Awards

Best Project – Large: Brooke House, Frame Engineers Ltd

Brooke House is the first new-build women’s only social housing development in the UK. This meaningful development is a 100% social rented product that provides 102 genuinely affordable, socially rented flats to women.

It is an inclusive new 15-storey residential redevelopment in Acton, designed by GRID Architects for Women’s Pioneer Housing (WPH) in partnership with L&Q.

The scheme replaces an outdated estate of 39 flats with accessible, energy efficient and future-focused housing designed around long-term wellbeing, independence and community.

The project responds directly to the specific needs of single women in London, many of whom face housing insecurity and barriers to accessing affordable accommodation and increases density to help with Ealing Council’s extensive social housing waitlist.

Developed through close consultation with residents, Brooke House significantly improves living standards, providing larger dual-aspect homes that meet contemporary space standards while supporting residents as their needs evolve over time. Ten homes are fully wheelchair accessible, complemented by step-free access, lifts and dedicated mobility scooter storage.

The architectural response balances density with sensitivity to context. A 15-storey central element is flanked by lower wings that respond to the surrounding townscape and mature landscape setting. The design evolved through a series of spatial, environmental and access constraints, transforming a restricted urban site into a landscape led residential community.

Best Project – Large: Colindale Station Redevelopment (CSR), Morgan Sindall Infrastructure

The Colindale Station Redevelopment (CSR) is a landmark achievement by Morgan Sindall Infrastructure (MSI) for Transport for London (TfL), transforming one of the Northern line's most constrained and inaccessible stations into a modern, step-free transport gateway that is already changing lives and unlocking regeneration.

Located on the Edgware branch, Colindale Station had long suffered from congestion, poor accessibility and restricted passenger flow which had become entrenched problems, made worse by rapid local housing growth. CSR tackled all of this head-on.

The outdated station was replaced entirely with a bold new facility built directly above the operational railway. This ingenious approach simultaneously freed land on both sides of the tracks to support housing development, in direct alignment with the Mayor of London's Transport Strategy.

The result is a station that works for everyone with full step-free access from street to platform, an expanded ticket hall, improved circulation routes, and a distinctive curved glulam roof inspired by the historic Hendon Aerodrome. Blue and green roofs enhance biodiversity and manage surface water, reflecting the ambition to build infrastructure that gives back to its environment.

Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) starting in 2020 was decisive. MSI, AtkinsRéalis, TfL and the supply chain refined the design together, engineered out risk, and developed 20 value engineering proposals worth £4.5m in savings.

Best Project – Large: Sadler’s Wells East, Kilnbridge

Sadler’s Wells East is the cultural centrepiece of Stratford Waterfront, forming part of the new creative district alongside V&A East and the BBC’s new orchestral facility. As the final and most structurally advanced building in this transformative cluster, the project stands as a landmark achievement in engineering, construction delivery and cultural placemaking.

Kilnbridge was appointed by the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) to deliver one of the most complex construction scopes within the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park redevelopment.

The works encompassed highly intricate concrete and structural steel packages, post-tensioned reinforced concrete, acoustic-sensitive M&E interfaces and architecturally significant finishes.

Every element demanded extraordinary precision, from suspended brickwork and steel assemblies to vibration-controlled structural systems and sculptural concrete designed as functional art.

Between 2024 and 2025, the project reached its most challenging phase, defined by intense coordination and technical ingenuity.

Kilnbridge’s in-house design, engineering and fabrication teams delivered bespoke solutions including lighting bridges, lighting purchase steelwork, curved concrete seating, audience stair structures and seamless interfaces with Jezet Seating’s collapsible mechanisms.

A defining engineering achievement was the installation of two 26-tonne proscenium trusses - fabricated in Scotland and delivered under police escort - which were lifted using a climbing construction methodology that synchronised the steel erection with the casting of supporting concrete.

This innovative approach ensured accuracy within the theatre's constrained geometry while maintaining programme continuity.

