CIHT Awards: Best in class highways, transportation and infrastructure projects announced

14th Jun 2024

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Last night (13 June 2024) saw the presentation of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) Awards 2024. These prestigious national annual awards were held at 8 Northumberland Ave, London in front of over 400 attendees. The awards saw outstanding companies and projects within the highways, transportation infrastructure and services industry recognised and rewarded for their efforts. 

Karen McShane, President, CIHT said: 

   

The CIHT Awards are an established part of the transportation sectors calendar and are always met with lots of excitement. They provide a genuine benchmark of the fantastic work going on and the calibre of entries this year has once again been outstanding.”

"This year we received over 300 high quality submissions from across the UK and beyond that have demonstrated a wide variety of initiatives, projects and innovations."

"These awards demonstrate best practice and celebrate the best of the highways, transportation and infrastructure sector.

  

The award winners for 2024 are now available and details can be found below


Bus Centre of Excellence Awards 

This year, the CIHT Awards also incorporated the Bus Centre of Excellence (BCoE) Awards. In partnership with the Department for Transport, CIHT delivers the BCoE, working closely with sector stakeholders to deliver an asset that is run by the industry for the industry


Bus Centre of Excellence – Bus Person of the Year
Acknowledging an individual’s exceptional contribution within the bus transportation sector.  

Winner - Kerri Cheek, Senior Bus Safety Development Manager at Transport for London and Director of Women in Bus and Coach

Bus Centre of Excellence - Bus Initiative of the Year Award

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

Winner - Nottinghamshire County Council - Nottinghamshire’s Student Public Transport

Highly Commended - Transport for London - Introducing Superloop - London’s New Express Bus Network

Commended - Liverpool City Region Combined Authority - ‘Moving Buses Forward’ - Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Bus Franchising Statutory Consultation

Commended - Realise - Route to Success

Shortlisted - Arriva - Stop and Stay

Shortlisted - Transport for London - Bus Safety Strategy 

CIHT / Kier Professionalism Award

Awarded to an individual that maintains and develops professional ethical expertise and deliver a safe and effective service for all.

Winner - Tim Lawton, Assistant Director (Highways, Engineering and Transport), Hampshire County Council

CIHT Creating Better Places Award

Recognising how outstanding design and implementation of schemes in towns, cities and rural areas improve the places around them and create places for people.

Winner - Amey - Liverpool City Centre Connectivity

Highly Commended - Strand Aldwych - Norman Rouke Pryme Limited

Commended - Increasing active travel usage through subways with public art - WSP

Shortlisted - All Change at Bank - City of London Corporation

Shortlisted - Camden's Micromobility Parking Hubs - London Borough of Camden

Shortlisted - Trafford Road Improvements - Salford City Council

CIHT & WSP Sustainability Award

Rewarding projects, schemes, products, or strategies delivered or developed that can demonstrate a contribution to sustainable development.


Winner - BBVS (Balfour Beatty, Vinci, Systra Joint Venture) - HS2 Old Oak Common Station

Highly Commended - Transport for London’s Carbon Literacy Training Programme - Transport for London

Commended - Halifax Bus Station - West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Shortlisted - Sustainable Deep In Situ Recycling Utilises Foam Mix for Oxfordshire Village - Stabilised Pavements Ltd

CIHT Research Award

This award recognises an outstanding piece of research in the highways and transportation sector and looks to improve the industry by addressing a specific problem.

Winner - Kier, TerrAffix (part of RSK Group), and Swansea University - Using Biochar to Remove Microplastics from Road Run-off

Highly Commended - Bus Braking Analysis - Transport for London

Commended - Mapping Climate Risk and Vulnerability - University of Birmingham

Commended - Accessible Zebra Crossing Research - Jacobs

Commended - Disabled Citizens Inquiry on walking and wheeling - Sustrans

Shortlisted - Streets for diversity - Royal College of Art

Shortlisted - A mixed reality exploration into customer behaviour on dynamic hard shoulders - WSP

CIHT & Ringway Decarbonisation Award

Recognising projects, schemes, products, and strategies that can demonstrate the delivery of a significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Winner - Aggregate Industries UK Ltd - UK First Net Zero Highways Product - FoamixECO™

Highly Commended - Recycol in Cheshire West and Chester - Low carbon 100% binder course cold-recycling for the strategic road network - Colas Ltd

Commended - Getting To Work Fosse Park - GO Travel Solutions

Commended - A Just Transition To A Decarbonised Road Network in Wales - Transport for Wales

Shortlisted - Hydrogen Power Unit - Balfour Beatty 

CIHT Technology and Innovation Award

Recognising innovation in the industry, such as new technology, products, processes, and services that have impacted an organisation, industry and society positively.

