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Rising Star Award

Celebrating an emerging individual making an outstanding impact early in their career.

This award recognises early to mid-career professionals who have already demonstrated the qualities that mark them as future leaders in the highways sector.

Nominations should be submitted by colleagues, peers, or industry partners who wish to put forward an individual for recognition.

Nominees should demonstrate:

1. Industry Expertise

  • A strong foundation of technical knowledge and professional competence within the highways sector.
  • Evidence of successfully delivering projects, initiatives, or strategies with measurable impact.

2. Passion and Commitment

  • A clear passion for the industry, demonstrated through dedication and innovative thinking.
  • A proactive approach, going beyond their role to drive positive change.

3. Communication and Influence

  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage and inspire colleagues, stakeholders, and the wider industry.
  • Evidence of influencing decision-making, improving collaboration, or raising the profile of key issues.

4. Contribution to the Sector

  • Active engagement in industry initiatives, working groups, or mentoring programmes.
  • Contribution to advancing diversity, sustainability, innovation, or best practice across the sector.

Please submit the nominee’s name, job title, and a statement of no more than 500 words outlining why they should be recognised.

Entries should include clear examples and measurable outcomes to support the nomination.

Please note: This award is nomination-based and cannot be self-entered.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Recognising a career of exceptional contribution to the highways sector.

This award honours individuals who have dedicated their careers to the highways sector, inspiring others and leaving a lasting legacy across their organisation and the wider industry.

Nominations should be submitted by colleagues, peers, or industry partners who wish to recognise an individual’s outstanding contribution.

Nominees should demonstrate:

1. Career-Long Dedication

  • A sustained commitment to the highways sector over the course of their career.
  • A proven track record of achievement and meaningful contributions that have helped shape the industry.

2. Inspiration and Leadership

  • A strong track record of motivating, influencing, and supporting others.
  • Leadership by example, with clear evidence of mentoring and developing future talent.

3. Lasting Impact

  • A legacy of positive and enduring change within their organisation or the sector as a whole.
  • Evidence of initiatives, policies, or projects that continue to deliver meaningful impact.

Please submit the nominee’s name, job title, and a statement of no more than 500 words outlining why they should be recognised.

Entries should include clear examples and measurable outcomes to support the nomination.

Please note: This award is nomination-based and cannot be self-entered. The submission may be read out during the awards ceremony and should therefore be written accordingly.

Safety & Wellbeing Award (NEW)

Celebrating initiatives that protect and enhance the safety and well-being of the workforce.

This award recognises initiatives that deliver meaningful improvements in workforce health, safety, and wellbeing across the highways sector.

Entries should demonstrate a proactive, people-first approach that goes beyond compliance to create safer, healthier, and more supportive working environments.

Judges will be looking for:

  • Clear evidence of an initiative that improves workforce safety, health or well-being
  • Demonstrable impact on behaviours, culture, or working conditions
  • Innovative approaches to mental health, fatigue, inclusion, or workplace practices
  • Measurable outcomes such as reduced incidents, improved well-being metrics, or workforce feedback
  • Potential for the initiative to be replicated or scaled across the sector

Eligibility Criteria

  • The initiative or programme must have been undertaken after 1st January 2025
  • Entries must demonstrate clear, evidence-based improvements to workforce safety and/or well-being

Submission Guidelines

To complete the online entry form, you will need to provide:

1. Initiative Details

  • Name of the initiative, programme, or approach

2. Summary (Max 750 words)

Your submission should cover:

  • Vision: The challenge or need being addressed
  • Outcomes: Quantitative and qualitative improvements in safety and/or well-being
  • Challenges: How barriers were overcome
  • Next Steps: How the initiative will be sustained or expanded

3. Supporting Evidence

Provide up to three forms of supporting evidence, including at least one testimonial. Examples may include:

  • Safety performance data or well-being metrics
  • Staff feedback or survey results
  • Case studies
  • Video content or press coverage

Submissions should be clear, concise, and focused on demonstrating meaningful improvements in workforce safety, health, and well-being.

Collaborative Delivery Award

Recognising excellence in partnership working to successfully deliver highways projects and outcomes.

This award celebrates organisations, highway authorities, and supply chain partners who have worked collaboratively to deliver outstanding results. It recognises the critical role of effective partnership in overcoming challenges, driving efficiency, and achieving better outcomes across the highways sector.

Entries should demonstrate how collaboration has been embedded throughout the project lifecycle to deliver measurable benefits.

