The shortlist for the 2016 Highways Magazine Excellence Awards has been announced today (31 August), ahead of the ceremony on 6 October.
Winners will be revealed at a gala evening at the Radisson Blu Portman, London, with the event hosted by newsreader Huw Edwards.
Highways Magazine editor Alec Peachey said: “This year we received a large number of entries and the shortlist features a host of impressive projects and inventive new technology.
“Our team of expert judges – which represent all four corners of the UK – faced a tough task but having considered the projects entered they’ve whittled down the list to just those schemes that they believe have a shot at winning a coveted trophy.”
Shortlist as follows:
Most Innovative Highway Authority Project/Scheme of the Year
Sponsored by Tripod Crest
Jacobs
Telford Box Road
Liverpool City Council
RGF Leeds Street, Liverpool
A-one+
A66 Scotch Corner to Hartforth – the 1,000 tonne challenge
Site Safety Initiative Award
Platinum sponsorship Dynniq
Tarmac
Tarmac Safety Cross
Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald
EZiCat - Improving Safety in Area 10
Colas Limited
Remote Controlled Traffic Management Access Gate (also known as Readi-Guard)
Highways England
Managing Fatigue in the Workplace
Road Safety Scheme or Project of the Year
Sponsored by Mac Surfacing
Transport Scotland
A9 Interim Safety Plan
Vaisala Ltd
Reduction in Number and Severity of Accidents – using a non-invasive road surface condition sensor and VMS to modify driver behaviour through speed reduction
Award for Environmental Sustainability in the Highways Sector
Platinum sponsorship Total Bitumen
A-one+
TRIZ Initiative
Dynniq
Virtual Emissions Monitor (VEM)
Skanska
M25 J30/A13 Corridor Relieving Congestion Scheme
Kier
A30 Dual Carriageway Across Bodmin Moor
Road Marking Project of the Year
Sponsored by RSMA
Hitex International Group and Coventry City Council
20mph zones and TexPrint Roundel In-laid Road Marking Scheme
Amey
Belfast Bicycle Infrastructure Project – Scheme 1
WJ Group and Costain
M1 Junction 28-31 Smart Motorway
Clearview Intelligence Ltd, Transport Scotland, BEAR Scotland, Edinburgh Napier University, Amey
A720 Sheriffhall Roundabout; Lane Transgression Mitigation with the Intelligent Road Stud
Team of the Year
Sponsored by Skanska
Kier Highways
A591 Reconnecting Cumbria – Area 13 MAC Team
A-one+
A-one+ High Volume Pump Team
Highways England
Area 7 Programme Team
Jackson Civil Engineering
M25 Framework Facilitators Team
Highway Partnership Award
Sponsored by WJ Group
Kier Highways
BS 11000 Alliance
Transport Scotland
Forth Road Bridge Closure and Re-opening
Bellavail IMS
Resolving Unadopted Roads on behalf of (and at nil cost to) Local Authorities
Galliford Try
Lichfield Park Bridge
Apprentice of the Year Award
Sponsored by National Highway Engineering Academy
Tarmac
Liam Owen
Skanska
Sam Hill
R&W Civil Engineering
John Kalyviotis
Highway Industry Product of the Year
Platinum sponsorship Shell Bitumen
Skanska
The Dragon Patcher
A-one+
Barrier Master
A-one+ Integrated Highway Services
M621, M180, M18 Sculpline LED Gantry Lighting
Highways Maintenance Efficiency Award
Sponsored by Kier
Tarmac and Walsall Council
Delivering Efficiencies on Walsall’s Roads
A-one+
Area 14 Cold In-Situ Recycling
KaarbonTech Ltd and Oxfordshire County Council
Oxfordshire Council Stakeholder Efficiency
Major Project Award
Sponsored by Tarmac
Costain
A160 Port of Immingham Improvement
Hanson Contracting
A338 Bournemouth Spur Road, Dorset Highways Strategic Partnership
Amey
Lichfield Park Bridge
AECOM
A138 Chelmer Viaduct Replacement
Award for the Best Use of New Technology in the Highways Industry
Sponsored by Jacobs
Tarmac
Transforming Norfolk’s Highways with Automated Paving Technology
Highway Resource Solutions Ltd
Smart Taper
Costain
Dartford Safety Cell
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