The CIHT Awards 2024 shortlist is out and contains many of the latest companies, projects and initiatives featuring good practice within the transport sector. 

Karen McShane, President, CIHT said: 

“The CIHT Awards 2024 enable the sector to show how we tackle many of the challenges we face today. These entries are providing examples of how we can change the way we design, procure and use transport. Our award nominees are showing that we must embrace innovation and look to new ways of working if we are to make an impact on the climate crisis and decarbonise our transport sector.” 

“The transportation sector plays a vital role that impacts on everyone’s day-to-day lives and the entries we have received this year demonstrate the wide range of activity, innovation and problem solving that we as professionals deliver.”  

“I would like to commend all of those who have been shortlisted for the CIHT Awards 2024 and would congratulate all those organisations and their supporters who have put so much into the high-calibre entries this year”.

This year there are 13 awards categories and the winning entries will be presented in person at the renowned CIHT Awards ceremony, taking place on the 13 June 2024 at  8 Northumberland Avenue London.  

The shortlisted entries for the CIHT Awards 2024 are: 

CIHT & Winvic Construction Collaboration Award 

Recognising the importance of effective relationships with other organisations those that have shown dedication to working in collaboration. 

• Greater London Authority - The Dig-Once Approach: Parliament Hill
• Norfolk County Council - Delivering better public transport through partnership working     
• Skanska UK - A428 - Delivering Shared Success
• Solent Transport - Solent Future Transport Zone's Breeze app 

CIHT Creating Better Places Award 

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

• Amey - Liverpool City Centre Connectivity 
• City of London Corporation - All Change at Banks
• London borough of Camden - Camden's Micromobility Parking Hubs
• Norman Rouke Pryme Limited - Strand Aldwych
• Salford City Council - Trafford Road Improvements
• WSP - Increasing active travel usage through subways with public art 

CIHT & Ringway Decarbonisation Award 

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

• Aggregate Industries UK Ltd - UK first net-zero highways product - FoamixECO™
• Balfour Beatty - Hydrogen Power Unit
• Colas Ltd - Recycol in Cheshire West and Chester - Low carbon 100% binder course cold-recycling for the strategic road network
• GO Travel Solutions - Getting To Work Fosse Park
• Transport for Wales - A Just Transition To A Decarbonised Road Network in Wales

CIHT Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award 

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

• Connecting Leeds - Leeds City Council - Enhancing EDI through 'Connecting Leeds For All' (CLFA)
• First Bus - First Bus EDI Initiatives
• Morgan Sindall Infrastructure - Challenging the status quo - increasing diversity and creating careers on our A11 concrete road reconstruction project
• University of the West of England - Transport to Thrive
• Women in Bus and Coach - Women in Bus and Coach
• WSP - Safety Inclusion Assessment (SIA Tool) 

CIHT Infrastructure Award 

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

• Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Limited - The A487 New Dyfi Bridge
• Balfour Beatty - East Leeds Orbital Route (ELOR)
• BakerHicks - Tynybryn Active Travel Bridge
• RPS, A Tetra Tech Company - Glasgow Airport Investment Area (GAIA) - Ancillary Infrastructure
• Spencer Group - Restoration of the Union Chain Bridge
• VolkerFitzpatrick - Design & Construction of the new Maintenance Depot at Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne
• VolkerFitzpatrick Ltd - Redevelopment of University Station, Birmingham 

CIHT & Kier Professionalism Award 

This award will recognise an individual in the sector that has demonstrated professionalism in the work that they do. The winner will be announced at the CIHT Awards event in June. 

CIHT Research Award 

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

• Kier, TerrAffix (part of RSK Group), and Swansea University - Using biochar to remove microplastics from road runoff
• Jacobs - Accessible Zebra Crossing Research
• Royal College of Art - Streets for diversity
• Sustrans - Disabled Citizens Inquiry on walking and wheeling
• Transport for London - Bus Braking Analysis
• University of Birmingham - Mapping Climate Risk and Vulnerability
• WSP - A mixed reality exploration into customer behaviour on dynamic hard shoulders

CIHT Road Safety Award 

Recognises outstanding achievements which improve road user safety through excellent practice, design and technical application. 

• Acusensus UK - Distracted Driving Solution – ‘Heads Up’!
• Incursions & IPV Working Group - Incursions & IPV Working Group - Improving safety by preventing and managing vehicle incursions.
• Jacobs and National Highways - A21 Safety Package
• one.network - A new era in road safety: Florida DOT and one.network's first-of-its-kind, state-wide work zone safety project
• So-Mo - Fasten Up Your Future
• Transport for London - First responder hazard identification for London
• WSP - WSP Incident Resilience Programme 

CIHT & WSP Sustainability Award 

Celebrating projects, schemes, products, or strategies delivered or developed by the highways and transportation industry that can demonstrate a contribution to sustainable development.  

• BBVS (Balfour Beatty, Vinci, Systra Joint Venture) - HS2 Old Oak Common Station
• Stabilised Pavements Ltd - Sustainable Deep In Situ Recycling Utilises Foam Mix for Oxfordshire Village
• Transport for London - Transport for London’s Carbon Literacy Training Programme
• West Yorkshire Combined Authority - Halifax Bus Station

CIHT & Carrington West Team of the Year 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.  

• Edinburgh Trams - Edinburgh Trams Service Delivery Team - Trams to Newhaven
• Transport for London - Network Management & Resilience Construction Advisory & Innovation Team
• Transport for the North - Developing the Strategic Transport Plan 

CIHT Technology and Innovation Award 

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

• First Bus - Tap On, Tap Off ticketing technology
• HRS - Intellitag delivers safer, greener and more efficient work zones
• PassageWay - PassageWay TfL Service Status Digital Signs
• Ramboll - Modular precast flexible abutments
• SRL Traffic Systems - SRL's Haul Route PLUS Solution
• Surrey County Council - Aldershot Road - A Pioneering Approach to Geotechnical Challenges
• WJ Group - The WJ Autonomous PreMarker 

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 

• Arriva - Stop and Stay  
• Liverpool City Region Combined Authority - 'Moving Buses Forward' - Liverpool City Region Combined Authority's Bus Franchising Statutory Consultation 
• Nottinghamshire County Council - Nottinghamshire’s Student Public Transport 
• Realise - Route to Success 
• Transport for London - Bus Safety Strategy     
• Transport for London - Introducing Superloop - London's new express bus network

Bus Centre of Excellence - Bus Person of the Year   

This award acknowledges an individual's exceptional contribution within the bus transportation sector. It will be presented on the night at the CIHT Awards ceremony in June. 

For any further information on the CIHT Awards, please contact e: awards@ciht.org.uk