The 2012 North Western Branch Awards Dinner was held on Friday 20 April at the Park Royal Hotel, Warrington.

Projects were judged in four categories - Transportation Project of the Year, Environmental/Sustainability Project of the Year, Safety Project of the Year and Best Practice Project of the Year.

Awards were given as follows:

Transportation Project of the Year

Winner 

M53 Bidston Moss Viaduct Strengthening (The M53 Bidston Moss Viaduct Team)

Highly Commended - Hall Lane Strategic Gateway (Birse Civils Limited, Liverpool City Council, 2020 Liverpool)

Commended - Manchester Airport Runway 1 Refurbishment Project (Manchester Airport, Costain)

Environmental/Sustainability Project of the Year

Winner                               

12 Quays Ro-Ro Pavement Reconstruction (Dowhigh Limited)

Highly Commended - Chapel Lane Car Park, Wigan (Tarmac)

Commended - A66 Bassenthwaite Lake Drainage Improvements  (EnterpriseMouchel)

Safety Project of the Year

Winner   

Improving the Road Safety of Children and Young People (Lancashire County Council)

Highly Commended - The RideSafe BackSafe Initiative (RideSafe BackSafe)

Commended - A626 Dan Bank Slope Stabilisation (URS, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Bethell)

Commended - Mersey Ferries Access Pontoon (Merseytravel)

Best Practice Project of the Year

Winner    

Delivering Highway Maintenance Efficiency Savings  (Capita Symonds, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council)

Highly Commended - Kingsway Tunnels Fire Main Replacement Project  (Merseytravel)

Commended - Sherlock Lane Footbridge Replacement, Wallasey  (Merseytravel)

More photos from the event can be found here:

www.flickr.com//photos/61871376@N07/show/

If you would like electronic copies of any of the photos, please contact alison@aldercross.com