The CIHT North West Region held its 14th Annual Awards Dinner at the Park Royal Hotel in Warrington on 27th April.
Almost 250 industry colleagues from across the region gathered to celebrate the very best the North West offers across the key areas of highways and transportation. The Awards recognise the outstanding contribution that good projects and people make to our daily lives.
Guests were joined by the CIHT’s President, Neil Johnstone, together with representatives of the North East and Cumbria Region and CECA North West.
The judging panel were impressed with the high calibre of entries throughout and the competition was very close. During the evening CIHT North West Chair, Alex Parkin, presented Awards to the following recipients:
Best Practice Award 2023
Winner - Brextor on the A585 - Kier Highways
Highly Commended - Liverpool City Council Bus Priority Review and Interventions - AECOM
Environmental/Sustainability Award 2023
Winner - Manchester Road Sustainable Greenway – Bethell
Highly Commended - Swinton Greenway - Salford City Council
Commended - A585 Windy Harbour to Skippool - Kier Highways
Safety/Well-Being Award 2023
Winner - Health, Safety and Security Strategy for the Audit of Greater Manchester's Active Bee Network - Mott MacDonald
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Award 2023
Winner - Reintegration to Employment Programme for Young People (Liverpool )- Colas
Highly Commended - STEM/School Involvement - Pell Frischmann
Transportation Project of the Year Award 2023 (under £5m)
Winner - Phase 1 Bee Network Cycle Hire - Beryl and Transportfor Greater Manchester
Highly Commended - Lark Lane, Phase 2 – AECOM
Transportation Project of the Year Award 2023 (over £5m)
Winner - Liverpool City Centre Connectivity, Lime Street - Amey Consulting
Highly Commended - Runcorn Delinking and Station Quarter - Balfour Beatty and others
Highly Commended - Liverpool City Centre Connectivity, The Strand Phase 1 - Amey Consulting
Emerging Professional of the Year 2023
Winners - Charlie Ebbrell (Pell Frischmann) and Victoria Derbyshire (Bethell)
Highly Commended - Lewis Brimmell (SLR Consulting) and Bethany Rimmer (Mott MacDonald)
During the evening a raffle was held in support of North West Air Ambulance. The NWAA team had obtained a number of prizes, and the raffle raised over £1400 in support of the charity. The Region's thanks go to all those who contributed.
The committee would like to give a special thanks to Kier Highways, Breedon Colas JV, CJ Founds Associates and Multevo for sponsoring the Awards Dinner this year and for their continued support over the recent years.
Submissions deadline: Friday 31 March 2023
These Awards are aimed at projects which are outstanding examples of projects that demonstrate a contribution to the mobility of the community in the north west of England.
This Award recognises projects, products, policy initiatives or strategies delivered by the highways and transportation industry that can demonstrate a contribution to sustainable working and living in the region.
This Award recognises projects and policy initiatives or strategies that have contributed to either safety improvements in the highways and transportation industry or to the improvement of the health and well-being of an organisation's workforce.
This Award is to recognise and encourage imaginative concepts and excellence within the highways and transportation industry where a marked positive benefit has been achieved.
This award recognises an emerging professional who has shown great potential and achievement in our industry.
This award recognises employers or individuals that have implemented (or been involved in) an EDI (Equality, Diversity, Inclusion) initiative of merit in the North West.
The judging panel were impressed with the high calibre of entries throughout and the competition was very close. During the evening the Region's Events Committee Chair, Alex Parkin, presented Awards to the following recipients:
Best Practice Award 2022
Winner: Pell Frischmann , Gillbent Road
Commended: Amberon and Manchester City Council
Environmental/Sustainability Award 2022
Winner: Nu-Phalt Contracting, Tawd Valley Park
Commended: Kier Highways
Safety/Well-Being Award 2022
Winner: Bethell, Work Safe - Home Safe
Commended: Kier Highways
Transportation Project of the Year Award 2022 (under £5m)
Winner: Bethell, University of Central Lancashire, Highway Construction, Public Realm and Infrastructure
Commended: Amey Consulting
Transportation Project of the Year Award 2022 (over £5m)
Winner: Graham, Congleton Link Road
Covid-19 Response Award
For this year only the Region decided to present an Award to recognise the outstanding work of individuals, teams and organisations in dealing with the first Covid pandemic lockdown between March and May 2020 when work practices had to be changed very quickly to meet the challenges which arose. It recognised excellence and dedication as well as innovation, collaboration and commitment.
Winner: AECOM, Liverpool Without Walls project.
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