2016 Excellence Awards open for entries

Entries for this year’s Highways Magazine Excellence Awards are now open.

The 2016 awards will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel in London on Thursday 6 October.

This is a great opportunity to showcase your achievements in the past 12 months in one or more of the 12 categories detailed below.

Most Innovative Highway Authority Scheme of the Year

#HMEAMostInnovative

Awarded to the highway authority whose approach and innovation has allowed them, within the last two years, to develop a scheme that delivers measurable and sustainable benefits to the community and the authority.

Site Safety Initiative Award

#HMEASiteSafety

Awarded to any organisation for a new initiative, development or scheme to raise awareness of the dangers facing personnel whilst working in the highways environment. This can be achieved through the use of new technology and/or worker/driver education and training to demonstrate improved health and safety awareness.

Highway Partnership Award

#HMEAPartnership

Awarded to an organisation or highway authority that has driven or can demonstrate a collaborative approach designed to increase the benefits for society or its local community.  This should be demonstrated by key performance indicators which test the robustness of the partnership and the positive outcomes.

Road Marking Project of the Year

#HMEARoadMarking

Awarded to an organisation or highway authority, including joint submissions with the client and marking contractors/manufacturers, that has implemented a scheme which has improved road safety or network efficiency by making a significant improvement to road markings as a substantial part of the scheme. Other innovative ideas used in the scheme will be considered. The scheme must have been implemented within the past two years and have sufficient statistical evidence of its success.

Team of the Year

#HMEATeam

Awarded to a team of employees who has undertaken exceptional work within the public or private sector to improve/sustain the outputs or efforts of their organisation, over and above their general working activities. The award will recognise innovative and professional achievement that has had considerable impact on the organisation such as cost savings, team building, efficiency or safety.

Highway Industry Product of the Year

#HMEAIndustryProduct

Awarded to the organisation which has brought a product or service to the market that has initiated a “change of thought” approach or technique which has made an impact on the highways industry through sustainability, efficiency and cost savings for example.  The product must have been developed and made available for use in the highways industry within the last three years.

Award for Environmental Sustainability in the Highways Sector

#HMEAEnvironmental

Awarded to an organisation, highway authority or partnership that is able to demonstrate consideration of environmental issues within a project. The project should improve sustainability in the highway environment such as: carbon footprint reduction; local environmental benefits; sustainable material use; reduction of CO₂ plus involve community liaison and consultation.

Road Safety Scheme of the Year

#HMEARoadSafety

Awarded to an organisation which has introduced a scheme or project where through whatever means, such as innovation, design, use of relevant technology or brought about change in public attitude, has influenced a demonstrable reduction in road casualty statistics. This applies to a reduction or potential reduction in cycling accidents, pedestrian accidents or better safety measures for disabled road users, as well as drivers.

Major Project Award

#HMEAMajorProject
Awarded to the team responsible for the successful delivery of a major project – i.e. bridge construction, highway widening, bypass or junction improvements, establishment of a control centre or similar, taking into consideration time, costs, environmental impact, stakeholder involvement, feedback and user satisfaction. The project value needs to be above £5 million and should have started two years prior to entering the awards.

Award for the Best Use of New Technology in the Highways Industry

#HMEABestNewTech

Awarded to an organisation or local authority which can demonstrate that they have or are making a significant improvement to the highways industry through the implementation of new technology, this could be new software, innovative equipment or an ITS solution. The technology should have been deployed or have been on test for at least twelve months prior to entry with clear evidence of its benefits by deployment on one or multiple schemes.

Highways Maintenance Efficiency Award

#HMEAMaintenanceEfficiency

Awarded to a local authority highway maintenance service, team or partnership which has developed and implemented a transformational approach to service delivery, resulting in service improvement, measurable cost efficiencies and benefits to the road user.Open to all authorities in the highways sector, regardless of their level of engagement with HMEP.

Apprentice of the Year

#HMEAApprentice

Awarded to an individual working in the highways industry for the first time who has made a considerable contribution in the workplace. The individual will have been committed to successfully achieving a personal challenge which he/she has been working towards in their place of work with a view to progressing his/her career development. Candidates can be from a formal apprenticeship or a side step into a new area of work or new to the industry at any level.
Most Innovative Highway Authority Scheme of the Year

Companies can submit their entries using the online form, and upload all supporting documentation, via the dedicated website at www.hmea.co.uk.

The deadline for entries is 24 June 2016.