Outstanding companies, projects and initiatives showcasing good practice within the highways and transportation industry have been shortlisted for CIHT’s prestigious Annual Awards.

Martin Tugwell, CIHT President said:

“The last year has been a testing time and I commend our sector for continuing to deliver projects of such a high calibre. The CIHT awards recognise the remarkable achievements of those working in highways and transportation and are one of the most respected events in our sector.”

“The last few months have further highlighted that highways and transportation will continue to play a central and vital role in supporting a prosperous, equitable and healthy society.”

“The shortlisted entries this year are a fantastic example of how we can produce fantastic projects, schemes and initiatives that help to shape the communities and the environment we live in.”

This year there are 11 awards categories and the winning entries will be presented at the online CIHT Awards ceremony, taking place on the 29 June 2021 and is free to attend – see here for more details - 

The awards shortlist for 2021 is as follows:

CIHT Ringway Climate Change Award

Recognising projects, schemes, products or strategies that demonstrate a contribution to mitigating climate change.

• City of Westminster - Highway Schemes Carbon Assessment
• Mott MacDonald - Network Rail Decarbonisation Programme WS1
• Voi - Supporting the Green Recovery and Accelerating Net Zero Transport with Escooter Trials

CIHT Collaboration Award

Recognising those that have shown dedication to working in collaboration with other teams, organisations and sectors.

• Eurovia Contracting, Ringway Jacobs and Transport for London - Vauxhall Bridge
• Highways England and Ringway Infrastructure Services Ltd - Collaboration in Action - a southwest journey
• Morgan Sindall Infrastructure and Leicestershire County Council - Midlands Highways Alliance Medium Schemes Framework 3
• Ringway, Wiltshire Council, Atkins and Tarmac - Wiltshire Highways Service

CIHT Creating Better Places Award

Recognising how outstanding design of schemes in our towns and cities improve the places around them and create 'space' for people.

• Amey Consulting - Princes Avenue STEP
• BDP - Building Design Partnership - Clanbrassil Street and St. Nicholas Quarter Rejuvenation Scheme, Dundalk
• Cumbria County Council / Knight Architects / Eric Wright Civil Engineering / GHD / m-tec / WEC Group - Pooley New Bridge
• nmcn PLC - Grey 2 Green Phase 2

CIHT Employer of the Year Awards

Recognising employers that have made an outstanding effort in engaging with their employees and the wider sector.

• Civic Engineers
• Project Centre
• Stantec - Future Ways of Working

CIHT Engineering Award

Recognising exceptional engineering solutions that have delivered creative and resilient infrastructure.

• A14 Integrated Delivery Team - Exceptional Savings on an Exceptional Bridge
• Cumbria County Council / Knight Architects / Eric Wright Civil Engineering / GHD / m-tec / WEC Group - Pooley New Bridge
• Costain Ltd - Preston Western Distributor Road
• Rochester Bridge Trust - Rochester Bridge Refurbishment Project

CIHT Healthy Transport Award

Recognising the contribution of transport to the health of the population.

• ONHYS - COVID-19 Recovery in a Train Station
• TfL (and the boroughs!) - London Temporary Schemes Response to Coronavirus
• Transport for London (TfL), UCL and TRL - Improving Bus Driver Protection from COVID-19 Transmission
• Waltham Forest - Waltham Forest School Streets

CIHT Autodesk Innovation of the Year Award

Recognising innovation in the industry that has impacted an organisation, the industry and/or society positively.

• Balfour Beatty - A2 Bean and Ebbsfleet Junction Improvement - Digital Innovation
• Eurovia Contracting and AVUS - Augmented Visualisation of Underground Services (AVUS)
• Eurovia Surfacing, Ringway Jacobs and Transport for Buckinghamshire - Wendover Bypass – Quiet Asphalt – Benefitting the Local Community
• Highways England - Highest Safe Speed (HSS); including 60mph in Roadworks
• Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) - Improving the Utilisation of Data Through Partnership

CIHT International Award

Recognising outstanding examples of developing highways and transportation services / infrastructure from outside the UK & Ireland which have made major contributions to communities and society.

• Mott MacDonald, ReCAP, University of Birmingham - Transport Sector Leadership Development Programme
• Qatar Public Works Authority - Local Road and Drainage Programme

CIHT Road Safety Award

In memory of John Smart, recognising outstanding achievements which improve road user safety through excellent practice, design and technical application.

• Balfour Beatty VINCI - VDZ System on the M4 J3- 12 Motorway Upgrade Project
• GEM Motoring Assist - Blue Light Aware
• Jenoptik Traffic Solutions UK - A10 Enfield - Average Speed Enforcement Solution
• London Borough of Hackney and Transport for London - Britannia Development Collaborative Safety Strategies

CIHT Team of the Year Award

Aimed at celebrating the achievements of teams who have adapted to and worked effectively during the pandemic.

• AmeySRM - M6J19 Integrated Project Team
• Crown Highways - Area 9 SRN Alliance
• Eurovia Contracting, Ringway Jacobs and Transport for London - Vauxhall Bridge
• Momentum Transport Consultancy

CIHT Transport Planning Award

Recognising the value of transport planning in achieving positive outcomes for the benefit of the public.

• PJA and WSP - LTN 1/20 Cycle Infrastructure Design guidance
• Transport for London - London's Long Term Planning Scenarios
• Transport for the North - Future Travel Scenarios
• WSP - Shift|Trip National FMLM Toolkit

The CIHT Awards are kindly sponsored by Autodesk and Ringway, more information on the categories and criteria can be found here 

CIHT Awards Ceremony 2021 – free bookings are now open for this event where the winners will be announced – find out more here

If you want to find out any more about the CIHT Awards or the shortlisted entries please contact e: technical@ciht.org.uk