CIHT 2023 Award Winners revealed

16th Jun 2023

Today has seen the announcement of the outstanding companies and projects within the highways, transportation infrastructure and services industry that have been successful at the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) prestigious Annual Awards held on the 15 June at the Hilton London Bankside.

Neil Johnstone, CIHT President said: 

“This has been a truly fantastic year for the CIHT Awards, and we have received over 200 high quality submissions from across the UK and beyond, showcasing a wide variety of initiatives, projects and innovations.  

These awards provide the opportunity to share best practice and celebrate the high calibre schemes, innovative products, and ways of working which are taking place across the industry.  

Thank you to all those who have entered this year’s awards, for taking the time and effort to create inspirational submissions, making the judging process an exciting and enjoyable task despite some very close decisions.”  

The award winners for 2022 are now available and details can be found below.  

CIHT Professionalism Award  

This award recognises those individuals in the sector that have demonstrated professionalism in the work that they do. The award winner will maintain and develop professional ethical expertise and deliver a safe and effective service for all.

Karen Agbabiaka - Winner 

CIHT Sustainability Award  

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

Lambeth Kerbside Strategy- London Borough of Lambeth, supported by SYSTRA- Winner

Streets for Kids - Global Designing Cities Initiative- Highly Commended

Oxford Zero Emission Zone - Oxfordshire County Council- Commended 

‘The Phoenix’ - A resilient, inclusive and transformative sustainable ‘5-minute’ neighbourhood – WSP- Commended 

CIHT & Kier Streets Award  

This award recognises how outstanding design and implementation of schemes in our towns and cities improve the places around them and create places for people.  

Designing Streets for Kids - Global Designing Cities Initiative - Winner

Lambeth Permanent Low Traffic Neighbourhoods - Sustrans & London Borough of Lambeth- Highly Commended 

The Suffolk Design: Streets Guide – Stantec- Shortlisted 

CIHT Research Initiative of the Year  

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

Transport-related social exclusion in the North of England - Transport for the North- Winner

Innovative PRIME road markings for motorcycle casualty reduction - Transport Scotland- Commended 

Safe and resilient high-strength permeable concrete pavements - Imperial College London- Commended

Self-Healing Asphalt Technology - Tarmac Trading Limited- Shortlisted

TfN’s regional Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Framework - Transport for the North- Shortlisted 

Driver2020 - an evaluation of interventions aimed at young and novice drivers - TRL- Shortlisted 

CIHT & Ringway Decarbonisation Award  

This award recognises projects, schemes and strategies that can demonstrate the delivery of a significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Decarbonisation of Interim Works Programme - Integrated Programme Alliance - IPA (Arcadis, BHL, BCC, Kier, Tarmac, HTM, WJ)- Winner 

Hampshire Highways Carbon Strategy & Micheldever Road Materials Recycling Facility Hampshire Highways - Hampshire County Council & Milestone Infrastructure- Commended 

Moata Carbon Portal - Mott MacDonald- Commended

SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway - SEGRO and ITP- Commended

Track while you work: Decarbonise your operations - Brightly Software Ltd- Shortlisted

A45 Sprint Project - Morgan Sindall Infrastructure- Shortlisted 

CIHT Technology and Innovation Award  

This award recognises innovation in the industry, this could be in terms of new technology, products, processes, and services that have impacted an organisation, industry and society positively.  

Ultra Smart Cycle - Sm@rt Technology Ltd- Winner

Associated Asphalt Contracting Limited- Highly Commended 

Oxford Zero Emission Zone- Oxfordshire County Council- Commended  

Revolutionising the highway user experience with MAVIS: Mapping and Visual Imaging Scooter- Project Centre, XAIS, London Borough of Newham- Commended 

Setting the benchmark for digital solutions at public consultation - Arup and Copper as part of Taylor Woodrow +- Commended 

ThermoPrint - WJ Group- Commended

Warm Mix Asphalt Monitoring Using Thermal Imaging Technology - Ringway Infrastructure Services, Eurovia Surfacing and Highways Data Systems- Commended 

Optimising Location Planning for Mobility Hub - City Science- Shortlisted

CIHT & Stantec Infrastructure Award  

This award recognises exceptional engineering solutions that have delivered creative and resilient infrastructure.  

