IHT Awards 2008
5 June 2008
The Institution of Highways and Transportation’s (IHT) Annual Awards Dinner 2008 took place on Thursday 5 June at Guildhall, London. Over 450 guests attended the prestigious occasion that celebrates and promotes the good work currently taking place in the highways and transportation sector.
The IHT Awards advocate transportation projects and schemes that promote professionalism and best practice, rewarding innovative thinking and technical expertise that inspires both change and development within the industry.
This year the awards took place in the grand settings of the atmospheric Guildhall. The awards were presented by Wing Commander Andy Green, the World Land Speed Record Holder. Guests were treated to a short film of the land speed record attempt, which highlights what can be achieved through perseverance and the desire for engineering excellence.
From the 138 original entries, 33 were short listed for the 10 awards. The categories were Health & Safety at Work, Urban Design, Manual for Streets, Technological Application, Security in the Public Realm, Innovation, Environmental, Sustainability, Road Safety Award and Effective Partnerships.
The shortlisted entries were:
IHT/Highways Agency Health & Safety at Work Award
Winner - A-One Integrated Highway Services with ‘the Revolutionary Durakerb Health and Safety Winner
Highly Commended - A-One Integrated Highway Services with 'Overhead Cable Marker Posts' Health and Safety Highly Commended
Commended - Costain Highways Sector for their 'Health & Safety Strategy for 2006-2008' Health and Safety Commended
IHT/Transport for London Urban Design Award
Winner - Brighton & Hove City Council with ‘New Road Environmental Enhancements’ Urban Design Winner
Highly Commended - Scottish Borders Council with 'Melrose Town Centre Improvements' Urban Design Highly Commended
Commended - City of London with 'Shoe Lane Quarter' Urban Design Commended
IHT/Department for Transport Manual for Streets Award
Winner - Peter Brett Associates for ‘the Hempsted Development’ Manual for Streets Winner
Commended - Pinnacle Transportation Ltd for 'Tesco Stores, Tidworth' Manual for Streets Commended 1
Commended - PRA Architects on behalf of Miller Homes (Yorkshire) for 'Allerton Bywater Millenium Community' Manual for Streets Commended 2
IHT/Colas Award for Technological Application
Winner - London Borough of Islington with ‘Islington Highway Services’ Technological Application Winner
Commended - Brighton & Hove City Council with 'Talking Bus Stops' Technological Application Commended 1
Commended - A-one Integrated Highway Services with 'Gulleyhawk' Technological Application Commended 2
IHT/Centre for the Protection of National Industry for Security in the Public Realm
Winner - West One for their 'Whitehall Streetscape Project' Security in the Public Realm Winner
Highly Commended - Bristorm for their 'Steel Wire Rope Security Fencing' Security in the Public Realm Highly Commended
Commended - MFD International Limited for their 'Shoe Lane Quarter' Security in the Public Realm Commended 1
Commended - Corus Bi-Steel for their 'Redeployable Anti Attack Vehicle Barrier System' Security in the Public Realm Commended 2
IHT/ Ringway Award for Innovation
Winner - Brighton & Hove City Council for ‘Talking Bus Stops’ Innovation Winner
Commended - A-one Integrated Highway Services for 'The Revolutionary Durakerb' Innovation Commended 1
Commended - London Underground and RNIB for 'Tactile and Large Print Underground Station Plans' Innovation Commended 2
IHT/Halcrow Environmental Award
Winner - Scott Wilson for their ‘A30 Bodmin to Indian Queens Improvement’ Environment Winner
Commended - Skanska McNicholas for their 'Lewisham Open Space' Environment Commended 1
Commended - A-one Integrated Highway Services for 'The Revolutionary Durakerb' Environment Commended 2
IHT/Skanska Award for Sustainability
Winner - Cormac with their ‘Sustainability Strategy’ Sustainability Winner
Highly Commended - Atkins Highways & Transportation for their 'Low Energy Recycled Asphalt' Sustainability Highly Commended
Commended - Balfour Beatty/Carillion for the 'East London Line' Sustainability Commended
IHT/Atkins Road Safety Award
Reducing All Casualties
Winner - Norfolk County Council for their ‘Don’t be a Loser’ campaign Reducing All Casualties Winner
Commended - Leighs Paints for 'Nitesite' Reducing All Casualties Commended 1
Commended - Transport for London for 'Reducing Casualties in London' Reducing All Casualties Commended 2
Reducing Child Casualties
Winner - DBDA with their ‘A-Z of Traffic Tales’ Reducing Child Casualties Winner
Commended - Liverpool City Council for 'CrossRight' Reducing Child Casualties Commended
IHT/Costain Award for Effective Partnerships
Winner - Colas Ltd and Portsmouth City Council ‘the Portsmouth Road Maintenance PFI Project’ Effective Partnerships Winner
Highly Commended - Kent Highway Services Effective Partnerships Highly Commended
Commended - Scott Wilson and Alfred McAlpine 'A30 Bodmin to Indian Queens Improvement' Effective Partnerships Commended
Two certificates were also awarded on the night. Graeme Wheelhouse, Senior Maintenance Engineer from Capita Symonds received the IHT Young Transportation Professional Certificate. This award is presented to a young person who is considered to have made a significant voluntary contribution within the branch and/or national organisation of IHT for a period of not less than two years. Young professionals are the life blood of the industry. It is through them that the transportation profession will continue to innovate, serve the travelling public and contribute to the economic prosperity of the nation.
Ginny Clarke, Director of Network Services at the Highways Agency was presented with the Institution Award. This is an award for excellence within the transportation profession and to celebrate individuals who through their work have made a significant contribution that has benefited the public and the profession.
The Institution would like to thank all those who entered the Awards, the projects were of an exceptional quality and showed the true innovative potential of the highways and transportation sector. IHT also wishes to thank the Judging Panels and the awards Sponsors, without whom this exciting event would not be possible. We hope that the projects showcased at the event will inspire companies to enter the IHT Awards 2009.