CIHT is delighted to announce the shortlisted entries for the CIHT Awards 2026, showcasing the organisations, projects and teams that are helping to shape safer, more inclusive and more sustainable transport networks.

The CIHT Awards celebrate outstanding achievement across the sector – from cutting edge infrastructure delivery and digital transformation, to decarbonisation, resilience, equality, diversity and inclusion, and collaboration.

Winners will be announced at the CIHT Awards Ceremony 2026, where the industry will come together to recognise the people and projects making a real difference. The awards will also feature the Bus Centre of Excellence Awards alongside the announcement of the CIHT Transportation Professional of the Year. 

The CIHT Awards 2026 shortlists

CIHT Infrastructure Award

Recognising exceptional engineering solutions that deliver creative and innovative transport infrastructure.

• A40 Llandewi Velfrey to Redstone Cross Improvements – Arcadis
• Coastal Pedestrian Access, Ma Wan Chung Village – Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited
• Infrastructure Redefined: A Lifecycle Optimised, Low Carbon Model for Night Time Highways – East Riding of Yorkshire Council
• iPort Bridge – South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
• Kirutamwogo 116m Pedestrian Trial Bridge (Rwanda) – Balfour Beatty
• Milton Road, Cambridge – WSP
• Smart Underwater Asset Inspection – Ultrabeam
• Transforming M1 Maintenance Delivery – Ringway NH East M&R

CIHT Research Award

Recognising outstanding research that improves understanding and practice across highways and transportation.

• A47 Species Rich Grassland Trials – Galliford Try
• Biodiverse Weed Treatment – Hounslow Highways
• Inclusive Research on the Impact of Colourful Crossings – Transport for London / Ross Atkin Associates
• Rethinking Night Time Visibility: Evidence Led Decarbonisation of Street Lighting – East Riding of Yorkshire Council
• The Economic and Social Lifeline: Making the Case for Bus Investment – West Midlands Combined Authority
• Westminster City Council Side Road Zebra Trials – City of Westminster

CIHT Technology and Digital Transformation Award

Recognising the positive impact of digital innovation, technology and data.

• Digitally Transforming Reactive Pothole Maintenance on the Strategic Road Network – Chevron Traffic Management
• Pioneering Bridge Construction through an Innovative Approach and Technology for the Loop Development – Civil Engineering and Development Department, HKSAR
• Seeing the Unseen: Digital Transformation of Islington Tunnel – Arcadis
• Signalling for Roadworks (SfR) National Roll out – Arcadis and National Highways
• The Tees Valley Traffic Digital Twin – Tees Valley Combined Authority
• Transforming Electrical Inspections across Birmingham Highways – Kier Infrastructure

CIHT Road Safety Award

Recognising outstanding achievements that improve safety for all road users.

• A3102 Wiltshire Safer Roads Scheme – AtkinsRéalis
• Danish Road Directorate Data Ingestion Discovery – WSP
• Royal Docks Corridor – London Borough of Newham
• Safe System Practitioners Network – PACTS
• Signalling for Roadworks (SfR) National Roll out – Arcadis and National Highways
• The Abu Dhabi Model for Motorcyclist Safety – Integrated Transport Centre (Abu Dhabi Mobility)

CIHT Health and Safety in the Workplace Award

Recognising initiatives that improve workplace safety culture and practice.

• AML Pro – Ringway
• Drive Right – VolkerLaser
• Gallows Corner Flyover Replacement Project – Costain Ltd
• Qatar Railways Company – Qatar Rail
• Ringway Removing Manual Risk in Wire Rope VRS Repairs – Ringway NH East M&R
• Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai – Buses Department
• Safe System Capacity Building in Scotland – Transport Scotland & Agilysis
• Signalling for Roadworks (SfR) National Roll out – Arcadis and National Highways
• Standing Up for Safety: Ending Roadworker Abuse – East Sussex Highways

CIHT Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award

Recognising impactful initiatives that advance equality, diversity and inclusion.

• 30 by 30 – FM Conway
• Back to Basics: Redefining Temporary Traffic Management Through Inclusive Design – Ramudden Global UK
• Blue Badge Not for Reassessment Project – Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure
• Creating Accessible, Inclusive Workplaces – Ringway NH East M&R
• Smart System for School Transportation / Inclusion of Students of Determination – Integrated Transport Centre (Abu Dhabi Mobility)
• TfL Spatial Planning: Night time Assessments for Women’s Safety – Transport for London
• TPT Bus Driver Vision Awareness – Helping Blind and Partially Sighted Passengers – Thomas Pocklington Trust

CIHT Creating Better Places Award

Recognising schemes that improve towns, cities and rural places for people and communities.

• Ashbourne Reborn – Galliford Try
• Breathing New Life into Derelict Assets — Baltic Mill Riverside Park – Project Centre
• Hong Kong East Coast Boardwalk – Hong Kong Development Bureau and partners
• Maid Marian Way Improvement Scheme – BWB
• Royal Docks Corridor – London Borough of Newham
• The Strand Harbour Public Realm, Torquay – PJA on behalf of Torbay Council with Kay Elliott Architects, BD Landscape Architects, Ward Williams Associates, and Ginkgo
• White Hart Street Public Realm, High Wycombe – AtkinsRéalis

CIHT Resilience Award

Recognising projects that strengthen infrastructure resilience to climate change and extreme weather.

