CIHT Yorkshire & the Humber celebrates 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 awards are now open for entries until Friday 28 August 2026.
Winners will be announced at the CIHT Yorkshire & the Humber Awards Dinner to be held on Thursday 22 October 2026 at The Met Hotel in Leeds.
This award recognises the best transport infrastructure project or scheme completed within the last 24 months in the Yorkshire & the Humber region. It is focused on projects that have been physically delivered on the ground and demonstrate best practice across a range of criteria.
The project should have been developed and delivered within the region by a team that can be seen as ambassadors for the profession, demonstrating excellence in the planning, design, and delivery of highways and transportation infrastructure.
Transport Infrastructure Project of the Year Award Guidelines
This award recognises the best small project, study, or scheme completed within the last 24 months in the Yorkshire & the Humber region. It is aimed at development-led or transport planning projects, including those that have been designed, planned, or delivered within the region, or studies and strategies focused on areas within the region that demonstrate best practice across a range of criteria.
The project or study should have been delivered by a team that acts as ambassadors for the profession and can demonstrate excellence in the planning, development, or engineering of highways and transportation schemes.
Transport Development Project of the Year Award Guidelines
This award recognises outstanding achievement in delivering community impact and social value through highways and transportation initiatives within the Yorkshire & the Humber region.
It celebrates individuals, teams, and collaborative partnerships that have gone above and beyond to create meaningful, lasting benefits for communities. This may include improving accessibility, supporting local economies, enhancing wellbeing, promoting inclusion, or delivering wider social outcomes alongside transport projects.
Entries should demonstrate how social value has been embedded into the planning, design, or delivery of projects or initiatives, and how these efforts have positively impacted communities across the region.
Community Impact / Social Value Award Guidelines
This award recognises outstanding achievement in environmental leadership, innovation, and step-change delivery within the highways and transportation sector in the Yorkshire & the Humber region.
It celebrates individuals, teams, and collaborative partnerships who are driving meaningful progress in addressing the climate challenge. This may include reducing carbon emissions, enhancing climate resilience, promoting sustainable travel, or embedding environmental best practice into projects, programmes, or organisational approaches.
Entries should demonstrate how the nominee has gone beyond standard practice to deliver measurable environmental outcomes and contribute towards the transition to a net zero and climate-resilient transport system.
Climate Champion Award Guidelines
This award recognises an individual who has made an outstanding personal contribution to the highways and transportation sector in the Yorkshire & the Humber region through mentoring, professional support, and wider volunteering activities.
It celebrates individuals who are dedicated to supporting others – including apprentices, graduates, students, and early-career professionals – helping them develop skills, gain confidence, and progress towards professional qualification or career advancement.
This may include industry mentors, academic contributors, or professionals supporting development through formal or informal mentoring, as well as wider activities such as STEM outreach, education support, and community engagement.
Individual Impact of the Year Award Guidelines
This award recognises an individual with significant professional experience who has demonstrated outstanding achievement, leadership, and technical excellence within the highways and transportation sector in the Yorkshire & the Humber region.
The award celebrates those who have made a notable impact through the delivery of projects, programmes, or initiatives, while driving innovation and responding effectively to an evolving industry environment. This includes adapting to changing policy, standards, and guidance, and contributing to the ongoing development of the sector.
Professional of the Year Award Guidelines
This award recognises an emerging professional who is a high achiever within the highways or transportation sector. Judges will be looking for an individual who has demonstrated outstanding positive impact in the field of highways or transportation within the Yorkshire & the Humber region, and who is making an exceptional contribution to their workplace. The aim of the award is to celebrate individual excellence in transportation planning and/or civil engineering within the highways or transportation sector.
Emerging Professional of the Year Award Guidelines
This award recognises an apprentice or trainee technician who is a high achiever within the highways or transportation sector. Judges will be looking for an individual who has demonstrated outstanding positive impact in the field of highways or transportation within the Yorkshire & the Humber region, and who is making an exceptional contribution to their workplace. The aim of the award is to celebrate individual excellence in transportation planning and/or civil engineering within the highways or transportation sector.
Apprentice of the Year Award Guidelines
Winners (Joint):
Highly Commended: Patrick Stockwell – WSP
Commended:
Entries will be shortlisted in September.
Winners will be announced at the CIHT North East & Cumbria's Awards Dinner to be held on Thursday 22 October 2026 at The Met Hotel in Leeds.
Judging
Please note that the judges’ decision is final. Entries failing to meet the specified criteria, or which are not submitted in the requested format set out below will not be considered.
Award Details
The winning project team will receive a trophy, certificate, and a full suite of press and promotion across CIHT Yorkshire & the Humber channels, including on social media, CIHT website and post event material.
The winners will be announced at the CIHT Yorkshire & the Humber Annual Dinner on Thursday 22nd October 2026 at The Met Hotel in Leeds where the winning team/individuals will be presented with their award.
Tickets will be available to book shortly.
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