Best Project – Large: Shortlands AfA (Access for All) Scheme, INVVU Construction Consultants

The Shortlands Station AfA scheme delivered a transformative upgrade to a historic Victorian station in the London Borough of Bromley, providing fully step-free access to all platforms while sensitively integrating modern infrastructure within a constrained operational railway and conservation area setting.

Delivered by BAM Nuttall for Network Rail as part of the Department for Transport’s Access for All programme, the scheme forms part of a wider initiative to improve accessibility and inclusivity across the UK rail network.

INVVU acted as multidisciplinary lead designer throughout the project, delivering architectural, civil, drainage, structural and geotechnical design services alongside overall design and survey management.

INVVU also fulfilled CRE-D roles for Civils & Structures and Architecture, delivered ES4 Form A and ES5 Form B permanent works designs, Form C temporary works designs for cranes and excavation support systems, and internal Category 2 structural checking services.

INVVU commenced design development in July 2022 following project award, with surveys and investigations undertaken throughout August and September 2022.

Design development and ES4 submissions progressed through late 2022 and early 2023, followed by ES5 detailed design, multidisciplinary coordination and construction support throughout 2023 and 2024.

Construction commenced in January 2024, with the completed scheme opening to passengers in April 2025.

The station remained operational throughout construction, requiring careful staging and stakeholder coordination to minimise disruption to passengers and train services.

Best Project – Small: Barnes Bridge, Southern Renewals Enterprise

The Barnes Bridge project comprised two major phases of strengthening and renewal works to a Grade II listed rail bridge crossing the River Thames in London.

The project required exceptional coordination, engineering innovation and stakeholder engagement due to its heritage status, constrained access and operational importance to the rail network.

Phase 1 was delivered during a six-day blockade in July 2024 under an extremely accelerated programme. Prior to the blockade, underslung access scaffolding was installed using rope access techniques.

During 24/7 working within the blockade, fatigued hanger plates at the midspan cross girders were replaced using temporary propping, and pin retention systems were installed. These works successfully removed a long-standing 20mph speed restriction and restored safe operation of the structure to RA4.

Phase 2 was delivered during a nine-day blockade in August 2025 and represented a significant increase in structural capacity. Full underslung access scaffolding was assembled across the bridge via a barge during tidal and navigational windows, and a propping system was installed.

Both phases were delivered entirely within the blockade, with no overrun, no major incidents and no snagging, while also integrating seamlessly with parallel works such as timber replacement and GRP deck installation, generating cost efficiencies for Network Rail.

Significant commercial savings were achieved through modular temporary works, 24/7 working and efficient utilisation of barges and marine resources.

Best Project – Small: Crystal Palace Subway Restoration Project, The Morton Partnership

The Crystal Palace Subway restoration project transformed a severely deteriorated Grade II* listed structure into a vibrant cultural venue and returned one of the most significant surviving fragments of the Crystal Palace complex to sustainable public use.

Constructed in 1863, the Subway formed part of a grand arrival sequence linking the High-Level railway station with the Crystal Palace itself.

Visitors passed through a dramatic subterranean vaulted area beneath Crystal Palace Parade before emerging into a sunken courtyard beneath a glazed roof. From this courtyard, four monumental staircases, fitted with huge sliding doors, led directly into the Palace above.

Although the Subway survived the catastrophic fire that destroyed the Crystal Palace in 1936, the loss of its original function left it redundant.

Despite its listing in 1972, the structure deteriorated steadily over subsequent decades, becoming inaccessible, structurally unstable, and increasingly vulnerable to vandalism and water damage.

The project stabilised and repaired the historic brickwork, reconstructing the missing parapet walls and courtyard north retaining wall, repaired and rebuilt the four staircases, recreated the historic sliding doors, and reinstated the stone paving.

A new single-span glazed roof was installed, together with drainage, and the new lighting and electrical infrastructure necessary to support public use.

Best Project – Small: Juniper Pocket Park, Civic

Juniper Pocket Park, Walthamstow, is a small-scale urban public realm regeneration and SuDS retrofit at the junction of Hoe Street and First Avenue within a dense town-centre environment.