• Community BlueScapes Kitson Road Project – Community BlueScapes
• Cool Streets and Greening Programme – City of London Corporation
• From Flood Risk to Resilience: Retrofitting Climate Adaptation at Dean Gardens – Project Centre
• Precast Kiacrete Cycleway at Upper Pitt Street, Liverpool – Imperial College London
• Predict, Prevent, Protect: A Smarter Flood Resilience Model – Ringway NH East M&R
• Wiltshire’s Resilience in Adverse Weather – M Group

CIHT Sustainability Award

Recognising outstanding contributions to sustainable development.

• A382 LiveLabs2 Vegetation Strategy – M Group Highways
• Community BlueScapes Kitson Road Project – Community BlueScapes
• Decarbonising Street Lighting Through Integrated Environmental, Social and Economic Design – East Riding of Yorkshire Council
• Green Kerb in Action – London Borough of Hackney
• Heathrow Colleague Travel Strategy and Personas – Heathrow Airport Ltd
• Roadways Sustainable by Design – Roadways
• Tolworth Sustainable Urban Drainage (SuDS) Scheme – Transport for London
• ZERO: Time for Change Strategy – Huyton Asphalt

CIHT Decarbonisation Award

Recognising delivery of significant reductions in carbon emissions.

• Decarbonising Street Lighting Through a Visibility Led Infrastructure Model – East Riding of Yorkshire Council
• Delivering Carbon Savings for EKFB with Solar Powered Traffic Signals – HW Martin (Traffic Management) Ltd
• Green CBTC Next Gen: Operational Decarbonisation Through Digital Innovation – SMRT Trains Ltd & Hitachi Rail
• Hackney Parking and Enforcement Plan 2022–27 : Transport Decarbonisation Through Strategic Reform – London Borough of Hackney
• Liverpool Live Labs 2: A Scalable Model for Highway Decarbonisation – Pell Frischmann

CIHT Product of the Year Award

Celebrates new products and materials that have made a positive impact to the highways and transportation sector through innovation, sustainability and decarbonisation.

• Colas Active Seal with Pentack: Sustainable Asphalt Rejuvenation – Colas
• Eco Phalt Bio : The Industry’s First certified Carbon Negative CRBM – Multipave
• SYBus: The Integrated Ticket Setting a New Standard in Bus Travel – TravelMaster
• TJ17 Concrete Joint Repairs on the M25 – TechJoint

CIHT Team of the Year Award

Recognises the achievements of highways and transportation teams who have demonstrated professionalism, effectiveness and adaptability.

• A421 Flood Response: Teamwork in Action – Ringway NH East M&R
• Dover Depot – Stagecoach South East
• Kirutamwogo 116m Pedestrian Trial Bridge (Rwanda) – Balfour Beatty
• Roadside Rangers – Surrey Highways
• Somerset Council – Infrastructure Programmes Group – Somerset Council
• TfL Spatial Planning: Night time Assessments for Women’s Safety – Transport for London

CIHT Collaboration Award

Recognising the importance of effective relationships with other organisations and/or sectors to deliver real solutions.

• A New Way to Power London’s Construction: Mobile Charging for Electric Plant – FM Conway (in collaboration with Charge Fairy, TfL, Volvo, and SMT)
• Collaboration in Action: A421 Flood Response – Ringway & National Highways
• Kirutamwogo 116m Pedestrian Trial Bridge (Rwanda) – Balfour Beatty
• Live Labs 2 Centre of Excellence for Decarbonising Roads – North Lanarkshire Council, Transport for West Midlands, Amey and Colas
• Portsmouth Buses Partnership – Portsmouth City Council
• SEGRO Park Coventry: Delivered in Partnership – SEGRO
• S960 Steel Footbridge at Lung Yeuk Tau Interchange – Civil Engineering and Development Department, HKSAR
• SYBus – Simplifying South Yorkshire Travel – TravelMaster
• Transport for West Midlands Traffic Signal Apprenticeship Programme - Transport for West Midlands 

BCoE Bus Initiative of the Year

In recognition of outstanding initiatives within the field of bus transportation that have made a significant positive impact in England

• Bee Network Bus Franchising - Transport for Greater Manchester
• Kids Go Free - West of England Combined Authority
• Making a b_line for Better Travel: Empowering Young People Across Derbyshire - Derbyshire County Council and ITP by Haskoning
• TPT Bus Driver Vision Awareness - Helping Blind and Partially Sighted Passengers - Thomas Pocklington Trust

The CIHT Awards celebrate outstanding achievement across the sector – from cutting edge infrastructure delivery and digital transformation, to decarbonisation, resilience, equality, diversity and inclusion, and collaboration.

Winners will be announced at the CIHT Awards Ceremony 2026, where the industry will come together to recognise the people and projects making a real difference.

For more information about the CIHT Awards or any of the shorlisted entries, please contact e: techncial@ciht.org.uk