categories include Innovation in Construction, Public Building, Commercial, Health Safety & Wellbeing, Residential, Civil Engineering, Healthcare and the recently included Engineering Design Excellence, Architectural Design Excellence, and introduced for 2025 Future Leaders, a category specifically to recognise our future construction industry leaders.

Project Construction, Health, Safety & Wellbeing, Innovation, Future Leaders and BIM Finalists move forward to a round of face-to-face interviews with the Judges on 26 and 27 February.

Best of the best

The 2025 Finalists include many notable nationwide projects showcasing the ‘best of the best’ in the construction sector in Ireland and highlighting Construction plays a pivotal role in the Irish economy, serving as a major driver of growth, employment, and infrastructure development and in delivering the NDP.

ICE Awards Director, Colin Walsh, stated, “The ICE Awards 2025 finalists are clear proof that our sector continues to deliver world-class projects for clients and the nation.

“This year, a new record was set for the number of entries registered and the judges were highly impressed by the exceptional quality of both the projects and the submissions. After weeks of thorough evaluation, they faced the difficult task of selecting the very best among an outstanding field of contenders.”

Celebrating excellence  – 01 May Convention Centre Dublin

The ICE Awards is delighted to welcome ICE Awards MC for 2025 – Neil Delamere, one of Ireland’s top comedy acts. Neil has performed worldwide, his shows have received multiple 5-star reviews. His latest live show, Achilles Neil, will tour Ireland and the UK extensively in 2025.

Neil boasts an impressive roster of presenting roles on the small screen, including Neil Delamere’s Just For Laughs, Eureka! The Big Bang Query, and the Republic of Telly.

Colin expressed his excitement for the upcoming Gala saying, “On behalf of the ICE Awards team and myself, I wish the finalists the very best of luck. We are eagerly looking forward to celebrating their achievements at the ICE Awards 2025 Gala, taking place at the Convention Centre Dublin on 01 May. Fondly referred to as ‘Construction’s Big Night Out,’ this event is set to be another truly spectacular evening, recognising the hard work and excellence within the industry. We are delighted to have Neil Delamere as our host and can’t wait to reconnect with familiar faces and welcome first-time attendees at the Gala.”

Limited tickets for the ICE Awards 2025 Gala have been made available for general attendance. Visit www.ICEAwards.ie to book.

Judging excellence

The ICE Awards Judging Process aligns with and in many cases exceeds best practice internationally. This makes the ICE Awards distinctive in rigour and prestige. Read more about the Judges here.

Experts from across the AEC disciplines have been assembled to judge the entries. The ICE Awards Judging Process is multi-level with a team of judges reviewing every entry and scoring with their expertise in mind. The construction project and initiative finalists now move to the interview stage where they will meet the expert Judges face-to-face, make a presentation and have Q&A sessions. This level of engagement reaffirms the credibility and effort required by the entrants to win these prestigious awards.

The ICE Awards welcomes an esteemed panel of returning judges including  PJ Rudden, Chair of the Construction Sector Group (CSG) Innovation and Digital Adoption at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Mary Flynn, Co-Founder of Public BIM and Dublin City Council Quantity Surveyor; Phelim Devine, Design Director/Deputy Project Director of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board; John McGowan a Chartered Engineer and a former President of Engineers Ireland and of the Irish Academy of Engineers. John worked with Jacobs International as project director on the EPCM of Intel’s Fab10. Thereafter he went to work for Intel Ireland, including four years as the Facility Manager on the Leixlip campus, before being appointed General Manager of Intel Ireland; Keith Elliott is a project management specialist and former Associate Director of PM Group, Ireland’s largest Architecture and Engineering consultancy specialising in the delivery of complex projects in a variety of industry sectors. He has over 40 years’ experience in the design, project management and construction management of large projects including pharmaceutical facilities, power stations, data centres, natural gas infrastructure and energy from waste facilities; Gerard Harvey is the Assistant Principal Architect at the Office of Public Works, the architectural practice within the Office of Public Works, delivers a service of quality through the skilful provision of a comprehensive architectural design service to the Government and other public bodies; and Emma Hayes, Managing Director of Digital Built Consultants, a BIM and Digital Information Management Consultancy and Technological University Dublin Lecturer and many other outstanding experts; Marcella Murphy a chartered engineer and the DCC Executive Manager for the €130 million Parnell Square Cultural Quarter Project. The project includes demolition, construction of a new City Library, refurbishment of the existing Georgian buildings including the Hugh Lane Gallery and extensive public realm works.

For 2025 the ICE Awards is delighted to welcome new industry leaders. Jo-Ann Garbutt a Sustainability and Project Management expert, Martin Searson who brings his over 25 years Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) and Construction industry experience to the panel and Paul O’Shea, Risk Consultant, Paul is CEO of Ashview Consultants, with over 30 years experience working in the Built Environment.

Sponsors

The ICE Awards acknowledges the ongoing support of its sponsors, many of who have supported the competition for years. The sponsors are well-known names in the industry, delivering quality products and services to construction in Ireland.

Gold Sponsors: Sika Ireland, Autodesk Construction Cloud™, NTI Diatec Group, Surety Bonds – Part of Howden, Skillnet MMC Accelerate, Dulux Trade, Soprema, Connex Offiste. 

Silver Sponsors: CPAS, Revizto, Lumen Search, Pipelife, Lean Construction Ireland (LCi), Irish building magazine.

Click here to view the 2025 Finalists and read more about the ICE Awards Judges and Sponsors.