Sprint Phase 1 - Transport for West Midlands- Winner 

Austcliffe Iron Footbridge Refurbishment - Ringway Infrastructure Services- Highly Commended  

Building Bridges, Building Communities: Kier’s creative pedestrian bridges solution- Kier Highways- Commended 

Forder Valley Link Road - Plymouth City Council- Commended  

Gatwick Main Runway Re-surfacing - Colas- Commended 

Liverpool City Centre Connectivity: Lime Street - Amey- Shortlisted 

M11 Junction 7a - Essex Highways Ringway Jacobs Ltd- Shortlisted 

Cycleway 4 - Kier Highways and Transport for London- Shortlisted 

CIHT & WSP EDI Initiative of the Year Award 

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

Making Ground - Kier Highways- Winner 

All Great People - FM Conway’s Drive for Equal Opportunity - FM Conway- Commended 

Colas Leeds Business Unit EDI Initiative - Colas- Commended

Atkins Menopause at Work Network - Atkins- Shortlisted

Fighting the stigma: How Project Centre’s people are changing views on mental health in the work place - Project Centre- Shortlisted

Independent Disability Advisory Group - TfL- Shortlisted 

CIHT Collaboration Award  

This award recognises those that have shown dedication to working in collaboration with other teams, organisations and/or sectors to deliver real solutions.  

Transport for West Midlands, Commonwealth Games Transport Team - Transport for West Midlands, part of the West Midlands Combined Authority- Winner 

National Highways East Collaboration Ringway- Highly Commended 

‘Famous For’ - Regional Investment Programme South East - National Highways- Commended  

Collaboration delivers a new way of working - Chevron Traffic Management- Commended   

Overcoming barriers to delivering STEM engineering and transportation insight and career links - BEAR Scotland- Commended

MK Highways - Ringway Infrastructure Ltd- Shortlisted  

Polyvios Polyviou - Transport for London- Shortlisted 

CIHT Road Safety Award  

The Road Safety Award, in memory of John Smart, recognises outstanding achievements which improve road user safety through excellent practice, design and technical application.  

Global Roads - Agilysis Limited- Winner

Innovative PRIME road markings for motorcycle casualty reduction - Transport Scotland- Highly Commended 

Collaboration delivers a new way of working - Chevron Traffic Management- Highly Commended 

LBAQRAMo-a quantitative risk analysis model for road tunnels in the UK- Commended 

See.Sense Sensor Data for Road Safety - See.Sense- Commended 

Use of Road AI for Highway Safety Inspections - Essex Highways Ringway Jacobs Ltd- Commended 

A21 Safety Package - route wide operational road safety improvements - National Highways and Jacobs- Shortlisted 

Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ - Directional Signage Improvement Programme - Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’- Shortlisted 

Paving the way to Vision Zero - WSP- Shortlisted 

CIHT Team of the Year Award  

This award is aimed at celebrating 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.  

Transport for West Midlands, Commonwealth Games Transport Team - Transport for West Midlands, part of the West Midlands Combined Authority- Winner 

A31 Ringwood Widening & Bridge Replacement Highly - VolkerFitzpatrick Ltd- Highly Commended  

Area 4 Interim CWF Project Team - Costain Area 4 Interim CWF- Shortlisted 

Balfour Beatty Atkins (BBA) enterprise delivery model - Atkins- Shortlisted 

DBFO Handover Integrated Team - National Highways- Shortlisted 

Sweco Active Travel Department Development - Sweco UK Ltd- Shortlisted 

Works for London - Operation London Bridge- Works for London- Shortlisted

CIHT Overall Winner Award  

All shortlisted awards are entered into this category and judges are looking for the entry that most closely aligns with the CIHT values of being (Professional, Inclusive, Collaborative and Progressive). 

Transport for West Midlands, Commonwealth Games Transport Team - Transport for West Midlands, part of the West Midlands Combined Authority- Winner 

The CIHT Awards were kindly sponsored by Kier, Ringway, Stantec and WSP more information on the categories and criteria can be found here. 

To find out any more about these awards or to receive copies of any photos from the night, please contact e: communications@ciht.org.uk

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