At a celebration event held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, the prestigious CIHT Awards 2025 were presented. Shortlisted entries from across 16 categories vied for these annual awards. Over 450 people were in attendance from across the highways, transportation and infrastructure sector.
Hosted by Professor Glenn Lyons and guest presenter Louise Minchin the awards saw many fantastic projects rewarded for their excellence.
The CIHT Awards this year contained the Bus Centre of Excellence (BCoE) Awards that were presented by Simon Lightwood MP, Minister for Local Transport.
Professor Glenn Lyons said:
“The CIHT Awards celebrate the remarkable achievements of those working across the highways, transportation and infrastructure sector. In what is a real indication of the standard of work going on, the calibre of entries this year has once again been outstanding.”
“There are some truly inspiring projects that have been featured in this year's awards and we wish to congratulate not just the winners but also all those who made our extremely competitive shortlist this year."
The winners were:
CIHT / Kier Transportation Professional Award
Recognising an individual that demonstrates professionalism and leadership in the work that they do.
- Raymond Pau, Executive Director at AECOM Asia Company Limited
CIHT Creating Better Places Award
Recognising how outstanding design and implementation of schemes in towns and cities improve the places around them and create places for people.
- Ryde Transport Hub - Ringway Island Roads, Ringway Infrastructure Services
CIHT / Winvic Sustainability Award
Recognising projects, schemes, products, or strategies delivered or developed by the transport industry that can demonstrate a contribution to sustainable development.
- Lambeth School Streets and School Streets Plus - Lambeth Council
CIHT Research Award
Recognising an outstanding piece of research in the transport sector and looks to improve the industry by addressing a specific problem.
- TfL Lamp Column Testing Methodology - Transport for London
CIHT / Ringway Decarbonisation Award
Recognises projects, schemes and strategies that can demonstrate the delivery of a significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
- Regenerative Propulsion in the Doha Metro: Kinetic Energy to Electrical Energy - Qatar Rail
CIHT Product of the Year
Celebrates new products and materials that have made a positive impact to the transportation sector through innovation, sustainability and decarbonisation.
- Hydroraft - Smartraft Ltd, Ringway, Surrey County Council
CIHT / Brightly Software Technology and Digital Transformation Award
Recognises technological innovation, this could be in terms of new technology, products, processes, and digital services that have positively impacted an organisation, industry and society
- Innovative sensor-based digital solution driving decarbonisation and safety in temporary traffic management - HW Martin (Traffic Management) Ltd, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Fewzed, Virtus
CIHT Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award
In recognition of employers or individuals that have implemented (or been involved in) an Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) initiative of merit.
- Industry Trailblazer for Equality Diversity and Inclusion - Brighton & Hove Buses
CIHT Resilience Award
Recognises projects, schemes or strategies in the highways and transportation sector that have contributed to making infrastructure more resilient to extreme weather events and climate change.
- Mapping Transport Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in Birmingham and West Midlands - University of Birmingham, West Midlands Combined Authority
CIHT Infrastructure Award
Recognises exceptional engineering solutions that have delivered creative and resilient infrastructure.
- Belfast Grand Central Station - Translink
CIHT / WJ Road Safety Award
Recognises outstanding achievements which improve road user safety through excellent practice, design and technical application
- IMPACT: The Centre for Post-collision Research, Innovation and Translation at the Devon Air Ambulance - Vision Zero South West, The Road Safety Trust
CIHT Team of the Year Award
Celebrating the achievements of teams who have demonstrated professionalism and have been able to adapt and work effectively under the challenges posed in the Highways and Transportation sector.
- Access to Didcot Garden Town - AECOM, Oxfordshire County Council
CIHT Health and Safety at Work Award
Recognising initiatives that improved safety practices and culture at work.
- People & Plant Interface - Eliminating On-Site Collisions Using Safety Shield AI human Detection Technology & Emergency Autobrake Assist - Eurovia Surfacing, Safety Shield Global, BOMAG-FAYAT Group
CIHT AtkinsRéalis Collaboration Award
Recognises those that have shown dedication to working in collaboration with other teams, organisations and/or sectors to deliver real solutions.
- Buses and Businesses Against Abuse - Stagecoach East, Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Cambridge and Peterborough Rape Crisis Centre
Bus Centre of Excellence Awards 2025
Presented by Simon Lightwood MP, Minister for Local Transport
Bus Centre of Excellence Person of the Year Award
For an individual’s exceptional contribution within the bus sector
- Paul Walker, Head of Passenger Transport at Portsmouth City Council
Bus Centre of Excellence Initiative Award
Recognising outstanding initiatives within the field of bus transport in England that have made a significant positive impact.
