Get the recognition your work deserves.
Free to enter for any organisation working in the sector.
Entries can be submitted by anyone whether a CIHT member or not.
The Collaboration Award recognises the importance of effective relationships with other organisations and/or sectors to deliver real solutions and recognises those that have shown dedication to working in collaboration.
Entrants will explain how collaborative working added value to the project outcomes and what role it played in enhancing relationships and engagement. Submissions should focus on the key activities undertaken to stimulate and promote collaboration, the methods and practices adopted, and the outcomes achieved.
Entries can be single projects and schemes or wider programmes of work and strategies to support and improve collaboration.
Key dates
Entries Open - 8 January 2024
Deadline for Entries - Extended to 11.57pm 11 March 2024
Shortlist announced - 23 April 2024
Awards Evening (Bookings for tables will be open soon) - 13 June 2024 - Venue: 8 Northumberland Ave WC2N 5BY,
To support your entries we have developed this guide which includes advice from
the judges, award category descriptions, criteria and eligibility to boost your
chance of success.
All entry submissions must be made online via the online entry portal.
Submissions must be made in English only.
Information on what is required for the perfect entry is below.
We expect collaboration to be between different organisations within the highways and transportation sector and / or other sectors.
Entries can be single projects and schemes or wider programmes of work and strategies to support and improve collaboration
Your work needs to have been live at some point between 01/01/2022 and 01/01/2024 and address all judging criteria.
In addition, for the judges to be able to properly assess how the entry has led to achieving the benefits intended, at the time of entry, it should have been fully implemented or open to use for a period of at least 6 months and no earlier than 01/01/2022. This will enable you to provide data and evidence that can demonstrate the projects’ positive impact, results and benefits to users.
Entries are open to every company or organisation working in the sector, whether a CIHT partner or not
Entries can be submitted by anyone whether a CIHT member or not.
An organisation can also enter as many distinct eligible projects as they wish for a category
Provide us with an overview of your entry. Tell us how collaboration between teams from different organisations has enhanced the success of the project. Tell us how this project showcases successful collaborative practices between organisations. Be clear, concise and tell us why your work is worth further attention.
Provide us with a clear definition of the roles performed by the team(s from different organisations and why they were essential for achieving the goals of the project. Focus on how the contribution of each team was valuable to the success of the project.
Judges will be looking for entries that can explain what principles were used to collaboratively develop the work and set the targets of the project.
Please describe the key milestones for the successful implementation of the work.
Focus on the methods and practices adopted, including management and communication with stakeholders.
The judges are particularly interested in the steps taken to ensure contribution from all members, continuity, commitment to process and commitment to collaboration.
Please describe the results of your work providing quantitative and qualitative evidence.
The judges will reward applications that can demonstrate through key performance measures:
Please tell us how collaboration make the activity successful.
Focus on:
Judges will be interested in understanding how engaging with different organisations improved the management, workflow and outcomes of the project.
Judges will award additional marks to applications that can demonstrate a contribution to CIHT’s values:
You are the owner of all intellectual rights in your entry or have all necessary consents from all other owner(s) of intellectual rights in your entry.
Entries must be received no later than the published deadline date.
All submissions must be made online.
All entries must be supplied and conform to the category rules and submission formats.
Work entered into more than one category must be treated as a completely separate entry, we encourage you to address the different criteria for each category you are submitting your entry.
The judges’ decision is final.
Due to the number of entries received, we cannot give feedback on individual entries.
By entering these awards, you give the organisers the right to share, publish and otherwise use the entry in all media and CIHT Policy and Technical publications.
The evidence contained in the submission must be correct and you can provide further details if required.
The organisers reserve the right to verify that all entries have been produced for a client or for the public where relevant.
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See the supporting information, visuals, evidence and more that goes into work that wins for your business.
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To support your entries we have developed this guide which includes advice from
the judges, award category descriptions, criteria and eligibility to boost your
chance of success.
Get the recognition your work deserves.
Free to enter for any organisation working in the sector.
Entries can be submitted by anyone whether a CIHT member or not.
