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 YearSponsored by Tripod CrestJacobsTelford Box RoadLiverpool City CouncilRGF Leeds Street, LiverpoolA-one+A66 Scotch Corner to Hartforth – the 1,000 tonne challenge Site Safety Initiative AwardPlatinum sponsorship DynniqTarmacTarmac Safety Cross               Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonaldEZiCat - Improving Safety in Area 10Colas LimitedRemote Controlled Traffic Management Access Gate (also known as Readi-Guard)          Highways EnglandManaging Fatigue in the Workplace Road Safety Scheme or Project of the YearSponsored by Mac SurfacingTransport ScotlandA9 Interim Safety PlanVaisala LtdReduction 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 SectorPlatinum sponsorship Total BitumenA-one+TRIZ InitiativeDynniqVirtual Emissions Monitor (VEM)SkanskaM25 J30/A13 Corridor Relieving Congestion SchemeKierA30 Dual Carriageway Across Bodmin Moor Road Marking Project of the YearSponsored by RSMAHitex International Group and Coventry City Council20mph zones and TexPrint Roundel In-laid Road Marking SchemeAmeyBelfast Bicycle Infrastructure Project – Scheme 1WJ Group and CostainM1 Junction 28-31 Smart MotorwayClearview Intelligence Ltd, Transport Scotland, BEAR Scotland, Edinburgh Napier University, AmeyA720 Sheriffhall Roundabout; Lane Transgression Mitigation with the Intelligent Road Stud Team of the YearSponsored by SkanskaKier HighwaysA591 Reconnecting Cumbria – Area 13 MAC TeamA-one+A-one+ High Volume Pump TeamHighways EnglandArea 7 Programme TeamJackson Civil EngineeringM25 Framework Facilitators Team Highway Partnership AwardSponsored by WJ GroupKier HighwaysBS 11000 AllianceTransport ScotlandForth Road Bridge Closure and Re-opening                      Bellavail IMSResolving Unadopted Roads on behalf of (and at nil cost to) Local AuthoritiesGalliford TryLichfield Park BridgeApprentice of the Year AwardSponsored by National Highway Engineering AcademyTarmacLiam Owen                             SkanskaSam HillR&W Civil EngineeringJohn Kalyviotis Highway Industry Product of the YearPlatinum sponsorship Shell BitumenSkanskaThe Dragon Patcher               A-one+Barrier Master                       A-one+ Integrated Highway ServicesM621, M180, M18 Sculpline LED Gantry Lighting Highways Maintenance Efficiency AwardSponsored by KierTarmac and Walsall CouncilDelivering Efficiencies on Walsall’s RoadsA-one+Area 14 Cold In-Situ Recycling                                           KaarbonTech Ltd and Oxfordshire County CouncilOxfordshire Council Stakeholder Efficiency Major Project AwardSponsored by TarmacCostainA160 Port of Immingham ImprovementHanson ContractingA338 Bournemouth Spur Road, Dorset Highways Strategic PartnershipAmeyLichfield Park BridgeAECOMA138 Chelmer Viaduct Replacement                                  Award for the Best Use of New Technology in the Highways IndustrySponsored by JacobsTarmacTransforming Norfolk’s Highways with Automated Paving TechnologyHighway Resource Solutions LtdSmart TaperCostainDartford Safety Cell To book your table contact Carole Epps on 01732 459683 or email carole@aladltd.co.ukDownload a booking form here.For further information on the awards visit www.hmea.co.uk