- Driving Innovation, Sustainability, and Community Engagement in Public Transport - Warrington’s Own Buses in partnership with Warrington Borough Council
More Information
Further details on the highly commended and commended entries are below. Photographs are available of the night. More information on all the shortlisted entries can be found here - https://www.ciht.org.uk/ataglance
Contact e: communication@ciht.org.uk for any queries
CIHT / Kier Transportation Professional Award
Recognising an individual that demonstrates professionalism and leadership in the work that they do.
Winner
- Raymond Pau, Executive Director at AECOM Asia Company Limited
CIHT Creating Better Places Award
Recognising how outstanding design and implementation of schemes in towns and cities improve the places around them and create places for people.
Winner
- Ryde Transport Hub - Ringway Island Roads, Ringway Infrastructure Services
Highly Commended
- Broad Street, March Town Centre - Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, Fenland District Council, Atkins, Octavious
- Eddington, Cambridge - University of Cambridge
- Somerset Council, Yeovil Schemes - Taylor Woodrow
- Translink York Street Station - Transformation in the Heart of North Belfast - Translink, Golden Thread Gallery
Commended
Visions for Northolt - Kensington Road and Village Green Improvements - Ealing Council, Project Centre Ltd
CIHT / Winvic Sustainability Award
Recognising projects, schemes, products, or strategies delivered or developed by the transport industry that can demonstrate a contribution to sustainable development.
Winner
- Lambeth School Streets and School Streets Plus - Lambeth Council
Highly Commended
- Warrington’s Own Buses - Warrington Borough Council
Commended
- A19 DBFO; Local Project, Global Impact - Sir Robert McAlpine, National Highways, Autolink Concessionaires, Aecom
- Bath and North East Somerset Depot Redevelopment - VolkerHighways
- Fin Sustainable Logistics
- Highways Verge Rewilding Trial - M Group Highways, Hampshire County Council
- Passenger Incentive Programme - Transport for West Midlands
CIHT Research Award
Recognising an outstanding piece of research in the transport sector and looks to improve the industry by addressing a specific problem.
Winner
- TfL Lamp Column Testing Methodology - Transport for London
Highly Commended
- GScan: 3D imaging using muon tomography and AI to assess the structural aspects of post tension bridges - GScan, AtkinsRéalis
- IMPACT: The Centre for Post-collision Research, Innovation and Translation - Devon Air Ambulance, National Fire Chiefs Council, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The Road Safety Trust, College of Paramedics
- Mapping Transport Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in Birmingham and West Midlands - University of Birmingham, West Midlands Combined Authority, Birmingham City Council, Transport for West Midlands, Will Baxter Design Agency
Commended
- A Data Analytics Approach to UK Rail Accessibility Gap Analysis and Prioritisation Framework - AtkinsRéalis, Network Rail
- Strategic Road Network Training: Virtual Reality-Based Approach & Trial Results - Esitu Solutions, Nottingham Trent University, Tayler Talks, First Car
- The Traffic Impact of Road Pricing - CSRB Group
CIHT / Ringway Decarbonisation Award
Recognises projects, schemes and strategies that can demonstrate the delivery of a significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Winner
- Regenerative Propulsion in the Doha Metro: Kinetic Energy to Electrical Energy - Qatar Rail
Highly Commended
- Bridge Farm Culvert - Essex Highways
Commended
- Collaborating to Educate Future Civil Engineers on Decarbonising Infrastructure - Nottingham Trent University & Mott MacDonald
- Coventry's Electric (Coventry Electric Bus City) - Transport for the West Midlands, National Express West Midlands, Stagecoach Midlands, Coventry City Council, Warwickshire County Council, Zenobe
- Using a Sign Asset Monitoring System to Decarbonise Temporary Traffic Management on the A12 Concrete Roads Framework - DHW Martin (Traffic Management Ltd), Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Fewzed, Virtus
CIHT Product of the Year
Celebrates new products and materials that have made a positive impact to the transportation sector through innovation, sustainability and decarbonisation.
