The Highways Awards are back, live and in person, and the 2021 shortlist is in.
The Highways Awards recognises, rewards and celebrates the sector every year with a black-tie gala dinner at the Royal Lancaster London attended by over 500 key industry professionals.
Book your table now to join us and special celebrity host, Marcus Brigstocke, for a fantastic evening.
Best of luck to all our finalists:
Apprentice of the Year Award - sponsored by The Institute of Highway Engineers
- Balfour Beatty, Ella Northey
- Dyer & Butler, Darcie Mears
- Highways England (now National Highways), Vladislav (Vlad) Rusu
- Milestone Infrastructure, Alex Reid
- Mway Comms, Declan Beck
- VolkerHighways, Christopher Scotland
Award for the Best Use of New Technology in the Highways Industry
- Aimsun Ltd, NEVFMA - the Network Emissions and Vehicle Flow Management Adjustment project
- Balfour Beatty VINCI JV working on behalf of Highways England (now National Highways), M4 Junction 3-12 motorway upgrade
- Carnell, High Density Array Ground Probing Radar (HDAGPR) Surveys
- Dundee City Council / Tayside Contracts (Dundee Roads Maintenance Partnership), Cyclic Works Tablet Transformation Project
- SRL Traffic Systems Limited, Multiphase Adaptive Detection System (ADS)
- SRL Traffic Systems, Junction 19, M6 Motorway
Environmental Sustainability in the Highways Sector Award - sponsored by Total Energies
- Aggregate industries UK Ltd, UK’s First Carbon Neutral Highway Scheme - A590 M6 J6 Brettargh Holt Improvement (September – December 2020)
- Balfour Beatty Vinci Joint Venture, M4 Smart Motorway Project Junction 3-12
- Transport Scotland, Carbon Management Plan: LED replacement Efficiency Project
- WSP, Falkirk Council, Falkirk Stadium Low Carbon Vehicle Charging Hub
- WSP, Shropshire Council, Kier & Miles Macadam, Shropshire Carbon Neutral Maintenance Programme
Highway Industry Product of the Year Award
- Connor Specialist Paving Ltd, Tac-Grid
- Geobear Infrastructure Limited, Geobear Geopolymer
- Highway Care, Kier Highways, Highways England (now National Highways), FALCON Automated Cone Laying Machine
- Indra, DAS / DTS
- Leafield Environmental, Cycle Lane Separator (CLS) 1030mm impact recovery bollard
- Solar Gates UK Ltd, INSTABOOM Lite & Wireless GS6
- SRL Traffic Systems Limited, Multiphase Adaptive detection System (ADS)
- SRL Traffic Systems, Urban64
Highway Partnership Award - sponsored by WJ Group
- AmeySRM Highways England (now National Highways) WSP T&T, M6 junction 19 Improvement scheme
- Highways England (now National Highways), Operation Brock
- Kier Highways & TfL - LoHAC, Cycleway 4
- Kier Highways Ltd Area 4, Highways England (now National Highways) - Kier Highways Ltd Area 4: French Border Crisis
- Local Council Roads Innovation Group, The Local Councils Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG), a Community Interest Company (CIC) run by councils for councils, working in partnership with the highways community.
- SMP Alliance, The SMP Alliance
- SWARCO Traffic Ltd, A14 Orwell Bridge High Winds Speed scheme
- VolkerHighways, Medway Highways Infrastructure Contract
Highways Maintenance Efficiency Award - sponsored by Highway Care
- Kier Highways Ltd Area 4, Kier Highways Ltd Area 4 - Blockades
- Kier, LoHAC South Area Highways Maintenance Delivery team
- VolkerHighways, Wokingham Highways and Transport Maintenance and Construction Contract
Lifetime achievement award - sponsored by Kier
To be revealed on the night
Major Project Award
- Amey and Staffordshire County Council, Stafford Western Access Route
- Brighton and Hove City Council, Dyer & Butler and Project Centre, Valley Gardens
- Costain, Highways England (now National Highways), Jacobs, A19 Testo's Junction
- Hertfordshire County Council, New River Bridge Improvement Scheme
- Highways England (now National Highways), A63 Murdoch's Connection
Mental Health and Well-being in the Highways Sector - sponsored by Mind
- Aggregate Industries UK Ltd, Healthy You
- Atkins, Changing the way we think and act about mental health in the workplace
- Dyer & Butler, Let's get talking
- Kier, Mind, Body, Money
- Virtus Traffic Management Solutions Ltd, Wellbeing Well-Managed
Road Enhancements and Marking Project of the Year Award
- Egis Road Operation M40 & Quality Marking Services Ltd, Sustainability & Safety Enhancements @ J1a M40
- Highways England (now National Highways), Transforming Road Markings
- WJ Group, Operation Brock
Road Safety Scheme of the Year Award - sponsored by SRL
- Balfour Beatty, Atkins, Highways England (now National Highways), A19 Norton to Wynyard Improvement Scheme
- Mway Comms, Highways England (now National Highways), Atkins, Jenoptik, Swarco, County Building Services, H3, Carnell, HW Martin, WJ, A14 Orwell Bridge High Winds Speed Limits Scheme
- Road Angel Group, Road Angel Pure - Smart thinking for Smart Motorways
- SWARCO TRAFFIC Ltd, Department for Infrastructure Northern Ireland, Safer Routes to School
Site Safety Initiative Award - sponsored by Shell Bitumen
- Connect Plus working in Partnership with Steve Perkins Associates, Healthier Highways on the M25
- Dyer & Butler, Enhanced buried services and safe excavation procedure
- Lancashire County Council, Reducing HAVS in the workplace
- Solar Gates UK and Kier Highways, SOSEC Solar, Touch Screen Site Safety GS6 Barrier
Steve Berry Highways Authority Innovation Award
- Connect Plus Services, Connect Plus, Atkins and Accent, The Customer Experience
- Derby City Council, XAIS Asset Management Ltd, Enodamus Ltd, The LASR Approach – Your Road to Data Driven Decisions (Local Authority Skid Resistance)
- Transport for Greater Manchester, CYCLOPS - Creating Protected Junctions
- nmcn, Grey to Green Phase 2
Team of the Year Award - sponsored by Clearview Intelligence
- Area 9 SRN Alliance, Area 9 SRN Alliance Charity Challenge
- Connect Plus, Connect Plus Services, Highways England (now National Highways), Osborne, Atkins, Delivering urgent resurfacing schemes in adjacent Area 4 for Highways England (now National Highways)
- Highways England (now National Highways), Balfour Beatty, Atkins, A19 Norton to Wynyard Improvement Scheme
- Highways England (now National Highways), Driving for Better Business
- Highways England (now National Highways), National Resilience & Security Team: COVID-19 pandemic response
- Highways England (now National Highways), Project Reditus / Judicatio
- Kier, Birmingham Interim Services Contract mobilisation
- Royal British Legion Industries, Britain's Bravest Signs Team
Winter Maintenance Award - sponsored by the National Winter Service Research Group
- Ayrshire Roads Alliance, Partnership Working (winter resilience volunteer groups)
- Norfolk County Council CES Highways & Waste, Spreader Management - Pre Season Assessments
Judges' Special Merit Award
To be announced on the night.
