Shortlist 2024

Active travel project of the year

  • Arup, Grimshaw, Alun Griffiths, Cass Hayward and Newport City Council - Newport Active Travel Bridge
  • BakerHicks and Balfour Beatty -  Tynybryn Active Travel Bridge
  • Beaver Bridges - Henley Gate
  • Cake Engineering and Beam Architects Bracklinn Falls Footbridge
  • Keltbray and Waterman Group -  Market Gate Bridge
  • Mace and Costain -  Chiverton Bridge
  • Milestone Infrastructure - Longthorpe Footbridge - Delivering Active Travel Infrastructure for Peterborough
  • Systra - Replacement of Existing Bridges on the Formartine and Buchan Way

Best new bridge concept design

  • Pramod Kumar Singh - Composite RCC Deck and Prestressed Parabolic Bottom Chord Underslung Open Web Steel Girder Bridge Superstructure 
  • Network Rail - Footbridges and Subways Design Manual 
  • One world Design Architects with Expedition Engineering and Beckett Rankine - The Cremorne (Diamond Jubilee) Footbridge

Bridge architect of the year

  • Beam Architects
  • Grimshaw
  • Weston Williamson + Partners

Bridge consultant of the year

  • Cake Engineering
  • Cass Hayward
  • Pell Frischmann
  • Ramboll
  • Rendel

Bridge contractor of the year

  • Balfour Beatty Vinci Joint Venture; SPMT Bridge Drive
  • Beaver Bridges
  • Briton Fabricators
  • Graham
  • Vinci Construction Grand Projets
  • VolkerLaser

Bridge engineer rising star

  • Michael Duvall - Hewson Consulting Engineers
  • Ashley Game - Ringway Jacobs
  • Callum Gillett - Ringway Jacobs
  • Katy Hodgson - Align JV
  • Andrus Kolossov - DYSE
  • Ioannis Koromilas - Rendel
  • Jerome Maitrier - Align JV
  • Sam Poulson - Ramboll
  • Helen Rowe - Kent County Council
  • Natalia Ximenes - Align JV

Bridge inspection project of the year

  • Aecom - 360 Camera Surveys   
  • Aecom - Gateshead Viaduct PI 23
  • Aecom - Keadby Bridge Inspection
  • Geocomp - Inspect with S-Lynks
  • Ramboll - Bermuda Swing Bridge

Bridge maintenance contractor of the year

  • Balvac
  • Goldhawk Bridge Restoration
  • ScaffFloat

Bridge management project of the year

  • Bam UK&I - King Edward Bridge CP6 PACE Phase 2  
  • Canal & River Trust - Asset Strategy for Bridges
  • Waldeck (on behalf of Waldeck, Network Rail, Nottingham Trent University, Birmingham City University) - Network Rail Panoptic Bridge Management Project

Bridge project team of the year

  • BakerHicks and Balfour Beatty
  • Balvac, National Highways, Amey
  • Bam Farrans Joint Venture
  • Beca (on behalf of the SH25a team: Beca, Tonkin+Taylor, Fulton Hogan, McConnell Dowell and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi)
  • C1-Align Integrated Project Team
  • Crouch Waterfall, Balfour Beatty Rail, Network Rail
  • Mott MacDonald Systra Design JV with Weston Williamson + Partners and Balfour Beatty Vinci JV
  • Skanska
  • Waldeck, Network Rail, Nottingham Trent Univerity, Birmingham City University

Historic bridge project of the year

  • AtkinsRéalis - Tintern Wireworks Bridge Refurbishment and Strengthening       
  • Bam UK&I- King Edward Bridge CP6 PACE Phase 2
  • Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, David Symonds Associates, Walsh Construction - Stanway Viaduct
  • Network Rail - Barmouth Viaduct Metallic Works
  • Pell Frischmann - Parkhead Viaduct Strengthening and Refurbishment
  • Spencer Bridge Engineering - Menai Bridge Emergency Works
  • Spencer Group - Union Chain Bridge Restoration
  • Staffordshire County Council and Amey - A513 Chetwynd Grade 2* Listed Bridge Refurbishment

Innovation in bridge inspection

  • Aecom - 360 Camera Surveys
  • Aecom - Gateshead Viaduct PI 23 
  • AtkinsRéalis National Highways Structures Moonshot 
  • Bam UK&I - King Edward Bridge CP6 PACE Phase 2 
  • Niricson and Arcadis Partnership - AI Enhanced Bridge Condition Data 
  • ProDroneWorx - Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Drone Technology to Inspect and Survey Foryd Bridge  
  • Ramboll - Bermuda Swing Bridge 
  • Waldeck (on behalf of Waldeck, Network Rail, Nottingham Trent University, Birmingham City University) - Network Rail Panoptic Bridge Management Project

Innovation in carbon reduction

  • EKFB (Eiffage-Kier-Ferrovial Construction-BAM Nuttall Joint Venture), ASC (Arcadis-Setec-COWI Joint Venture) and HS2 - Cutting Carbon in Landmark Bridge Design 
  • FJD Consulting - ICE Award Winning Capital Carbon Assessment Tool - Enhanced for Bridges 
  • Network Rail - FLOW Footbridge 
  • Tensar, Arcadis, EKFB, Geofem, Coffey Geotechnics - Design and Construction Carbon Reductions for HS2 Station Road Network Rail Overbridge with Polymer Geogrid Reinforced Soil Wall Abutments and Wingwalls on Shallow Foundations

Innovation in climate resilience

  • Arup, Griffiths and Welsh Government - A487 New Dyfi Bridge 
  • Bam Nutall Mott MacDonald JV - Apperley Lane Bridge 
  • The University of Salford and University of Manchester - Behaviour of Masonry Arch Bridges Subject to Flood Flow and Floating Debris Impact

International bridge project of the year

  • AKT II, KEO, IJP Architects - Dubai Creek Harbour Central Footbridge      
  • AtkinsRéalis, Galway City Council and Jons Civil EngineeringSalmon Weir Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge
  • Beam Architects - Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge Washington DC
  • Grimshaw, Entuitive and SBP Port Lands Bridges
  • Ramboll - Mumbai Trans Harbour Link Package 2
  • Sterling Presser Architects+Engineers - Requalification Pont du Lion, France
  • Sterling Presser Architects+Engineers - Taiyuan Park Bridge, China
  • ZheJiang Institute of Communications -  Innovative Technology of Wenzhou Oujiang River North Estuary Bridge, China

Rail bridge project of the year

  •  Align JV - HS2 - C1       
  • Arcadis - Buxton Road Railway Bridge Reconstruction
  • Crouch Waterfall, Balfour Beatty Rail, Network Rail - Nuneham Viaduct
  • EKFB JV (HS2) - Innovating for Modern Day Bridge Building in Britain
  • Network Rail - FLOW Footbridge
  • OTB Engineering, Alun Griffiths, Shotcrete Services, Powys County Council, Welsh Government and Network Rail - Machynlleth Rail Arch
  • Pell Frischmann -  Parkhead Viaduct Strengthening and Refurbishment
  • Story Contracting Limited - Ravenscraig Bridge
  • Vinci Construction Grands Projets - Systra - Precast Segmental Viaducts 

Road bridge project of the year

  • Alun Griffiths, Welsh Government and Arup - The A487 New Dyfi Bridge     
  • Bam Farrans Joint Venture - Herring Bridge
  • Graham - Beaulieu Parkway Project
  • Wills Bros Civil Engineering - A939 Gairnshiel Jubilee Bridge
  • Ymgynghoriaeth Gwynedd Consultancy - Pontydd Bodfel and Bodefail Bridges