The CIHT West Midlands Awards celebrate the very best the region offers across the key areas of highways and transportation. They are open to everyone: members and non-members; small and large organisations; public, private and third sector. The Awards recognise the outstanding contribution that good projects and people make to our daily lives. Click here to book your attendance to the Awards Dinner event.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The deadline for for entries has now passed and shortlisted entries are announced below.
WM CIHT Awards 2023 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
West Midlands Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation are delighted to announce the shortlisted entries for our 2023 Awards.
We have a received a bumper crop of exceptional entries that represent the West Midlands as the beating heart of the country.
The winners will be announced at the WM CIHT Annual Awards Evening at the Burlington Hotel, Birmingham on the evening of 11 May 2023.
The full list of shortlisted entries is below.
Individual projects (over £5 million) that are outstanding examples of transportation or highway projects, demonstrating they have been delivered on time, to budget and made a major contribution to the West Midlands.
In addition, this year the judges welcomed examples that demonstrate effective management during Covid on the health safety and wellbeing of workforce and customers.
Shortlist:
Judging Criteria for the award:
• Benefits to the community and contribution to the West Midlands (15%)
• Benefits to the environment (10%)
• Client satisfaction (10%)
• Implementation and project delivery (10%)
• Engagement and communication with Stakeholders (10%)
• Planning and Design (10%)
• Enterprise, innovation and ingenuity (10%)
• Objectives met incl. time, cost & quality (10%)
• Value for money with benefits vs costs (10%)
• Wider implementation potential (5%)
Individual projects (less than £5 million) that are outstanding examples of transportation or highway projects, demonstrating they have been delivered on time, to budget and made a major contribution to the West Midlands.
In addition, this year the judges welcomed examples that demonstrate effective management during Covid on the health safety and wellbeing of workforce and customers.
Shortlist:
Judging Criteria for the award:
• Benefits to the community (15%)
• Benefits to the environment (10%)
• Client satisfaction (10%)
• Implementation and project delivery (10%)
• Engagement and communication with Stakeholders (10%)
• Planning and Design (10%)
• Enterprise, innovation and ingenuity (10%)
• Objectives met incl. time, cost & quality (10%)
• Value for money with benefits vs costs (10%)
• Wider implementation potential (5%)
Examples of excellence in collaborative team work and problem solving in the highways and transportation industry in the West Midlands.
In addition, this year the judges welcomed examples that demonstrate effective management during Covid on the health safety and wellbeing of workforce and customers.
Shortlist:
Judging Criteria for the award:
• Evidence of Collaborative Teamwork (30%)
• Evidence of Collaboration to Achieve a Solution including efficiency and sustainability (30%)
• User feedback & benefit (20%)
• Implementation of solution including communications (20%)
This Award was open to CIHT Members including Apprentices, Graduates, entry level professionals and those early in their career/career change professionals, with less than 10 years relevant experience who are making a valuable contribution to highways or transportation in the West Midlands and establishing themselves as a positive role model for the industry.
Shortlist:
Maximum marks attainable for each criteria noted in brackets.
Judging Criteria for the award:
• Contribution to the West Midlands highways or transportation sector (40%)
• Role model for highways or transportation (40%)
• Active in positively promoting the industry/sector within the West Midlands (20%)
Examples of excellence in environment and sustainability in the highways and transportation industry in the West Midlands.
In addition, this year the judges welcomed examples that demonstrate effective management during Covid on the health safety and wellbeing of workforce and customers.
Shortlist:
Judging Criteria for the award:
• Evidence of social sustainability as a key driver (15%)
• Evidence of economic sustainability as a key driver (15%)
• Evidence of environmental sustainability as a key driver (15%)
• Design of solution including efficiency and sustainability (15%)
• Performance measures, user feedback & benefit to the user (10%)
• Implementation of solution including communications (10%)
• Value for money including outcomes and benefits versus cost (10%)
• Wider implementation potential (10%)
Examples of innovative problem solving in the highways and transportation industry in the West Midlands. In addition, this year the judges welcome examples that demonstrate effective management during Covid on the health safety and wellbeing of workforce and customers.
Shortlist:
Judging Criteria for the award:
• Enterprise and ingenuity (20%)
• Design of solution including efficiency and sustainability (20%)
• Performance measures, user feedback & benefit to the user (15%)
• Implementation of solution including communications (15%)
• Value for money including outcomes and benefits versus cost (15%)
• Wider implementation potential (15%)
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