Winner - First Bus - Tap On, Tap Off Ticketing Technology

Highly Commended - Intellitag delivers safer, greener and more efficient work zones - HRS

Highly Commended  - Modular precast flexible abutments - Ramboll

Commended - The WJ Autonomous PreMarker - WJ Group

Commended - PassageWay TfL Service Status Digital Signs - PassageWay

Commended - Aldershot Road - A Pioneering Approach to Geotechnical Challenges - Surrey County Council

Shortlisted - SRL's Haul Route PLUS Solution - SRL Traffic Systems 

CIHT Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award

This award recognises employers or individuals that have implemented (or been involved in) an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiative of merit.

Winner - Women in Bus and Coach

Highly Commended - Enhancing EDI through 'Connecting Leeds For All' (CLFA) - Connecting Leeds - Leeds City Council

Commended - Challenging the status quo - increasing diversity and creating careers on our A11 concrete road reconstruction project - Morgan Sindall Infrastructure

Commended - Safety Inclusion Assessment (SIA Tool) - WSP

Shortlisted - Transport to Thrive - University of the West of England

Shortlisted - First Bus EDI Initiatives - First Bus

CIHT Infrastructure Award

This award recognises exceptional engineering solutions that have delivered creative and resilient infrastructure.

Winner - Spencer Group - Restoration of the Union Chain Bridge

Highly Commended - Design and Construction of the new Maintenance Depot at Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne - VolkerFitzpatrick Ltd

Highly Commended - East Leeds Orbital Route (ELOR) - Balfour Beatty

Commended - Tynybryn Active Travel Bridge - BakerHicks

Commended - The A487 New Dyfi Bridge - Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Limited

Shortlisted - Redevelopment of University Station, Birmingham - VolkerFitzpatrick Ltd

Shortlisted - Glasgow Airport Investment Area (GAIA) - Ancillary Infrastructure - RPS, A Tetra Tech Company 

CIHT & Winvic Construction Collaboration Award

This award recognises the importance of effective collaboration and relationships with other organisations and/or sectors to deliver real solutions.

Winner - Solent Transport - Solent Future Transport Zone’s Breeze app

Highly Commended - The Dig-Once Approach: Parliament Hill - Greater London Authority

Commended - Delivering better public transport through partnership working - Norfolk County Council

Commended - A428 - Delivering Shared Success - Skanska UK 

CIHT & WJ Group Road Safety Award

The Road Safety Award, in memory of John Smart, recognises outstanding achievements which improve road user safety through excellent practice, design and technical application.

Winner – Acusensus UK - Distracted Driving Solution - ‘Heads Up’

Highly Commended - A21 Safety Package - Jacobs and National Highways

Commended - Fasten Up Your Future - So-Mo

Commended - A new era in road safety: Florida DOT and one.network's first-of-its-kind, state-wide work zone safety project - one.network

Shortlisted - Improving safety by preventing and managing vehicle incursions. - Incursions & IPV Working Group

Shortlisted - First responder hazard identification for London - Transport for London

Shortlisted - WSP Incident Resilience Programme - WSP 

CIHT & Carrington West Team of the Year

This award celebrates 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 - Transport for London - Network Management & Resilience Construction Advisory & Innovation Team

Commended - Edinburgh Trams Service Delivery Team - Trams to Newhaven - Edinburgh Trams

Shortlisted - Developing the Strategic Transport Plan - Transport for the North

CIHT Overall Winner

All shortlisted awards are entered into this category and judges are looking for the entry that most closely aligns with the CIHT values (Professional, Inclusive, Collaborative and Progressive).

Winner - Kier, TerrAffix (part of RSK Group), and Swansea University - Using Biochar to Remove Microplastics from Road Run-off

The CIHT Awards were kindly sponsored by Carrington West, Kier, Ringway, Winvic Construction, WJ Group and WSP.

To find out any more about these awards or to receive copies of any photos from the night, please contact e: communications@ciht.org.uk

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