CIHT Honours Michèle Dix at industry awards

 

A showcase of best transport practice honoured at the CIHT Awards 2015

 

CIHT has presented Michèle Dix with its Institution Award at the CIHT Awards event in London last night.

Professionals from the highways and transportation industry came together to celebrate a wide range of remarkable schemes and initiatives at the prestigious CIHT Awards 2015.

The 10^th annual CIHT Awards saw the outstanding achievements of those working in the sector rewarded and their work promoted as best practice to the industry.

The CIHT Institution Award is for excellence within the transportation profession and to celebrate individuals who, through their work, have made a significant contribution that has benefited the public and the profession.

 

David Gibby, CIHT President said: ‘CIHT are delighted to present Michèle Dix with this award. We felt that Michèle deserves recognition for her ongoing contribution to policy formulation, technology and management in highways and transportation. CIHT is very proud to honour Michèle with this award as we believe that she is an outstanding individual who continues to act as a leader and an inspiration to others.”

This year’s event, which was held on 9 June 2015 at the Landmark London Hotel, with over 450 industry professionals, was hosted by the actor and TV presenter Robert Llewellyn.

Well-deserved winners from across the sector took to the stage to accept their awards from CIHT President, David Gibby and Robert Llewellyn. They were joined by Andrew Jones 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 2015 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.”

“We would like to thank all of those who took the time to enter the Awards this year. 2015 was our tenth anniversary for these awards and we received more entries than ever before. 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 Landmark London Hotel for their hospitality and all the organisations who submitted an excellent array of entries.

There were over 180 entries to this year’s awards, with 46 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 2015 supplement from www.ciht.org.uk/awards2015

 

CIHT Award Winners 2015

 

CIHT / Department for Transport Reducing Sign Clutter Award

Norfolk County Council and Amey plc - Sign Rationalisation in Highway Maintenance

CIHT Employer Award for Excellence in Skills Development

Mott MacDonald’s Railways Division - Railways Graduate Rotation Scheme

CIHT / Lafarge Tarmac Health & Safety Award at Work Award

Carnell Support Services Limited - Safer Roadside Working

CIHT / Colas Technological Application Award

Carillion Morgan Sindall and Redspeed International working on behalf of Highways England with North Yorkshire Police – A1 Leeming to Barton ECI

CIHT John Smart Road Safety Award

A9 Safety Group - A9 Interim Safety Plan

CIHT / Costain Sustainability Award

Transport for London – Improving the Health of Londoners

CIHT / Ringway Innovation Award

Costain, Transport for London, Ramboll & Parsons Brinckerhoff (RPB), and Freyssinet – Hammersmith Flyover Strengthening and Refurbishment

CIHT Effective Partnerships Award

Essex County Council and Ringway Jacobs Limited - Essex County Council Strategic Highways Transformation

CIHT / EM Highway Services Streets Award

Ealing Council, Project Centre and Murrill Construction Limited - Southall Broadway Boulevard

CIHT / VINCI Concessions Highway Asset Management Award

Leeds City Council – Leeds Highway Maintenance Strategy

CIHT / Gatwick Airport Major Projects Award

Transport for Greater Manchester – Metrolink to Manchester Airport

 

Non-entry Awards

 

CIHT / Mouchel Young Transportation Professional of the Year 2015

Peter Hibbert, Principal Transport Planner, Jacobs, CIHT Yorkshire & the Humber

CIHT Institution Award 2015

Michèle Dix, Transport for London

 

Notes for editors

 

Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation

CIHT is a membership organisation representing over 13,000 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.

Photographs from the evening are available on request

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