Judges will be looking for:

  • Strong evidence of effective collaboration across organisations or sectors
  • How challenges were successfully overcome through partnership working
  • Delivery of clear, measurable outcomes and added value
  • A collaborative approach that improved efficiency, innovation, or delivery performance
  • A model that is replicable or scalable across the sector

Eligibility Criteria

  • The project must have been undertaken after 1st January 2025
  • Entries must demonstrate clear, evidence-based benefits resulting from collaboration

Submission Guidelines

To complete the online entry form, you will need to provide:

1. Project Details

  • Name of the project, product, or service

2. Summary (Max 750 words)

Your submission should cover:

  • Vision: The partnership approach and what prompted the collaboration
  • Outcomes: Quantitative and qualitative benefits achieved through joint working
  • Challenges: How collaboration helped overcome key challenges
  • Next Steps: How the partnership model will be sustained or replicated

3. Supporting Evidence

Provide up to three forms of supporting evidence, including at least one testimonial. Examples may include:

  • Performance data or project results
  • Case studies or stakeholder feedback
  • Video content
  • Press coverage

Submissions should be clear, concise, and focused on demonstrating the value and impact of collaborative delivery.

Customer Excellence Award

Recognising outstanding commitment to improving the experience, safety, information, and outcomes for road users.

This award recognises organisations, highway authorities, or partnerships that place road users at the heart of their approach, delivering measurable improvements in experience, safety, communication, and overall outcomes.

Entries should demonstrate how customer needs have shaped the design and delivery of projects, services, or initiatives across the highways network.

Judges will be looking for:

  • Clear evidence of improved customer experience and satisfaction
  • Enhancements to safety, accessibility, or usability for road users
  • Effective communication, engagement, or provision of real-time information
  • A strong customer-first approach embedded in delivery or operations
  • Measurable outcomes and benefits for users and communities
  • Solutions that are scalable or transferable across the network

Eligibility Criteria

  • The project or initiative must have been undertaken after 1st January 2025
  • Entries must demonstrate clear, evidence-based improvements for road users

Submission Guidelines

To complete the online entry form, you will need to provide:

1. Project Details

  • Name of the project, product, or service

2. Summary (Max 750 words)

Your submission should cover:

  • Vision: What prompted the initiative and the customer challenge being addressed
  • Outcomes: Quantitative and qualitative improvements in customer experience, safety or information
  • Challenges: How the project overcame barriers to delivering better outcomes for users
  • Next Steps: How the initiative will continue to improve customer outcomes

3. Supporting Evidence

Provide up to three forms of supporting evidence, including at least one testimonial. Examples may include:

  • Customer feedback or satisfaction data
  • Performance metrics or operational data
  • Video content
  • Press coverage

Submissions should be clear, concise, and focused on demonstrating measurable improvements in customer outcomes and experience.

Innovation Award

Recognising innovative approaches that drive meaningful improvements in highways delivery, performance, and outcomes.

This award celebrates organisations, highway authorities, or partnerships that are transforming the highways sector through innovation. This could include new technologies, processes, materials, business models, or ways of working that deliver demonstrable improvements.

Entries should show how innovation has been successfully applied in a real-world setting to enhance efficiency, performance, safety, or overall project outcomes.

Judges will be looking for:

  • A clearly defined innovation (e.g., technology, process, product, or approach)
  • Evidence of tangible improvements in delivery, efficiency, performance, or outcomes
  • Demonstration of real-world application and impact
  • A strong case for scalability or wider adoption across the sector
  • Clear differentiation from standard practice or incremental improvement

Eligibility Criteria

  • The project or initiative must have been undertaken after 1st January 2025
  • Entries must demonstrate clear, measurable benefits resulting from the innovation

Submission Guidelines

To complete the online entry form, you will need to provide:

1. Project Details

  • Name of the project, product, or service

2. Summary (Max 750 words)

Your submission should cover:

  • Vision: The challenge or opportunity that led to the innovation
  • Outcomes: Quantitative and qualitative benefits achieved
  • Challenges: How barriers to innovation were overcome
  • Next Steps: Plans for scaling, replication, or further development

3. Supporting Evidence

Provide up to three forms of supporting evidence, including at least one testimonial. Examples may include:

  • Performance data or measurable results
  • Case studies or pilot outcomes
  • Video content
  • Press coverage

Submissions should be clear, concise, and focused on demonstrating the originality, impact, and future potential of the innovation.

Road Safety Award

Recognising projects that deliver measurable improvements in road user safety.

This award celebrates organisations, highway authorities, and partnerships that have successfully implemented initiatives to improve safety across the road network.

Entries may include engineering, technology, enforcement, education, or behavioural interventions that have demonstrably reduced risk, collisions, or harm to road users.

