Professionals from the highways and transportation industry came together last night to celebrate a wide range of remarkable schemes and initiatives at the prestigious CIHT Awards 2014.
 
The 9th annual CIHT Awards saw the outstanding achievements of those working in the sector rewarded and their work promoted as best practice to the industry.
 
This year’s event, which was held on 11 June at the Royal Courts of Justice, London, with almost 400 industry professionals, was hosted by BBC business reporter and former winner of 'Young Engineer for Britain', Steph McGovern.
 
Well-deserved winners from across the highways and transportation sector took to the stage to accept their awards from CIHT President, Sheila Holden and Steph McGovern.
 
The Institution was delighted that they could be joined by Robert Goodwill MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, who presented the CIHT / Department for Transport Reducing Sign Clutter Award.
 
Sue Percy, CIHT Chief Executive, said, "The CIHT Awards 2014 are a celebration of all the excellent work currently taking place in the sector. The Awards recognise the remarkable achievements of those working in our industry and help to identify and promote good practice.
 
“I would like to thank all of those who took the time to enter the Awards this year. The quality of the entries was extremely high and those who made the shortlist should be very proud of the high standard they achieved to reach that stage.
 
“We hope that this year’s entries will inspire even more organisations to enter the Awards next year.”
 
CIHT would like to thank all those who participated in the event, including the sponsors for their generosity, the Royal Courts of justice for their hospitality and all the organisations who submitted an excellent array of entries.
 
There was over 130 entries to this year’s awards, with 41 projects and schemes making it into the final shortlist in 11 Awards categories. However, there could only be 11 winners (below).
 
For more information, including summary descriptions of each of the Winners, Highly Commended and Commended projects and the Judging Panel’s comments, please download a copy of the CIHT Awards 2014 supplement from www.ciht.org.uk/awards2014. Click here to view photographs from the evening.

CIHT Award Winners 2014
 
CIHT / Department for Transport Reducing Sign Clutter Award
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council and SSE Contracting -- Knowsley Street Lighting and Traffic Sign Replacement Programme
CIHT Employer Award for Excellence in Skills Development
Skanska -- Operational Training Academy
 
CIHT / Lafarge Tarmac Health & Safety Award at Work Award
A-one+ Integrated Highway Services -- NO STRIKES IPV Awareness Training
CIHT / Colas Technological Application Award
Halton Borough Council, Ramboll UK Limited and Celtic Technologies Limited -- Advance Works Remediation at Catalyst Trade Park, Widnes, as part of the Mersey Gateway Project
 
CIHT John Smart Road Safety Award
Transport Research Laboratory, Department for Transport, Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency, National Foundation for Educational Research and the University of Reading -- Hazard Perception Testing in the GB Driving Theory Test
 
CIHT / Skanska Sustainability Award
Leicestershire County Council, Integrated Transport Planning Limited, URS Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited -- Leicestershire "Choose How You Move" - Personal Travel Planning
 
CIHT / Ringway Innovation Award
Atkins -- Tame Valley Viaduct
 
CIHT / Costain Effective Partnerships Award
Shropshire Council and Ringway Infrastructure Services – Hedge to Hedge
 
CIHT / EM Highway Services Streets Award
London Borough of Lambeth with FM Conway -- Van Gogh Walk
 
CIHT / VINCI Concessions Highway Asset Management Award
EM Highway Services Limited -- Flood Prevention in the South West on the Highways Agency Area 1 Network through Application of Asset Management Principles
 
CIHT / Gatwick Airport Major Projects Award
BAM Morgan Sindall and Atkins working on behalf of the Highways Agency -- M62 J25 to J30 Smart Motorway
Non-entry Awards
 
CIHT Emerging ‘Transportation Professional’ of the Year
Emily White, Senior Transport Planner at Jacobs, CIHT Thames & Chilterns Branch
 
CIHT Institution Award 2014
Jim Barton
 
Notes for editors
 
Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation
CIHT is a membership organisation representing over 12,500 people who work in the highways and transportation sector.
 
CIHT members plan, design, build, operate and maintain best-in-class transport systems and infrastructure, whilst respecting the imperatives of improving safety, ensuring economic competitiveness and minimising environmental impact.
 
CIHT supports its member's professional endeavours by:
• offering training, information, professional development and support
• promoting the value added to society by the profession
• being the focused voice to Governments and other decision makers on transportation expertise and knowledge.
 
For more information please contact:
Daniel Isichei, Director of Communications e: daniel.isichei@ciht.org.uk  t: +44(0)20 7336 1567 m: 07912 122573 www.ciht.org.uk