Shortlist revealed for 2016 Excellence Awards

31/08/2016 | HIGHWAYS REPORTERS

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


 

To book your table contact Carole Epps on 01732 459683 or email carole@aladltd.co.uk

Download a booking form here.

For further information on the awards visit www.hmea.co.uk

 

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