In 2023, Waltham Forest Council commissioned the design team to come up with ideas on how to improve the Pocket Park at the junction of First Avenue and Hoe Street.

A team was established, including Civic (SuDS and civil design), Root and Erect (public realm design), Meristem Design (planting and SuDS delivery), and Riney Contractors (construction).

The London Borough of Waltham Forest, as client, ensured alignment with wider regeneration and greening objectives as part of the UK Government funded programme for Walthamstow Town Centre, unlocking its potential as an inclusive, safe, and welcoming destination.

The project addressed a constrained, heavily paved site with localised flooding that repeatedly affected an adjacent café.

The project replaces reliance on this conventional drainage with integrated rain gardens positioned along the former drainage line, directly intercepting runoff before it can accumulate and cause property flooding.

These features capture runoff from surrounding hard surfaces, providing source control, conveyance, temporary storage and treatment through vegetated soil systems.

Best Project – Small: The Greenside Rain Garden, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Council

The Greenside rain gardens in Hammersmith & Fulham are an innovative, community-led scheme that has transformed a flood-prone residential street into a vibrant, climate resilient and people focused space.

Triggered by severe property flooding during the July 2021 rainfall event, alongside ongoing concerns around antisocial behaviour, the project set out to deliver a holistic solution that would address environmental challenges while improving quality of life for residents.

The primary objectives were to reduce surface water flood risk, enhance the public realm, and create a safer, more inclusive street environment. A key ambition was to demonstrate how a highway infrastructure project can contribute to climate adaptation while delivering wider social and educational benefits.

The project scope included the redesign of a section of Westville Road into a pedestrian priority space, centred around the integration of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS).

At the heart of the scheme are three large raingardens, that captures, filters and gradually releases rainwater.

These features significantly improve drainage capacity while supporting urban greening and biodiversity.

A defining feature of the project is its collaborative approach. Residents, community groups, and Greenside Primary School pupils were actively involved in the design process.

Year 5 pupils created designs for the space following hands-on learning about climate change and SuDS, highway design and engineering, directly shaping the scheme.

Residents, parents and guardians and school pupils participated in planting and requested to re-name the space, fostering a strong sense of ownership and long-term stewardship.

Best project – Asset Resilience: Thames Path at Kew, Tony Gee and Partners LLP

The Thames Path at Kew is a high-profile public route along the river, heavily used by residents, commuters, walkers, and cyclists, adjacent to the Royal Botanic Gardens. The project arose following the collapse of a section of towpath, creating an immediate public safety risk, preventing access to all users.

The project objectives were to:

• restore public access between Richmond and Kew
• reopen the route as quickly as possible
• stabilise the towpath embankment and extend the asset life
• deliver a solution that respected the site’s heritage and character, enhance accessibility, and protect the surrounding ecology

The scope included emergency assessment works, investigation of the failure, evaluation of different repair options, stakeholder engagement (Port of London Authority, Environment Agency, Crown Estate), detailed design, and construction of a new towpath.

A defining feature of this project was the need to deliver a robust and safe design solution in a complex hydraulic arrangement between the Thames and its flood plain beyond the towpath embankment, with extremely limited access.

The towpath and assets date back to the 1700s and have undergone numerous undocumented modifications over time. The project approach integrated historic infrastructure while developing a constructible and resilient solution.

The design introduced a carefully considered engineered solution that allowed water to safely and efficiently reach the floodplain at a controlled location.

By doing so, it reduced the volume of uncontrolled overtopping on more sensitive stretches of the towpath, and subsequent damage.

Best Project – Asset Resilience: Wimbledon Asset Replacement, Mott MacDonald

Wimbledon Asset Replacement is a major intervention within a live 400 kV and 275 kV transmission substation forming part of London’s critical electricity infrastructure.

The project’s objective was to strengthen long-term asset resilience by upgrading and modifying existing infrastructure while maintaining safe, reliable network operation and enabling future demand growth.

