Key Dates

Entries Open – Monday 6 January 2025

Deadline for entries – Friday 28 February 2025

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If you have an urgent question about the awards or just want to check eligibility or see what category is best for your project? Contact us via e-mail at awards@ciht.org.uk

Overview

This award recognises how outstanding design and implementation of schemes in towns, cities and rural areas improve the places around them for people and the environment. 

This award recognises those schemes or projects that have created new places or improved existing ones and have demonstrated how the changes have met some of the following objectives: 

• Supported an increase in active travel
• Created an inclusive environment 
• Creating ease of movement for all users
• Improved the safety and health of the public
• Improved the quality of the place where the scheme is situated
• Has provided both environmental, social and economic benefits

When scoring, judges will be looking at how the entry demonstrates sustainable places, inclusive design, active travel, resilience, green and blue infrastructure, or other relevant areas. Therefore, it is important to highlight any of these components in your entry. 

If your organisation currently works in the highways and transportation sector there is no obstacle to enter

• The awards are free to enter
• No project too big or too small
• Entries can be from any location
• Entries are open to every organisation working in the sector, whether a CIHT partner or not
• Entries can be submitted by anyone whether a CIHT member or not
• Eligible projects can be entered for as many categories as appropriate
• An organisation can also enter as many distinct eligible projects as they wish for a category
• Submissions must be made in English only
• Entries must be submitted no later than Friday 28 February 2025. We encourage early submission.
• Entries are judged by impartial expert judges with a diversity of experience and opinion

How to enter

All entry submissions must be made online via the online entry portal.

Submissions must be made in English only.

Key Dates

Entries Open – Monday 6 January 2025

Deadline for entries – Friday 28 February 2025

Why You Should Enter

• Every entry will be considered for CIHT events, activities and thought leadership
• Every shortlisted entry will be highlighted in the website, on social media and in the Transportation Professional magazine, invited to take part in CIHT 8 Questions and is given dedicated space in the CIHT The Work section (viewed by thousands of CIHT members and decision makers in the highways and transportation sector)
• Every winner will be featured in the website, on social media, in Transportation Professional magazine, provided with branding for tenders and given amazing PR opportunities.

Want even more?

• The award best represents your organisations achievements and gives you a platform to tell your story
• Receive independent recognition of your achievement by some of the most respected professionals in the sector which makes winning a fantastic accomplishment
• Enhance your brand reputation as the award provides a sign of quality for potential clients, strategic transport bodies and investors
• Showcase your work and brand to a global audience of current leaders, decision makers and the future leaders of the sector
• Stand out from the crowd with amazing PR opportunities
• Being shortlisted and winning motivates staff, focuses attention on the incredible work the organisation is producing and enhances pride in the organisation
• Winning an award will attract new talent

Eligibility

Your work needs to have been live at some point between 01/01/2023 and 01/01/2025 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 01/01/2023. 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.

What we will ask you and the points awarded

Executive summary- (max 100 words) (not scored)  

Provide us with an overview of your entry. Tell us what makes your entry a winning one- strategy, creativity and results. Be clear, concise and tell us why your work is worth further attention.

1) Objective –What was the objective of your project? (200 words) (10 Points)  

Provide us with a clear definition of the outcomes your project/product/strategy/initiative was trying to achieve and why. Focus on describing the context in which it took place, the issues or challenges it was trying to solve and how these were impacting transport and society. 

Focus on aligning with the description for this specific award.

2) Strategy - Describe your plan to achieve your objective. Tell us why you did what you did and what the insights that inspired your approach were (Max 300 Words) (10 Points)    

Tell us about how you decided to solve the problem you have identified in section 1 and why your approach was the best solution. Provide the insights that inspired your approach and made it innovative, creative and unique. 

The judges will reward applications that can demonstrate:

• A clear explanation of your project/product/strategy/initiative
• A logical explanation of why this option was chosen as the best solution
• How were priorities and key performance indicators set?

3.Implementation - How has this work been delivered? (Max 250 Words) (10 Points)   

Please describe the key milestones for the successful implementation of the work (e.g. planning, design, delivery, risks management, possible unforeseen circumstances and how you manged them).

Include a description of how you made sure that all relevant stakeholders were engaged in the implementation phase. 

The judges are particularly interested in how challenges and opportunities have been identified and addressed.

4) Results - What have been the results and wider impacts? (Max 250 Words) (10 Points)   

Please describe the results of your work providing quantitative and qualitative evidence. 

The judges will reward applications that can demonstrate through quantitative data:

• If and how you have delivered the outcome you were trying to achieve
• How you have performed against the criteria required for this category
• How you ensured long term value/use of your project  

Entry Rules

• 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 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.

What Should be Included in an Entry

• A high resolution, 300 dpi, version of your company logo. If your project involved more organisations, please provide their logos as well.
• A hero image of your project to be used for CIHT promotional material if you are shortlisted.
• Your entry should not exceed the word limit.
• An executive summary of the activity. The summary will not be scored but will be used as an aid by judges and will appear on the website and promotional material if you are nominated. Tell people why your entry is so good and why it is worth further attention.
• Supporting material: photographs, videos and/ or other graphic images that illustrate your projects and, where possible, the outcomes is encouraged. 
• At least one photo or image provided should be in high resolution, 300 dpi, for potential reproduction in promotional material. 

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