Highways UK Excellence Awards shortlist announced

by Paul Hutton

The shortlist has been announced for the Highways UK Excellence Awards taking place at Highways UK in October.

Highways News (which is the official podcast partner of the event) publishes the nominees in full below:

Associate Laureates (Rising Star)
Camille Anderson – Arcadis
Michal Nowinski – Arup
Emily Stevenson – Hanson

???? Net-Zero Award
RPS – GAIA project
Mott MacDonald and National Highways – Net Zero Roadmaps for concrete, steel, and asphalt
Char.gy – Green streets
Ringway Jacobs – Marthall Lane Bridge
MachineMax, Costain, Flannery Plant Hire, WSP – Costain Smart Motorways Alliance

???? Social Value Award
Sir Robert McAlpine – A19 Team Vision
National Highways, WSP, Balfour Beatty Atkins, Mott Macdonald, VolkerFitzpatrick, Arup, Bam, Graham – Famous For
SMP Alliance
Nuneaton Signs
Balfour Beatty & Atkins, for National Highways – Sensory Garden built for National Autistic Society

???? Innovation Award
Riverlinx CJV – Silvertown Tunnel
HS2/Balfour Beatty VINCI/National Highways – M42 ‘Marston Box’ Bridge Push 2022/2023
WJ Group – ThermoPrint – Revolutionising the Road Marking Sector
Atkins – Net Zero Asphalt Surfacing

???? Major Project Award
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure – A45 Sprint Routes
Winvic Construction – S278 works for Birmingham City Council
Amey, Staffordshire County Council and City of Wolverhampton Council – I54 Western Extension
Farrans – A1(M) Junction 47 for North Yorkshire County Council

???? Onsite Safety Award
Safety Shield
SMP Alliance
Skanska Training Programme
Kier & FYLD – Digitising Point of Work Risk Assessments

???? Road Safety Award
Acusensus & AECOM – ‘Heads-Up’ Distracted Driving Solution
Arup, Aecom and Road Safety Foundation
Agilysis – Global Roads
Transport for West Midlands – M6 Toll Virtual Variable Messaging System (VVMS)

???? Start-up of the Year
INSPECH
RoadMetrics
Roadfill

???? Team of the Year
Ringway – Transport for London, Operation London Bridge
Sopra Steria – Transport for London’s COV IMS
Ringway – The National Highways (NH) East Region Maintenance and Response Contract
Amey & Staffordshire County Council
Agilysis
Yorkshire North East Highways Community

???? Laureates (Lifetime Achievement) – to be announced at Highways UK

Highways UK takes place at Birmingham’s NEC on the 18 and 19 October. Book a place here and book places at the Awards here.