Delivery took place within a highly constrained brownfield environment, with complex interfaces between legacy high-voltage plant, new equipment, civil and structural works, cable systems, protection and control, third-party services and outage-led commissioning constraints.

A central challenge was not simply installing new assets, but preserving, protecting and enhancing an operational site where access, safety and outage availability directly shaped design and programme decisions.

Asset resilience was achieved through informed retention and targeted upgrade. Existing foundations, equipment and interfaces were surveyed, assessed and challenged against current technical and operational requirements.

Where assets remained serviceable, they were retained and integrated into the new configuration; where limitations were identified, focused upgrades were implemented to improve maintainability, access, electrical performance and future operability.

This approach extended the useful life of the asset while protecting embodied value and reducing vulnerability to operational, environmental and interface-related risks.

Best Project – Innovation: Copthall Tunnel, Kilnbridge

Between January 2025 and January 2026, Kilnbridge delivered the reinforced concrete works for the 880-metre Copthall Tunnel, a critical green tunnel forming the structural link between the Northolt Tunnel and the Colne Valley Viaduct on HS2 Phase One.

The project represents one of the most technically demanding reinforced concrete programmes within the HS2 London works and stands as a defining example of innovation, collaboration and delivery excellence at scale.

The tunnel’s geometry – 14 metres wide, 11 metres high, with heavily reinforced 1.3-metre-thick walls and 1.5-metre slabs – required exceptional precision and uninterrupted productivity.

Over the delivery period, Kilnbridge placed more than 70,000m³ of concrete and installed over 40,000 tonnes of reinforcement, maintaining consistent tolerances and high-quality finishes across the full alignment. Five natural ventilation RC openings were also installed up to 15-metres high.

A central innovation was the design and deployment of bespoke roof and wall traveller systems – a first-of-their-kind application in the UK and done in strict collaboration with PERI Formwork.

These production-line systems enabled the tunnel’s walls, and subsequently, roof to be cast, significantly accelerating programme delivery while reducing materials usage and crane dependency and improving safety, quality and environmental performance.

This approach transformed tunnel box construction from a sequential process into a continuous, repeatable operation.

Best Project – Innovation: Fortnum and Mason Double Helix Staircase, Ramboll

Fortnum and Mason is an iconic London landmark. In December 2023, ‘Project Helix’ was launched, to redefine the store’s internal circulation by installing a three-storey, double-helix staircase, a structural marvel that blends Da Vinci-inspired geometry with 21st-century precision engineering.

The primary objective was to resolve a century-old logistical challenge. The existing 2024 circulation relied on a single-flight staircase linking only one floor which restricted customer flow. The new staircase creates two independent, interlocking flights, linking three floors.

The challenge was to construct the staircase in the centre of Fortnum & Mason, while the store was still occupied. Working day and night, the team constructed the staircase within AN immaculately camouflaged hoarding in just 10 months (January 2025 - October 2025). This is shopfitting at its best – hidden in plain sight.

The project is defined by its surgical engineering approach - the team utilised a digital workflow.

First, high-resolution 3D laser scanning created a digital twin of the existing historic fabric. The structural elements were modelled to the nearest millimetre.

The proposed helix stair was then integrated into the existing structure, including the structural steel, the services strategy and the architectural features. A particular challenge was the curve of the bespoke stair stringers, requiring parametric modelling.

Best Project – Innovation: Gallows Corner Flyover Refurbishment Project, Costain Ltd

The Gallows Corner Flyover project represents a landmark achievement delivered through exemplary collaboration and innovation between Costain as the principal contractor and highways designer, Pell Frischmann as bridge designer and the client, Transport for London.

A critical artery within London’s highway network, the structure provides essential connectivity, reduces congestion and supports the local economy.

Originally constructed in the 1970s as a temporary structure, the 13-span curved and superelevated flyover and surrounding road network no longer met modern design or performance standards.

Upon confirmation of Department for Transport funding, major structural works to replace the flyover started in March 2025, with completion due by mid-2026. By reusing the existing piled foundations, the refurbished flyover secures an additional 60-year lifespan, while all new components are configured for a design life of 120 years.