Judges will be looking for:

  • Clear evidence of improved safety outcomes, such as reduced collisions, incidents, or risk
  • Demonstration of data-led impact and measurable results
  • Effective implementation of safety interventions, technology, or design solutions
  • Practicality and potential for replication across other networks or locations
  • A strong understanding of road user needs and behaviours

Eligibility Criteria

  • The scheme must have been implemented in or after 2023
  • Entries must demonstrate measurable results achieved during 2025–2026
  • Submissions must include clear, evidence-based safety outcomes

Submission Guidelines

To complete the online entry form, you will need to provide:

1. Project Details

  • Name of the project, product, or service

2. Summary (Max 750 words)

Your submission should cover:

  • Vision: The safety challenge and what prompted the intervention
  • Outcomes: Quantitative and qualitative safety improvements achieved
  • Challenges: How barriers to improving safety were addressed
  • Next Steps: How safety outcomes will be maintained or enhanced over time

3. Supporting Evidence

Provide up to three forms of supporting evidence, including at least one testimonial. Examples may include:

  • Safety data, collision statistics, or performance metrics
  • Before-and-after analysis
  • Video content
  • Press coverage

Submissions should be clear, concise, and focused on demonstrating measurable safety impact and real-world effectiveness.

Social & Community Impact Award

Recognising projects that deliver meaningful social value and positive outcomes for communities across the highways sector.

This award recognises a project undertaken by an organisation, highway authority, or partnership that demonstrates a strong commitment to creating social value and delivering tangible benefits for people and communities.

Projects should show how social impact has been embedded into delivery, ensuring the needs of customers, communities, and stakeholders are prioritised.

Judges will be looking for:

  • Clear evidence of social value embedded in project delivery
  • Measurable community, economic, or societal benefits
  • Strong engagement with local communities and stakeholders
  • Initiatives that improve inclusion, accessibility, skills, or local outcomes
  • Long-term positive impact and legacy beyond the project lifecycle

Eligibility Criteria

  • The project must have been completed by 27th May 2025
  • Entries must demonstrate clear, evidence-based outcomes and benefits

Submission Guidelines

To complete the online entry form, you will need to provide:

1. Project Details

  • Name of the project, product, or service

2. Summary (Max 750 words)

Your submission should cover:

  • Vision: What prompted the initiative and its intended social impact
  • Outcomes: Quantitative and qualitative benefits, including measurable social value
  • Challenges: How the project addressed key challenges facing communities or the sector
  • Next Steps: How the benefits will be sustained or expanded over time

3. Supporting Evidence

Provide up to three forms of supporting evidence, including at least one testimonial. Examples may include:

  • Data and metrics
  • Video content
  • Press coverage

Submissions should be clear, concise, and focused on demonstrating measurable social impact and long-term community value.

Sustainability Award

Recognising projects that deliver outstanding environmental sustainability, biodiversity, and climate resilience outcomes across the highways sector.

This award recognises a project undertaken by an organisation, highway authority, or partnership that demonstrates a holistic commitment to sustainability in the highway environment.


Projects may include (but are not limited to):

  • Carbon reduction and decarbonisation
  • Climate resilience and adaptation
  • Biodiversity net gain and nature-based solutions
  • Resource efficiency and circular economy approaches
  • Use of sustainable materials and construction methods

Judges will be looking for:

  • Clear evidence of environmental impact and measurable outcomes
  • A holistic approach to sustainability, beyond carbon alone
  • Innovation in materials, design, or delivery methods
  • Consideration of long-term resilience and legacy impact
  • A solution that is scalable or replicable across the sector

Submission Guidelines:

To complete the online entry form, you will need to provide:

1. Project Details

  • Name of the project, product, or service

2. Summary (Max 750 words)

Your submission should cover:

  • Vision: What prompted the initiative and its sustainability ambition
  • Outcomes: Quantitative and qualitative environmental and social benefits achieved
  • Challenges: How the project addresses key sustainability challenges in the sector
  • Next Steps: How the project will continue to deliver long-term impact

3. Supporting Evidence

Provide up to three forms of supporting evidence, including at least one testimonial. Examples may include:

  • Data and metrics
  • Video content
  • Press coverage

Submissions should be clear, concise, and focused on demonstrating measurable sustainability impact and long-term value.

National Highways Chair's Award (NEW)

This new award will be presented by the Chair of National Highways, who will personally select the overall winner. This award cannot be entered directly. Instead, the top three entries from each category will automatically go forward for consideration. From this shortlist, the Chair will select the team or project that best demonstrates outstanding impact, leadership, and contribution to the sector.