Winner
- Hydroraft - Smartraft Ltd, Ringway, Surrey County Council
Highly Commended
- Premcrete Highway FC Cement - LMS Highways Ltd, Premcrete Ltd
- Revolutionising Diversion Management: The Dynamic Journey Time Signs Trial - HW Martin Ltd, Fezwed, National Highways
Commended
- RapidGrip: Enhancing Safety, Sustainability & Efficiency For The NEAR Programme - WJ Group
- Simplifying Today's Carbon Management For A More Resilient Future - Brightly Software Ltd, Bristol City Council
- The Sign Asset Monitoring System For Smarter, Safer and More Sustainable Traffic Management - HW Martin Ltd, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Fezwed, Virtus Ltd
CIHT / Brightly Software Technology and Digital Transformation Award
Recognises technological innovation, this could be in terms of new technology, products, processes, and digital services that have positively impacted an organisation, industry and society
Winner
- Innovative sensor-based digital solution driving decarbonisation and safety in temporary traffic management - HW Martin (Traffic Management) Ltd, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Fewzed, Virtus
Highly Commended
- A63 Castle Street - use of digital technology and innovation in a major city centre underpass excavation - Balfour Beatty
- Belfast Grand Central Station - Translink, Farrans Sacyr JV
Commended
- AI-based video inspection system - Essex Highways, Route Reports
- A Real Time Optimiser for London - Transport for London, Yunex Traffic
- First-of-its-kind Kerbside Management Scheme on Walworth Road - Grid Smarter Cities, Southwark Council
- Proactively Transforming Road Safety Through Application of Technology and Big Data - Arcadis, Michelin and Warwickshire County Council, with Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership
- Speed Compliance Tool - Agilysis
CIHT Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award
In recognition of employers or individuals that have implemented (or been involved in) an Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) initiative of merit.
Winner
- Industry Trailblazer for Equality Diversity and Inclusion - Brighton & Hove Buses
Highly Commended
- Accessible Diversion Route Simulation - Arup, AECOM, MXT
- Passenger Incentive Programme (PIP) - Transport for West Midlands
Commended
- Getting Home Safely - AtkinsRéalis
- Guys and St Thomas Foundation (North Peckham) - London Borough of Southwark, Metis Consultants, Norman Rourke Pryme
- Improving Gender Equity and Representation - GRAHAM
- Inequalities in Road Danger in London - Transport for London
- Women in Transport; Motherhood Penalty Whitepaper - Women in Transport, HW Martin Traffic Management Ltd, Active Consulting Group, Kier Transportation, Applied Driving Techniques
CIHT Resilience Award
Recognises projects, schemes or strategies in the highways and transportation sector that have contributed to making infrastructure more resilient to extreme weather events and climate change.
Winner
- Mapping Transport Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in Birmingham and West Midlands - University of Birmingham, West Midlands Combined Authority
Highly Commended
- Mitigating Concrete Compression Failures on the Strategic Road Network due to Extreme Heat - AtkinsRéalis
Commended
- Enabling Resilience: Leeson Road Landslip Emergency Response Plan - Ringway Island Roads, Isle of Wight Council, AtkinsRéalis, Socotec Monitoring, Soil Engineering, Island Roads Services, Jacobs
- Joe Strummer Rain Gardens - Tarmac Kier Joint Venture (TKJV)
- Scallows Farm Road Embankment Stabilisation - Bakerhicks, Cumberland Council, Metcalfe Civil Engineering
- Severe Weather Management: ”Adapting today to build railway resilience for tomorrow” - Translink
CIHT Infrastructure Award
Recognises exceptional engineering solutions that have delivered creative and resilient infrastructure.
Winner
- Belfast Grand Central Station - Translink
Highly Commended
- City Centre West to East Link & Street Improvements Project - City of Edinburgh Council, AECOM, Balfour Beatty, Turner & Townsend, Systra
- Gull Wing - Suffolk County Council, Arup, Farrans
Commended
- Cross Bay Link, Tseung Kwan O - AECOM Asia Company Ltd, Civil Engineering and Development Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Regions of CHINA, China Road and Bridge Corporation (Hong Kong)
- Herring Bridge, Great Yarmouth - Norfolk County Council, WSP
- Talbot Road Active Travel Corridor, Trafford - Amey and One Trafford Partnership/Trafford Council
- Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel - Road P2 and Associated Works Hong Kong Project - CRBC - Build King Joint Venture
CIHT / WJ Road Safety Award
Recognises outstanding achievements which improve road user safety through excellent practice, design and technical application
Winner
- IMPACT: The Centre for Post-collision Research, Innovation and Translation at the Devon Air Ambulance - Vision Zero South West, The Road Safety Trust
Highly Commended
- A Proactive Approach to Rural Road Safety: A Warwickshire Example - Arcadis, Michelin, Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership, Warwickshire County Council
Commended
- Castlefield Traffic Calming Scheme - AtkinsRéalis, Buckinghamshire Council, O'Hara Bros Surfacing Ltd
- ScootSmarter - Co-Pilot
- Speed compliance Tool - Agilysis
- VivaCity Near Miss Solution - VivaCity, Transport for West Midlands
- Young Driver Online Event - Warwickshire County Council, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
CIHT Team of the Year Award
Celebrating the achievements of teams who have demonstrated professionalism and have been able to adapt and work effectively under the challenges posed in the Highways and Transportation sector.
