A major gas pipeline project off the coast of Mayo has won an accolade at the Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards 2016.

The €3.5 billion Corrib Onshore Gas Pipeline scheme scooped the Engineering Project of the Year award during the ceremony in the InterContinental Hotel in Dublin.

The scheme was undertaken by Shell E&P (Ireland) Ltd, RPS Group Ltd, Roadbridge Ltd, BAM and W&F JV. It forms a critical piece of national infrastructure for Ireland, producing much of the country's future gas supplies over the next 15 to 20 years and contributing €6bn to Ireland's GDP.

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PJ Rudden, RPS director, said: "The Corrib Onshore Gas Pipeline was an extremely challenging project from the outset requiring the management of a diverse range of specialist expertise to produce major deliverables within extremely demanding timelines. 

"These related to alternative pipeline corridors, alternative community engagement and involvement, environmental impact assessments, logistics management and construction issues.

"Ultimately, the Corrib initiative was a huge infrastructural undertaking that involved cutting-edge engineering expertise, from planning through to construction and operation, that has been delivered to the highest standards and within very tight time lines."

(Pictured from L to R: PJ Rudden (RPS) Jim Mulcair (Roadbridge), Michael Nolan (Transport Infrastructure Ireland), Ronan Deasy (Shell), Ciaran Butler (RPS), Pat McAndrew (BAM) and Caroline Spillane)

(LM/JP)