General Criteria

Elegibility

Projects must meet the following criteria:

  1. The projects must be for rail, vehicle, pedestrian/cyclist crossings.
  2. Projects in the Design, Construction, New Life and International categories must relate to bridges that  opened to the public between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2024. For entries in the Management, Ethos and Sustainability categories, the project or initiative must have started within the same timeline.
  3. Projects must be for structure/structures located in the United Kingdom, except for the International Award, where suitable projects must be located outside the UK.
  4. The International Award is only open to UK-headquartered companies and the UK-based divisions of international firms that have made a significant contribution to the relevant overseas project.

 

Judging

The judging panel will be chaired by José María Sánchez de Muniáin, editor of Bridge design & engineering magazine, and will include independent experts from National Highways, Network Rail, Rochester Bridge Trust and Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust.

The judges will be given complete freedom in reaching their final decisions, but will take particular note of the following criteria:

  • fitness for purpose
  • environmental impact
  • carbon emissions reduction
  • value for money
  • quality of design and construction
  • successful cooperation between parties
  • innovation
  • appearance and harmony with the environment
  • efficient use of materials
  • safety
  • application of research and development results
  • benefit to the community
  • life-cycle costs

 

Checklist

Your entry should include the nomination statement: this should be in PDF format, 800 words maximum and no more than ten images. Payment by credit card will be required to finalise the process. See ‘How to enter’ for more details about content. Deadline for entry is 10 January 2025.