Ryan Hanley joins Stantec
Partnering in Water
Founded in 1931, Ryan Hanley, an engineering and environmental consultancy, delivers a broad range of services, creating solutions for local authorities, government departments, private clients, utilities companies, and other influential organizations. Ryan Hanley will bring its extensive local knowledge, relationships, and technical expertise to Stantec, particularly around the Irish water sector.
Since 2020, Ryan Hanley and Stantec have partnered in a successful joint venture supporting Ireland’s water company, Uisce Éireann in its Engineering Design Services Framework. Together, Ryan Hanley and Stantec are helping deliver a €3.5 billion (C$5.47 billion) investment in asset delivery across Uisce Éireann’s portfolios.
Ryan Hanley has 150 employees and offices across Ireland, including a shared office with Stantec in Dublin.
Growing Across Ireland
Ryan Hanley is driven by its clients’ needs and believes that an innovative and enquiring approach is fundamental to delivering effective solutions. It is committed to providing high-quality, tailored services that precisely address the unique requirements of each project.Ryan Hanley’s vision: delivering sustainable engineering solutions for a more environmentally friendly future.
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Ryan Hanley employes 150 dedicated professionals across Ireland.
Ryan Hanley has offices in Dublin, Galway, Cork, and Castlebar.
Ryan Hanley operates in Water, Environmental Services, and Infrastructure.
Ger Gibney, Managing Director Ryan Hanley
"Over the last 90 years, we have grown to become a values-driven business, founded on passion and integrity as well as doing what is right for communities and the environment. This will not change as Ryan Hanley becomes part of Stantec, a firm that has shown itself to be a hugely valuable partner with an ethos similar to our own."Gord Johnston President and CEO Stantec
“Through deep and meaningful collaboration, Ryan Hanley and Stantec have proven our ability to deliver outstanding results for clients and communities in Ireland. Innovation and purpose are at the heart of both of our businesses, and this new chapter is the logical next step in our collective journey.”
Coolatee Integrated Constructed Wetlands (ICW)
Location: Coolatee, County Donegal
Client: Uisce Éireann
Services: Nature-based Solutions
Ryan Hanley, through the JV with Stantec, is delivering a program of nature-based solutions for wastewater treatment. The Coolatee ICW facilitated Uisce Éireann in removing this site from its list of untreated agglomerations and removed untreated wastewater discharge to the Foyle Estuary. By selecting the constructed wetland option for wastewater treatment, a wastewater solution was delivered that operated without the need for an energy supply and any treated water connection, all while increasing the biodiversity of the area.
Dublin Water Supply
Location: Dublin, County Dublin
Client: Uisce Éireann, Glanua
Services: Diverse design services
Ryan Hanley scoped major components of Uisce Éireann’s program for upgrade of the water supply to the Greater Dublin Area, including design services to upgrade treatment processes at Leixlip Water Treatment Plant (WTP). The company also delivered the Strategic Watermain Link Between Leixlip and Saggart Project, part of the client’s strategy to deliver a sustainable and resilient water supply for the greater Dublin area. With a construction value of over €28 million (C$43.8 million), the project was one of Uisce Éireann’s largest infrastructure projects when it completed in 2019.
O’Shaughnessy Bridge
Location: Galway, County Galway
Client: University of Galway
Services: Design and engineering
This locally iconic bridge provides a new pedestrian access route to the campus of University of Galway. The structure is a 48-metre-long (157-foot-long), bar stayed, steel bridge over the Eglinton Canal, with a separate 15-metre-long (49.2-foot-long) approach bridge over the Newcastle River. The structural form chosen produces a very slender, elegant, aesthetically pleasing structure.
National Flood Programme
Location: Across Ireland
Client: Office of Public Works (OPW)
Services: Engineering and Environmental Services
Ryan Hanley is working with the OPW and local authorities across Ireland to deliver projects under the €1.5 billion (C$2.3 billion) National Flood Risk Management Programme. The objectives of these projects are the identification, design, and submission (for planning consent) of Flood Relief Schemes that are technically, socially, environmentally and economically acceptable. The goal is to alleviate the risk of flooding to communities to a determined Standard of Protection, and to procure, manage, and oversee the construction of the proposed flood relief measures.
Galway City Water Supply Scheme
Location: Galway, County Galway
Client: Uisce Éireann, Galway City Councill
Services: Engineering and Environmental Services
Image Credit: Coffey Construction
Following the design and implementation of process solutions for Galway City’s water supply in 2007, Ryan Hanley designed a major upgrade to the existing Terryland Municipal Water Treatment Plant. This included the design of an increase in process and pumping capacity and associated medium voltage electrical supply between 2010 - 2014. A need for a new raw water abstraction works nearby to accommodate future demands for the city followed and was commissioned in 2024. The company oversaw the delivery of this project from archeological assessments through overall project management.
Kilkenny City Water Supply Scheme
Location: Kilkenny City, Co Kilkenny
Client: Uisce Éireann
Services: Engineering Design, Procurement, Construction Management, and Environmental services
Image Credit: Uisce Éireann
Ryan Hanley delivered a sustainable and secure potable water source for Kilkenny City and surrounding areas. The team managed all stages from concept, feasibility, planning consent, and detailed design to procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover. They developed a new intake facility with transfer pipelines, upgraded the water treatment plant, and designed and constructed additional potable water storage and interconnector trunk mains. This project successfully met the community’s long-term water needs while prioritizing environmental sensitivity.
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