From left: Ray Quinn, Sara Ryan, Claire Gaulier, Mick Regan, Des Ryan, Managing Director and Chris Cooney.
Westport-based Ryan Structural Steel have won ‘Best Finished Project' at the Irish Steel Awards 2025 for their work on Bracetown Hub A01 in County Westmeath.
“We put a lot of work into the quality of what we do, and it's nice to have somebody come along and say, ‘Yeah, that's really, really good. Best in class,’ a jubilant Des Ryan, Managing Director of Ryan Structural Steel, told The Mayo News.
“It's fantastic because the Irish Steel Awards are relatively new. They've been going for three or four years now, this is the second time we've won an award, and it's a fantastic opportunity to get recognition from your peers.”
The curved windows of its winning entry are particularly striking.
A view of the curved windows from inside the Bracetown Hub A01 in County Westmeath.
“We did all of the structural steel work and the cladding. The cladding was quite complex as there were a lot of different colours and a lot of different kinds of styles and effects. It proved quite tricky but the building turned out to look really well. So we're very happy with it”, Ryan told The Mayo News.
The Lodge Road headquartered company specialises in commercial structural steel detailing, fabricating and erecting, combining cutting-edge expertise, vast experience and high quality workmanship to deliver exceptional solutions to major projects nationwide.
Over the last 21 years, the steel company has gone from strength to strength and now employs 30 people across its workshops in Westport and Strokestown, detailing office in Northern Ireland and sister company in the Isle of Man.
Some of its previous projects include Silverbridge Shopping Centre in Claremorris, and the Connacht Gold Superstores in Westport, Scoil Phádraig Westport and St Brendan’s in Belmullet.
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