Caitriona Cairns

Bennett Freehill

A leading Building Services Consultancy and qualified Passivhaus and NZEB Designers, Commissioning Managers and Licenced BREEAM Assessors. We provide sustainable, multi-disciplined design services in Commercial & Offices, Education, Residential, Tourism & Leisure, Industrial and Healthcare. For over 20 years we have been designing innovative and practical sustainable engineering solutions of the highest quality and standard to create outstanding buildings for our clients in Northern Ireland and throughout the UK from our office in Belfast. We are focused on creating a fun and rewarding environment for our team, allowing us to nurture and retain the most dynamic and technically accomplished talent in the industry. Significant award-winning projects include: SOUTH WEST COLLEGE ERNE CAMPUS, ENNISKILLEN, NI: RICS UK Project of the Year 2022. The world's first educational Passivhaus Premium rated building, first UK building to achieve both Passivhaus Premium status and BREEAM outstanding accreditation, and a UN Centre of Excellence for High Performance Buildings. BREEAM Award Public Sector Project, Design Stage Winner JUBILEE HOUSE, DAERA HEADQUARTERS, BALLYKELLY, NI: RICS Innovation through Design Winner; CEF Construction Excellence Awards, Commercial Construction Winner. BREEAM Excellent UNIVERSITY OF SURREY 5G INNOVATION CENTRE, GUILDFORD, UK: Guildford Society Good Design Award. BREEAM Excellent COLIN TOWN CENTRE TRANSPORT HUB, BELFAST: RSUA Design Award, Living Places Award, Project Architect of the Year Award, Liam McCormick Prize for Northern Ireland's Best Building, RIBA National Award, Nominated for the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – the Mies Van Der Rohe Award.