The project team overcame a wide range of challenges, including the need to design and construct around a strategic cast iron water main located underneath the structural alignment and to reuse existing foundations that were already operating near capacity.

Additional challenges included a substandard VRS protecting the trestles, constrained lane widths, and complex vertical and horizontal alignments.

These issues were further compounded by the requirement for multiple Departures from Standards (DfS) as well as interface conflicts between bridge and water main diversion activities.

In response, the team implemented a series of innovative solutions that not only overcame these constraints but also reduced the number of required departures, resulting in a safer, more efficient, and more sustainable outcome, with significant carbon reduction.

Best Project – Innovation: HS2 Copthall Tunnel, Arup, TYPSA, STRABAG JV

The High Speed Two (HS2) Phase One railway in Ickenham, north-west London, was originally conceived as a 1km long cutting, over 20m deep, with the track supported on a piled reinforced concrete slab throughout its length.

With an excavation over 230m wide at its crest, this would have created a prominent feature in a sensitive environmental location. However, realising the opportunity to improve the scheme, the team challenged the reference design and changed the cutting to an 880m long green cut-and-cover tunnel.

Adopting a landscape-led solution, this reinstated the landscape over the railway, thus benefiting the local community and the environment with the creation of new biodiverse ecological habitat, natural connectivity across the railway, improved visual appearance and reduced noise levels.

A cut-and-cover tunnel also provided the opportunity for the use of site-won tunnel boring machine (TBM) arisings from the construction of the nearby Northolt Tunnel as fill above and around the tunnel structure.

These arisings would typically have been considered a waste, incurring high disposal and transport costs with a significant carbon footprint.

This approach also departed from conventional construction, where to ensure material certainty in a critical area, a fill to the structure would typically consist of a high-quality quarry-run selected granular material.

Best Project – Sustainability: Gallows Corner Flyover Refurbishment Project, Costain Ltd

The Gallows Corner Flyover project represents a landmark achievement delivered through exemplary collaboration and innovation between Costain as the principal contractor and highways designer, Pell Frischmann as bridge designer and the client, Transport for London.

A critical artery within London’s highway network, the structure provides essential connectivity, reduces congestion and supports the local economy.

Originally constructed in the 1970s as a temporary structure, the 13-span curved and superelevated flyover and surrounding road network no longer met modern design or performance standards.

Upon confirmation of Department for Transport funding, major structural works to replace the flyover started in March 2025, with completion due by mid-2026.

By reusing the existing piled foundations, the refurbished flyover secures an additional 60-year lifespan, while all new components are configured for a design life of 120 years.

The concept design was developed in 2023, with the detailed design and build contract starting in 2024.

While onsite works started in 2025 upon confirmation of Dft funding, the project scope has since expanded beyond the initial flyover replacement.

The broader highways scope now includes modifications to roundabout geometry and lane alignments, a comprehensive upgrade of vehicle restraint systems (VRS) and widespread drainage, streetlighting, signage and pavement.

Pedestrian infrastructure is also being enhanced by new crossings.

The Gallows Corner Flyover refurbishment demonstrates how early collaboration and disciplined carbon management can transform infrastructure delivery.

Although not a contractual requirement, PAS 2080 principles were embedded from project conception by identifying carbon hotspots and applying an ‘Avoid, Switch, Improve’ hierarchy to drive measurable change.

Through design for manufacture (DfMA), standardisation and local sourcing, the project achieved a 37% embodied carbon reduction in the deck and saved 2,954 tCO2e by refurbishing rather than rebuilding.

This approach improved safety, quality and programme certainty, while delivering significant cost savings. It exemplifies a scalable model for lower-carbon bridge refurbishment across the UK.

Best Project – Sustainability: HS2 Copthall Tunnel, Arup, TYPSA, STRABAG JV

Located in Ickenham, north-west London, the HS2 Copthall Tunnel represents an exemplary piece of sustainable engineering.

