Project Awards

Major Highways Project of the Year

Celebrating the UK's standout strategic highways project, recognising excellence in engineering, delivery, collaboration, value creation and long-term impact for road users and infrastructure.

Local Roads Project of the Year

Awarded to an outstanding local or regional road scheme that has delivered measurable benefits for communities, network performance and place through exceptional planning and delivery.

Highways Construction Excellence Award

Recognising exceptional construction achievement, demonstrating outstanding quality, safety, programme delivery, technical excellence and effective management of complex infrastructure projects.

Highways Maintenance & Asset Management Award

Celebrating organisations delivering smarter maintenance and asset management through innovation, whole-life value, resilience and improved performance of the road network.

Highways Innovation of the Year

Recognising a product, process, service or engineering breakthrough that is transforming the planning, construction, operation or maintenance of highways infrastructure.

Digital Highways & Intelligent Infrastructure Award

Awarding excellence in digital technology, connected infrastructure, data, AI, sensors and automation that is creating safer, smarter and more efficient highways.

Traffic Management & Network Efficiency Award

Celebrating innovative solutions that improve traffic flow, reduce congestion, minimise disruption and enhance the efficiency of the UK's road network.

Freight & Fleet Awards

Freight & Haulage Operator of the Year

Recognising a leading freight or haulage business demonstrating excellence in operational performance, customer service, safety, sustainability and fleet management.

Fleet Innovation of the Year

Celebrating organisations transforming commercial fleet operations through vehicle technology, telematics, data, electrification or smarter working practices.

Road Safety Achievement of the Year

Awarded to a project, organisation or initiative that has delivered outstanding, measurable improvements in safety for road users, highways workers or local communities.

Road Freight Safety Award

Recognising excellence in commercial vehicle safety through driver development, technology, operational innovation, fleet leadership and safer logistics.

Sustainability & Resilience Awards

Environmental & Sustainability Achievement Award

Celebrating outstanding environmental leadership through biodiversity, circular economy, resource efficiency, waste reduction and sustainable infrastructure delivery.

Highways Decarbonisation Award

Recognising projects and organisations achieving significant carbon reduction across the design, construction, maintenance or operation of road infrastructure.

Sustainable Road Freight Award

Awarding freight businesses leading the transition to lower-carbon transport through cleaner vehicles, alternative fuels, operational efficiency and sustainable logistics.

Resilient Roads Award

Celebrating innovative infrastructure, materials or asset strategies that strengthen the resilience of roads against climate change, flooding and future network demands.

Business Excellence Awards

Highways Contractor of the Year

Recognising a contractor delivering exceptional performance through project excellence, innovation, safety, sustainability, client satisfaction and commercial success.

Highways Consultancy of the Year

Awarded to a consultancy demonstrating outstanding expertise, technical leadership, client impact and innovation across highways and road infrastructure.

Highways Technology & Innovation Partner of the Year

Celebrating a technology company whose products, platforms or specialist expertise are helping transform the performance and future of the highways sector.

Highways Supply Chain Partner of the Year

Recognising a supplier or specialist partner delivering exceptional quality, reliability, innovation and value across highways infrastructure projects.

Employer of the Year – Highways & Road Infrastructure

Awarding an organisation that sets the benchmark for culture, wellbeing, talent development, leadership and investment in its people.

People Awards

Highways Team of the Year

Celebrating an exceptional team whose collaboration, expertise and commitment have delivered outstanding results for clients, projects or the wider industry.

Frontline Highways Team of the Year

Recognising the operational teams keeping the road network moving through outstanding service, safety, responsiveness and day-to-day excellence.

Rising Star of the Year

Awarded to an emerging professional who has already made an exceptional impact and shows outstanding potential as a future leader of the sector.

Highways Leader of the Year

Celebrating an inspirational leader whose vision, influence and achievements are driving meaningful progress across highways and road infrastructure.

Social Impact Awards

Social Value & Community Impact Award

Recognising organisations and projects creating lasting social value through employment, skills, education, community engagement and economic opportunity.

Future Talent & Skills Award

Celebrating outstanding commitment to developing the next generation through apprenticeships, graduate programmes, mentoring, training and workforce innovation.

Inclusion & Opportunity Award

Awarding organisations creating a more inclusive sector by widening access, removing barriers and enabling diverse talent to thrive.

Collaboration & Partnership Award

Recognising outstanding collaboration between clients, contractors, consultants, authorities, communities or supply chain partners that has delivered exceptional shared outcomes.

Road Infrastructure & Freight Partnership Award

Celebrating successful partnerships between highways and freight organisations that have improved the safe, efficient and sustainable movement of goods across the UK.

Special Recognition Awards

Outstanding Contribution to UK Highways

Selected by the judging panel, this prestigious award honours the project, organisation, partnership or individual that has made the most significant contribution to the UK's highways and road infrastructure sector.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Honouring an exceptional individual whose career has shaped the UK highways, road infrastructure or road transport industry through outstanding leadership, innovation and lasting service.