CIHT South West are delighted to invite members and guests to the Annual Awards Dinner 2026, which this year will be held at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum.
Bookings are now closed for this event.Dress code: dress to impress
For more information, please contact southwest@ciht.org.uk.
The CIHT South West 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.
Looking to enter the Awards?
Submit your entry here
Headline Sponsor
Award Sponsors
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Package A
Sponsorship of Innovation, Sustainability, Collaboration, EDI or Emerging Professional Award; table of 10 at the awards dinner; your company logo on award materials
Package B
Sponsorship of Innovation, Sustainability, Collaboration, EDI or Emerging Professional Award; 2 seats at the awards dinner; your company logo on award materials
If you are interested in sponsorship but would like to know more, please contact southwest@ciht.org.uk.
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Disability Together supports Disabled people with a range of impairments or conditions. This includes people with physical impairments, sensory impairments – including those who are blind, d/Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users and those with hearing loss – people with long-term health conditions, invisible impairments, learning difficulties, people requiring mental wellbeing support, and people who are neurodivergent. |
Their travelling with confidence programme which is teaching people with disabilities to use public transport and countryside mobility project which is adapting mobility scooters to make the countryside accessible are particularly noteworthy and commendable from a transport perspective.
18.30 - Arrival & cash bar in the Garden Reception adjacent to Gallery 20
19:15 - All guests seated
19:30 - Welcome address
19.40 - Presentation by the nominated charity
19.45 - Dinner served & raffle ticket sale
21.45 - Awards ceremony
22:20 - Raffle draw in aid of the nominated charity
22.30 - Closing remarks
23:30 - Last orders at the bar & carriages
For more information, please contact southwest@ciht.org.uk.
Individual projects 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 South West. The Project of the Year Award will be selected from the winners of the other award categories.
This award recognises projects, schemes, products, or strategies delivered or developed by the highways and transportation industry that can demonstrate a contribution to sustainable development and environmental benefits with either a global or local impact.
The Collaboration Award recognises the importance of effective relationships with other organisations and/or sectors to deliver real solutions and recognises those that have shown dedication to working in collaboration.
This Award is open to CIHT Members including employers, teams or individuals that have implemented (or been involved in) an EDI (Equality, Diversity, Inclusion) initiative of merit within the South West 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 South West region can nominate themselves or their projects or be nominated.
Recognising the need to promote and encourage imaginative concepts and continuous improvements in the highways and transportation industry. Innovation could be research, technology, products, processes, or services that have impacted an organisation, industry or society positively. The innovation can apply to any aspect of the highways and transportation sector, but the entry must be based in the South West, and must have been developed or have reached a significant milestone in 2025. The submission should include evidence of improved performance brought about by the innovation.
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 South West and establishing themselves as a positive role model for the industry.
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