It combines environmental and societal benefits alongside substantial cost and carbon savings: together with the reduction of offsite soil disposal and innovative reuse of site won material to deliver a holistic landscape-led design which complements its natural surroundings.

The scheme’s reference design, incorporated in the HS2 Hybrid Bill and given Royal Assent in 2017, passed the mainline through a 1km long, over 20m deep and up to 230m wide cutting.

Generating over two million tonnes of spoil during construction, this cutting would have created a prominent permanent feature in a sensitive environmental location, with a visual and physical effect on the local community and ecology due to the removal of ecological habitat, increased noise and physical segregation.

Realising the opportunity to improve the scheme, the team challenged the reference design in late 2018, and after detailed assessment, changed the cutting to an 880m long green cut-and-cover tunnel.

This reinstated the landscape over the railway, thereby benefiting the local community and the environment with the creation of biodiverse ecological habitat, natural north-south connectivity across the railway, improved visual appearance, reduced noise levels, and the creation of accessible space.

A cut-and-cover tunnel also provided the opportunity for use of site-won tunnel boring machine arisings from the construction of the Northolt Tunnel below central London.

With 770,000m3 of arisings and 146,000m3 of site won clay used as fill above and around the tunnel structure, this enabled an 80% reduction in piled foundations, and made use of materials that otherwise would have been considered as waste and sent to landfill, incurring high transport and disposal costs with a significant carbon footprint.

Copthall Tunnel is also HS2’s longest naturally ventilated tunnel. This was achieved through sophisticated numerical analysis to demonstrate that openings in the tunnel roof would not affect train aerodynamics, and that in the case of a fire inside the tunnel, smoke could be naturally ventilated from the tunnel to allow passengers to evacuate.

Thus, without mechanical ventilation, operational carbon emissions are reduced as well as capital, operational and maintenance costs.

Best Project – Sustainability:

The Richmond Cycle Hub is a landmark sustainable transport infrastructure project delivered at Richmond (London) Station for South Western Railway (SWR).

Completed in October 2025, the scheme provides a modern, secure and highly sustainable cycle parking facility that promotes integrated active and public transport whilst enhancing the wider station environment and public realm.

Originally developed through the Department for Transport’s Cycle Rail funding initiative, the project sought to significantly increase cycle parking capacity whilst maintaining operational railway functionality and minimising impacts on the existing station car park.

The completed facility increased secure cycle parking provision from 172 spaces to 790 spaces within a compact constrained footprint, encouraging long-term modal shift away from private car use towards integrated cycling and electrified rail travel.

Invvu Construction Consultants acted as multidisciplinary lead designer for the scheme, undertaking Architectural, Civils, Structural, Geotechnical and M&E detailed design together with CEM and CRE-D responsibilities for Architecture, Civils & Structures and M&E.

Invvu also managed surveys and stakeholder interfaces, undertook Category 2 internal checking roles and delivered temporary works designs for MEWP and mobile crane operations and construction adjacent to the live operational railway.

A highly efficient lightweight steel-framed structure was developed with Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) floor systems, achieving substantial dead load reductions compared with traditional concrete floor construction.

This enabled the elimination of piling works entirely, significantly reducing embodied carbon, material usage, noise, vibration and spoil generation during construction.

Additional sustainability measures included solar PV integration, intelligent lighting controls, rainwater harvesting and installation of a green wall system.

Best Project – Sustainability: The Whale on the Wharf (Skyscraper), Thornton Tomasetti Ltd

As structural engineers we prioritise material efficiency, circular-economy principles, and embodied carbon reduction, in line with the commitments of UK Structural Engineers Declare.

The Whale on the Wharf (Skyscraper) exemplifies this ethos, turning waste into an artistic statement supported by a structure that shows how low-carbon materials and circular-economy thinking can reduce embodied carbon in real projects.

Five tonnes of ocean plastic, a novel biochar concrete (a UK first for permanent works) made from spent coffee grounds, and a fully reclaimed steel frame come together in a visible installation that supports the UK’s transition to net zero by 2050.

