A celebration event was recently held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London – the prestigious CIHT Awards 2025. Shortlisted entries from across 16 categories vied for these annual awards. Over 450 people were in attendance from across the highways, transportation and infrastructure sector.
Hosted by Professor Glenn Lyons and guest presenter Louise Minchin the awards saw many fantastic projects rewarded for their excellence.
The CIHT Awards this year contained the Bus Centre of Excellence (BCoE) Awards that were presented by Simon Lightwood MP, Minister for Local Transport.
Professor Glenn Lyons said: “The CIHT Awards celebrate the remarkable achievements of those working across the highways, transportation and infrastructure sector. In what is a real indication of the standard of work going on, the calibre of entries this year has once again been outstanding.”
“There are some truly inspiring projects that have been featured in this year’s awards and we wish to congratulate not just the winners but also all those who made our extremely competitive shortlist this year.”
The winners were:
CIHT / Kier Transportation Professional Award
• Raymond Pau, Executive Director at AECOM Asia Company Limited
CIHT Creating Better Places Award
• Ryde Transport Hub – Ringway Island Roads, Ringway Infrastructure Services
CIHT / Winvic Sustainability Award
• Lambeth School Streets and School Streets Plus – Lambeth Council
CIHT Research Award
• TfL Lamp Column Testing Methodology – Transport for London
CIHT / Ringway Decarbonisation Award
• Regenerative Propulsion in the Doha Metro: Kinetic Energy to Electrical Energy – Qatar Rail
CIHT Product of the Year
• Hydroraft – Smartraft Ltd, Ringway, Surrey County Council
CIHT / Brightly Software Technology and Digital Transformation Award
• Innovative sensor-based digital solution driving decarbonisation and safety in temporary traffic management – HW Martin (Traffic Management) Ltd, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Fewzed, Virtus
CIHT Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award
• Industry Trailblazer for Equality Diversity and Inclusion – Brighton & Hove Buses
CIHT Resilience Award
• Mapping Transport Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in Birmingham and West Midlands – University of Birmingham, West Midlands Combined Authority
CIHT Infrastructure Award
• Belfast Grand Central Station – Translink
CIHT / WJ Road Safety Award
• IMPACT: The Centre for Post-collision Research, Innovation and Translation at the Devon Air Ambulance – Vision Zero South West, The Road Safety Trust
CIHT Team of the Year Award
• Access to Didcot Garden Town – AECOM, Oxfordshire County Council
CIHT Health and Safety at Work Award
• People & Plant Interface – Eliminating On-Site Collisions Using Safety Shield AI human Detection Technology & Emergency Autobrake Assist – Eurovia Surfacing, Safety Shield Global, BOMAG-FAYAT Group
CIHT AtkinsRéalis Collaboration Award
• Buses and Businesses Against Abuse – Stagecoach East, Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Cambridge and Peterborough Rape Crisis Centre
Bus Centre of Excellence Awards 2025
Bus Centre of Excellence Person of the Year Award
• Paul Walker, Head of Passenger Transport at Portsmouth City Council
Bus Centre of Excellence Initiative Award
• Driving Innovation, Sustainability, and Community Engagement in Public Transport – Warrington’s Own Buses in partnership with Warrington Borough Council