Winner
- Access to Didcot Garden Town - AECOM, Oxfordshire County Council
Highly Commended
- Active Travel & Road Safety Education Team - Telford & Wrekin Council
- Inter-University Transportation Hackathon - CIHT Dubai
Commended
- Bishops Waltham Depot Team - M Group Highways, Hampshire County Council
- Harlow LCWIP 9 Team - Essex Highways
- Hounslow Project Team - Ringway, Hounslow Highways
- Landside Operations - Transdev Airport Services
CIHT Health and Safety at Work Award
Recognising initiatives that improved safety practices and culture at work.
Winner
- People & Plant Interface - Eliminating On-Site Collisions Using Safety Shield AI human Detection Technology & Emergency Autobrake Assist - Eurovia Surfacing, Safety Shield Global, BOMAG-FAYAT Group
Highly Commended
- Belfast Transport Hub: Belfast Grand Central Station - Translink
Commended
- A38(M) Tame Valley Viaduct Strengthening Scheme - Arcadis, Volker Fitzpatrick
- A57 Link Roads Scheme- Health and Wellbeing Strategy - Balfour Beatty, National Highways, AtkinsRéalis, WSP, Origamia Wellbeing
- Mental Wellbeing initiative – Curry Club - Ringway Infrastructure Services Ltd
- SwiftGate Automated Taper System - Highway Care, National Highways, Kier Transportation
CIHT AtkinsRéalis Collaboration Award
Recognises those that have shown dedication to working in collaboration with other teams, organisations and/or sectors to deliver real solutions.
Winner
- Buses and Businesses Against Abuse - Stagecoach East, Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Cambridge and Peterborough Rape Crisis Centre
Highly Commended
- Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Tool Collaboration - Transport for the North, Arcadis
Commended
- A Partnership with Purpose - Believ, Uber, and the boroughs of Newham and Redbridge
- Centre of Excellence - Transport for the South East
- Collaboration at the core of a project: Belfast Grand Central Station - Farrans Sacyr JV
- Herring Bridge - BFJV, WSP, Norfolk County Council
- Mapping Transport Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment - University of Birmingham, West Midlands Combined Authority, Birmingham City Council, Transport for West Midlands, Will Baxter Design Agency
- Safer Roads Fund - Road Safety Foundation, Department for Transport
- Translink York Street Station - Transforming Communities Through Arts and Sustainable Transport - Translink, Golden Thread Gallery, Ulster University, Seedhead Arts, Arts and Business NI, Belfast School of Arts, Niamh McNally, Kevin Killen
- Transport Safety Officers Pioneering Safety on Public Transport - Transport for West Midlands
Bus Centre of Excellence Awards 2025
Bus Centre of Excellence Person of the Year Award
For an individual’s exceptional contribution within the bus sector
Winner
- Paul Walker, Head of Passenger Transport at Portsmouth City Council
Bus Centre of Excellence Initiative Award
Recognising outstanding initiatives within the field of bus transport in England that have made a significant positive impact.
Winner
- Driving Innovation, Sustainability, and Community Engagement in Public Transport - Warrington’s Own Buses in partnership with Warrington Borough Council
Highly Commended
- Buses and Businesses Against Abuse - Stagecoach East, in partnership with Cambridgeshire Constabulary and the Cambridge and Peterborough Rape Crisis Centre
- Portsmouth Bus Partnership - Portsmouth City Council, ITP, Stagecoach South, First Bus South
Commended
- Catch the Bus Month - Bus Users UK
- Coventry’s Electric (Coventry Electric Bus City) - Transport for West Midlands, National Express West Midlands, Stagecoach Midlands, Coventry City Council, Warwickshire County Council, Zenobe
- Passenger Incentives Programme (PIP) - Transport for West Midlands
- The Tiger Pass - Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
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