The Whale demanded engineering solutions at their most inventive. The 12 metre tall breaching whale sculpture stands in one of the deepest parts of the Canary Wharf dock, in more than five metres of water, directly above underground tunnels and beside Grade I listed dock walls.

Through close collaboration across the entire project team, the scheme drew on collective expertise to overcome technical challenges, meet sustainability, ambitions and ensure safe installation in its unique setting.

The 4.5 metre high upper frame, formed from reclaimed/repurposed steel sections, supports the sculpture above the waterline and transfers loads into a lower frame of reclaimed/repurposed steel plunge columns.

For the foundations, the team used large precast concrete manhole rings as permanent underwater caissons and sank them to the bearing stratum using their self weight, assisted by divers using hy draining and air lifting techniques to remove sediment around the bases.

The impact extends well beyond a single sculpture. The project delivers clear, measured embodied-carbon reductions in both concrete and steel and documents the diversion of waste streams that would otherwise contribute to greenhouse-gas emissions.

It also sets a benchmark for reimagining waste as a structural resource, showing how circular materials can be integrated into real-world construction under tight urban and regulatory constraints.

At the heart of one of the UK’s most high profile commercial districts, The Whale provides a powerful, accessible story about climate action.

It has also prompted low carbon strategies on much larger projects, both on the Canary Wharf estate and beyond, through external talks and collaborations that share the project’s methods and data.

Team of the Year - Colindale Station Redevelopment (CSR), Morgan Sindall Infrastructure

The Colindale Station Redevelopment (CSR) is proof of what an integrated, high-performing team can achieve and what becomes possible when a client, contractor, designer and supply chain genuinely work as one.

Delivered collaboratively by Morgan Sindall Infrastructure (MSI), Transport for London's London Underground, AtkinsRéalis and an integrated supply chain, CSR transforms a congested, inaccessible Northern line station into a modern, step-free transport hub that supports major regeneration and the Mayor of London's Transport Strategy.

The scheme replaced the outdated station entirely with a new building constructed directly above the operational railway. Together, the team developed a layout that increases capacity, introduces full step-free access, and improves passenger circulation through a larger ticket hall, wider staircases and level boarding.

The station's architectural centrepiece, a curved glulam roof inspired by Hendon Aerodrome, emerged from joint design workshops, with the blue-and-green roof system shaped through combined engineering, sustainability and planning expertise.

Collaboration was central from the very start. Early Contractor Involvement began in 2020, with MSI, AtkinsRéalis and TfL jointly running optioneering, value engineering and constructability workshops that produced 20 proposals and £4.5m in savings.

The redesign of the station superstructure to span fully across the running lines, eliminating intermediate supports entirely, required structural, operational and assurance expertise from across the whole partnership.

The glulam roof installation, pilecap volume reductions of 15%, and delivery of 34 bored piles during the Easter 2024 blockade were all made possible through tightly coordinated, multi-organisation working.

The team's most celebrated achievement, the first ever daytime concrete deck pour over a live London Underground railway, was a product of that culture: jointly designed, jointly risk-managed, and jointly delivered.

PAS2080-aligned carbon management has delivered a 16% whole-life carbon reduction and 36% reduction in operational energy-related emissions while social value delivered to date exceeds £6.9m through digital inclusion sessions, youth engagement, Ramadan outreach, foodbank collections and the establishment of a new Debt Advice Room at the Colindale Community Trust.

The collective efforts of the CSR team have generated tangible wider and community benefits.

Team of the Year - HS2

The HS2 C2 and C3 sections form a major part of Phase One of the UK’s High Speed 2 (HS2) railway programme, covering approximately 80 km between the north portal of the Chiltern Tunnels and the south portal of the Long Itchington Wood Green Tunnel, linking London and Birmingham.

Delivered through the Central Main Works Civils Contracts (MWCC), the project is being undertaken by EKFB, with TYPSA appointed to provide detailed design and construction support services across several key assets and work packages.

The project traverses predominantly rural areas and includes a wide range of complex infrastructure, such as embankments, cuttings, culverts, viaducts, overbridges, green tunnels, drainage systems and highway diversions.

