The CIHT West Midlands Awards celebrate the very best the region offers across the key areas of highways and transportation. They are open to everyone: members and non-members; small and large organisations; public, private and third sector. The Awards recognise the outstanding contribution that good projects and people make to our daily lives.
The CIHT West Midlands Awards will be opening for entry soon on 12th January 2026! Entrants will be able to enter a maximum of 2 categories. Entry for the awards will close on Monday 9 March 2026 at 11:59.
Winners will be announced at the CIHT West Midlands Annual Dinner on Thursday 7th May 2026 at the Burlington Hotel in Birmingham.
Attend to surround yourself with today's leaders and rising stars for an evening of celebration, networking and opportunities to entertain your clients and business partners.
Individual projects (over £5 million) that are outstanding examples of transportation or highway projects, demonstrating they have been delivered on time, to budget and made a major contribution to the West Midlands.
Judging Criteria for the award:
• Benefits to the community and contribution to the West Midlands (15%)
• Benefits to the environment (10%)
• Client satisfaction (10%)
• Implementation and project delivery (10%)
• Engagement and communication with Stakeholders (10%)
• Planning and Design (10%)
• Enterprise, innovation and ingenuity (10%)
• Objectives met incl. time, cost & quality (10%)
• Value for money with benefits vs costs (10%)
• Wider implementation potential (5%)
Individual projects (less than £5 million) that are outstanding examples of transportation or highway projects, demonstrating they have been delivered on time, to budget and made a major contribution to the West Midlands.
In addition, this year the judges welcome examples that demonstrate effective management considering the current social and financial crisis on the health safety and wellbeing of workforce and customers.
Judging Criteria for the award:
• Benefits to the community (15%)
• Benefits to the environment (10%)
• Client satisfaction (10%)
• Implementation and project delivery (10%)
• Engagement and communication with Stakeholders (10%)
• Planning and Design (10%)
• Enterprise, innovation and ingenuity (10%)
• Objectives met incl. time, cost & quality (10%)
• Value for money with benefits vs costs (10%)
• Wider implementation potential (5%)
Examples of excellence in collaborative team work and problem solving in the highways and transportation industry in the West Midlands.
Judging Criteria for the award:
• Evidence of Collaborative Teamwork (30%)
• Evidence of Collaboration to Achieve a Solution including efficiency and sustainability (30%)
• User feedback & benefit (20%)
• Implementation of solution including communications (20%)
Examples of excellence in sustainability (social, economic and environmental) in the highways and transportation industry in the West Midlands.
Judging Criteria for the award:
• Evidence of social sustainability as a key driver (15%)
• Evidence of economic sustainability as a key driver (15%)
• Evidence of environmental sustainability as a key driver (15%)
• Design of solution including efficiency and sustainability (15%)
• Performance measures, user feedback & benefit to the user (10%)
• Implementation of solution including communications (10%)
• Value for money including outcomes and benefits versus cost (10%)
• Wider implementation potential (10%)
Examples of innovative problem solving in the highways and transportation industry in the West Midlands. Innovation or research entries must have been active or completed in financial years 2024/25 or 2024/26. Entries must clearly explain how the submission meets the criteria specified.
Judging Criteria for the award:
• Enterprise and ingenuity (20%)
• Design of solution including efficiency and sustainability (20%)
• Performance measures, user feedback & benefit to the user (15%)
• Implementation of solution including communications (15%)
• Value for money including outcomes and benefits versus cost (15%)
• Wider implementation potential (15%)
This Award is open to CIHT Members including employers or individuals that have implemented (or been involved in) an EDI (Equality, Diversity, Inclusion) initiative of merit within the West Midlands and establishing themselves as a positive role model for the industry.
Owners, clients or direct stakeholders, working in highways or transportation in a public, private or voluntary capacity in the West Midlands region can nominate themselves or be nominated.
Judging Criteria for the award:
• Addressing of the EDI initiative (30%)
• Stakeholder engagement (25%)
• Clarity on aims & objectives (15%)
• Lessons learnt (15%)
• Longevity (15%)
This Award is open to CIHT Members including Apprentices, Graduates, entry level professionals and those early in their career/career change professionals, with less than 10 years relevant experience who are making a valuable contribution to highways or transportation in the West Midlands and establishing themselves as a positive role model for the industry.
Entries must clearly explain how the submission meets the criteria specified. Emerging Professionals and Apprentices who are members of CIHT may nominate themselves for the Award or be nominated by their CIHT Region or their employer.
Judging Criteria for the award:
• Contribution to the West Midlands highways or transportation sector (40%)
• Role model for highways or transportation (40%)
• Active in positively promoting the industry/sector within the West Midlands (20%)
This Award is open to CIHT Members including students or 2025 graduates, who are making a valuable contribution to highways or transportation in the West Midlands and establishing themselves as a positive role model for the industry.
The judges will be awarding a £100 prize for the Best Emerging Student(s). Entries must clearly explain how the submission meets the criteria specified. Students or 2025 graduates who are members of CIHT may nominate themselves for the Award or be nominated by their CIHT Region or their educational institution.
Judging Criteria for the award:
• Contribution to the transportation sector (40%)
• Role model for highways or transportation (40%)
• Active in positively promoting the industry/sector within the West Midlands
(20%)
CIHT West Midlands Women’s Network is proud to promote this Award category which will celebrate and showcase women's achievements in the highways and transportation sector in the West Midlands region.
This Award recognises all the remarkable women who are carrying out outstanding work in the field of highways and transportation not just on projects but overall, shaping the lives around us.
Our eligibility criteria are any woman who has made:
• A significant contribution to this industry.
• A positive impact or influence on your organisation/industry/sector or in any other area
Judging Criteria for this Award
Positive Impact or Influence
