The event brought together industry professionals from across the North, including special guests CIHT President Mitesh Solanki, representatives from CIHT Yorkshire & the Humber, CIHT North East & Cumbria, CIHT North West, CECA and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

The 2025 Awards Dinner once again showcased the region’s talent, innovation and commitment to delivering transport solutions that strengthen communities and support sustainable growth. Attendees celebrated not only individual and project excellence but the collective progress being made across Yorkshire, the Humber and the wider North.

The CIHT Yorkshire & the Humber committee would like to extend thanks to sponsors, judges, attendees and volunteers who made the event possible, and congratulated all winners and nominees for their continued contributions to the sector.

We are also very pleased to note that this year’s chosen charity, the LS14 Trust, received £1,157.50, raised through generous donations from attendees.

Award winners

Best Large Highways & Transportation Project, sponsored by Waterman Aspen

• Winner: iPort Bridge – South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
• Highly Commended: Parkgate Link Road and Park & Ride – South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
• Commended: Connecting West Leeds Phase 1 – WSP UK Limited

Best Small Project, sponsored by ROD (Roughan & O’Donovan)

• Winner: SY Bus Ticketing Project – Travelmaster

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, sponsored by WSP

• Winner: Sheffield City Centre Access & Movement Plan Research – Bare Analysis Ltd, Steer Group, Nota Bene Consultancy, Sheffield City Council (client)

Environmental Sustainability

• Winner: Transforming Construction's Carbon Crisis – Civcon Civil Engineering

Emerging Professional of the Year, sponsored by Tracsis

• Winner: Georgia Woloszczak – WSP
• Highly Commended: Anna Maria Szabadai – AECOM

Commended:

• Fitzgerald Chikoba – Leeds City Council
• Jak Lomas – Leeds City Council
• Caitlin Mills – WSP
• Steven Adams – Mott MacDonald
• Olivia Bruno – Phil Jones Associates

Special Recognition Award

Georgia’s submission earned perfect scores from the judging panel. She was praised for her exceptional commitment to CIHT, professional development and leadership within the region. The judges noted her application was “exemplary in every way” and chose to also bestow a Special Recognition Award for outstanding achievements.

Apprentice of the Year, sponsored by Mott MacDonald

Winners (Joint):

• Katelyn Longfellow – WSP
• Maya Zamir – Mott MacDonald

Judges reported an exceptionally strong field this year. With identical top scores and compelling submissions, they made the rare but unanimous decision to name two winners.

Highly Commended: Patrick Stockwell – WSP

Commended:

• Oliver Sargent – WSP
• Benjamin Jocelyn – SCP (RSK)
• Meg Pearson – Mott MacDonald
• Alfie Halstead – Jacobs

Further information

If you would like to know more about the Awards, please contact yorkshireandthehumber@ciht.org.uk 

Photos

Please credit: PhotoJMO

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fGRG5P3useK4L2-OBwvMvbLo5FJ--KoC 

And at https://photojmo.co.uk/ciht-2025

Sponsors

This event is kindly by Waterman Aspen, Mott MacDonald, Roughan & O'Donovan, Tracsis and WSP.