
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.