Key features include the Wendover Green Tunnel, Edgcote Viaduct, River Itchen Viaduct and multiple earthworks and culvert packages.

The project has also incorporated advanced digital engineering practices, including BIM integration, 3D geological modelling and as-built digital records.

The primary objective of the project was to support the safe, efficient and sustainable delivery of permanent works during construction while maintaining compliance with HS2 technical standards, environmental commitments and engineering assurance requirements.

TYPSA’s multidisciplinary team provided technical leadership across geotechnics, structures, highways, drainage, environmental integration, landscape, MEP and systems safety disciplines.

A key challenge throughout the programme has been managing construction-stage design changes within tight delivery timeframes while maintaining technical assurance and configuration control.

This included responding to Short Notice Changes (SNCs), Technical Queries (TQs), Field Change Requests (FCRs), Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), temporary works integration and plant/material approvals.

The team also supported geotechnical risk management, instrumentation and monitoring interpretation, shop drawing reviews and redline management for IFC drawings.

Rising Star of the Year - Daniel Gonzalo Perez Herreros, TYPSA

Daniel’s experience spans concept design, detailed design and construction support, giving him a broad and well-rounded perspective on engineering.

He combines strong technical capability with an appreciation for architecture, sustainability, functionality, buildability and the wider social value of infrastructure.

Whether working on small pedestrian bridges with constrained budgets or major infrastructure schemes, he approaches each project with the same level of care, always seeking solutions that are technically robust, efficient and sensitive to their surroundings.

Rising Star of the Year - Katie Nicoll, MottMacDonald

Katie consistently goes beyond her day-to-day role, demonstrating innovation, leadership, integrity, and a genuine commitment to inclusive civil engineering practice.

Through her Innovation Early Career Professional (ECP) role Katie promotes innovation within Civil Engineering, leading 17 ‘challenge chats’, engaging 205 staff and capturing 57 project inefficiencies, directly informing technical excellence activities.

Katie led in-person innovation workshops to identify and solve issues in ground investigation and design efficiency.

The workshops generated valuable discussion and colleagues now regularly approach Katie to discuss project and technical delivery inefficiencies.

Rising Star of the Year - Patrick Bainbridge, TYPSA Limited

Patrick joined TYPSA as a graduate in September 2024 within the business development (BD) team, picking up where he left off after a 3-month summer placement with TYPSA whilst completing his MEng in Civil & Structural Engineering in 2023.

Upon rejoining, Patrick felt the UK and Ireland BD team lacked a system to capture tender and pipeline opportunities that aligned with the UK and Irish procurement structure.

In anticipation of the Procurement Act 2023 and the release of the UK National Infrastructure Pipeline, Patrick proactively developed a BD tool via a Power BI dashboard to improve strategic oversight.

Mentor of the Year - Giorgio Giuliani, COWI

Giorgio is proudly and humbly Fellow member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology (IMarEST).

The professional growth of his mentees and colleagues is his top priority on his daily job. He assiduously gives his support for developing their technical knowledge, skills and professional capabilities.

He identifies key learning opportunities align with each his mentee's career goals and project responsibilities.

He commits himself by attending some of these events and courses together with his trainees.

For example, the annual BGA Rankine lecture is a key appointment for a Geotechnical Engineer that cannot be missed from technical point of view but also from networking opportunities. Monthly he schedules a follow-up session to monitor trainees growth.

Mentor of the Year - Si Shen, Rendel

What makes Si exceptional is his ability to combine technical excellence with genuine human connection.

He is an outstanding engineer with deep expertise across major infrastructure and geotechnical projects, yet he remains approachable, patient, and fully invested in the success of others.

Si’s mentorship has directly contributed to the development of highly accomplished engineers.

One example is Arabel Vilas Serín, now a Chartered Principal Geotechnical and Tunnel Engineer with experience on globally significant infrastructure projects including HS2, Thames Tideway Tunnel, Melbourne Metro, and the Lower Thames Crossing.