CIHT East of England Awards 2023

The CIHT East of England celebrate the very best the region offers across the key areas of highways and transportation, recognising the outstanding contribution that good projects and people make to our daily lives. This year, award winners were announced at the East of England Conference on 23 October 2023. 

Thank you to all who submitted entries and congratulations to all of the East of England award winners for 2023.


 

The Awards


Best highways and infrastructure project award

This award recognises the best project within the East of England region that has been completed, is substantially complete or has reached a significant milestone during 2022/23, and which illustrates best practice across a range of criteria. 

Winner - GRAHAM Group with the A47 Longthorpe Footbridge Replacement Project


Best sustainable transport (future mobility) project award

This award recognises that the future of transport is very different form the recent past. The contribution of transport to social, economic and environmental sustainability is immense, but how, where and when we, or our goods, travel has and will continue to change immeasurably. 

Winner - Peterborough City Council with the Peterborough School Streets Initiative


Sustainable Project Award

Winner - Marlborough Highways with the Two Tree Island Coastal Management Scheme for Southend-on-Sea City Council


Young Professional of the Year 2023 “The Mike Sharpe Award” award x 2

The award is given to a young person, less than 35 years of age and based in the East of England, who has made a significant contribution to the profession. 

Through the development or sharing of knowledge, through their role on a project anywhere in the world, and/or through the promotion of the profession. The aim of the Award is to celebrate individual excellence within the highways and transportation field. 

The award has two categories; one for Apprentices and a second for Graduates with each category receiving a separate award. 

Graduate Award Winner – Nula Krawczynski from Marlborough Highways

Apprentice Award Winner – Aliya Whittaker from GRAHAM Group

Commendations were given to the following:

Graduate Commendation – Fiona Cummings from Marlborough Highways 

Apprentice Commendation – Steven Percy from Milestone Infrastructure