We said we would 

Achievements / Activities in 2023 

• 102 applicants for Professional Review (CEng, IEng or EngTech) and 36 applied for Transport Planning Professional through CIHT in 2023.
• Delivered 22 End Point Assessments for Transport Planning Technician Apprentices.
• Completed 422 initial assessments for Engineering qualifications and 171 for Transport Planning Professional.
• Regular professional qualifications webinars held for both standard and individual route. Recordings available on the website.
• Experiential Route to CEng has been piloted and to be rolled out in 2024.

• Regular presentations and updates to key stakeholders and at industry events.
• Delivery of a webinar series that promotes qualifications and professionalism.
• Profiles of successful professional qualifications candidates featured in TP magazine.
• Details of apprenticeship schemes across the UK highlighted on the CIHT website and for National Apprenticeship week.
• We are contributing to the development of the new civil engineering degree apprenticeship in Wales and the review of the civil engineering degree apprenticeship in England.
• New Professional Development Framework scoped for launch in 2024.
• Key topic raised with partnership network.

• New CPD policy guidance released including the expectation that all members focus some of their CPD on transport decarbonisation.
• Members can now plan, undertake and record CPD on CIHT Learn.
• Over 890 members are already recording their CPD using this new function on CIHT Learn.
• The CPD course on CIHT Learn has been updated and continues to be free for members.
• Transportation Decarbonisation Pathway Launched (a CPD framework to fulfil climate action goals).
• Key topic raised with stakeholders 

• Provided guidance and online learning for prospective Engineering and Transport Planning Professional qualification mentors.
• Members now have access to a mentoring module on CIHT Learn. 

• Continued to regularly add new content and courses onto CIHT Learn (a range of courses on professional and personal development) – 61 courses now available.
• Planned programme of new topics and courses to be rolled out throughout 2024 

We said we would 

Achievements / Activities in 2023

• Represented CIHT in government consultations across the UK through a supporting framework of policy forums in Scotland, Wales and NI.
• Recognition in several Transport Select Committee inquiries and the national press.
• Engagement with Highways Sector Council.
• Developed policy briefings on sustainable transport, road safety and sustainable urban drainage (SUDS) for highways.
• Hosted roundtables that influence white papers and other outputs on road safety and mobility pricing.
• Provided media commentary, spoke at third-party events, presented views and opinion at CIHT events and through Transportation Professional (print and digital).
• Published Report: Green and Blue Infrastructure (GBI) – A Transport Sector Perspective and engaged with national bodies on GBI – including the World Road Association, the UK Roads Leadership Group and Local Government Technical Advisors.
• Engaged with National Highways to run a session on Road Investment Strategy at CIHT’s Council.
• CIHT was a key part of the UK presence at the World Road Congress in close collaboration with the Department for Transport and the devolved administrations.
• Spoken / presented at a variety of third-party events including round tables, conferences and webinars 

• Key stakeholder engagements with organisations including the Departments for Transport and Levelling-Up, Housing and Communities, National Highways, regional transport bodies and the devolved administrations.
• Additional stakeholder engagements with ADEPT and across the Partnership Network.
• Continued ongoing Secretariat support to the UK Roads Leadership Group and World Road Association.
• Launch of Bus Centre of Excellence and supporting website / events etc. A project developed with support from the Department for Transport.
• Involved and engaged with the Welsh Roads Review including Ministerial meeting.
• Released regular media briefings, news analysis and opinion articles 

Released raft of new policy projects including: 

• Building carbon reduction into procurement processes.
• The role of data and artificial intelligence in achieving transport decarbonisation.
• How can we reduce emissions by 63% in a decade - lessons from the highways sector.
• Green and blue infrastructure: A transport sector perspective 

• 2023 will see over 120 events delivered by CIHT.
• More than 10,000 people will have attended CIHT events.
• Moved to a thematic approach to our magazine Transportation Professional.
• Ongoing engagement with all parts of UK public and private sector through CIHT Partnership Network activities.
• CIHT Awards highlighted the best entries from over 200 submitted entries. Shortlisted entries added to ‘The Work’ section of CIHT website to provide new case studies and project overviews – CIHT Regions highlighted a range of projects.
• Engagement with over 100 organisations in the Partnership Network, representing the private, public, research and higher education sectors  

• Development and hosting of a Bus Centre of Excellence in England with Department for Transport.
• Highlighted key issues of climate action, policy developments across UK, and member’s work via regular media briefings and news commentary.
• Regular speaker at third-party events.
• Release of regular views and thought leadership through blogs and other content releases.
• CIHT Technical Champions are now established and contribute to our outputs.  

We said we would 

Achievements / Activities in 2023 

• Implemented our membership retention and recruitment strategy. Ninety-one per cent of existing members have retained their membership, with over 880 new members joining CIHT in 2023.
• Held our Emerging Professional and Apprentice summit at Aston University, Birmingham with over 200 attendees.
• Working with partners including Tomorrow’s Engineers, Engineering UK and STEM Ambassadors to promote the positive image of the profession Over 11000 hours of STEM ambassador activity has been undertaken.
• Draft employment trends report reviewed, and recommendations drafted.

• Implementation of updated Regional Working Arrangements (RWA) that are promoting consistent levels of support across the UK irrespective of member location.
• Regions adopted RWA framework at 2023 AGMs.
• Revised AGM guidance provided to regions to ensure consistent experience for member.
• We have increased support for International Groups.
• MoU signed with Engineers New Zealand 

• Have delivered our mixed programme of events (over 120) embracing face to face, hybrid and online webinars.
• Further enhanced CIHT Connect to offer a supplementary channel for online networking across the membership 

• The strategy has been implemented via a supporting action plan throughout the year. This has included various campaigns in recruitment and retention.
• External activity has seen CIHT provide membership surgeries / outreach activities at a variety of companies, trade events and open days.  

• Inclusion of more members from a wider range of backgrounds in formal governance structures and working committees.
• Updated role descriptions for regional roles.
• EDI role on all regional committees.
• Promotion of opportunities to get involved at all levels.
• New volunteer strategy produced