Supporting and judging the Highways Awards is a privilege that reflects the RSMA’s commitment to raising standards and awareness across our sector. It’s an opportunity to recognise the innovation and dedication that keep our road networks safe and efficient for everyone. Being involved allows us to celebrate excellence, share knowledge, and champion the people and organisations who are driving our industry forward
Why you should enter the Highways Awards
Recognition
Exceptional work too often goes unnoticed outside the project team. The Highways Awards 2026 exist to change that.
Why enter?
- Recognition where it matters
- Differentiate your organisation
- Motivate your team
- Showcase innovation and best practice
- Build credibility with stakeholders
- Be part of the industry's story
Recognition where it matters
The Highways Awards are respected across the UK highways industry, attracting entries from local authorities, national bodies, contractors, consultants and suppliers. Being shortlisted or winning places your work in front of senior decision-makers, clients and peers who understand the complexity and value of what you deliver.
Differentiate your organisation
In a competitive marketplace, awards success helps you stand out. An entry gives you a powerful way to demonstrate quality, innovation and results. Simply put: shortlisted and winning projects help prove why your organisation should be trusted with future work.
Motivate your team
The key to every successful team is commitment. Entering the Highways Awards is a tangible way to recognise their hard work, boost morale and reinforce a culture of excellence. Even being shortlisted can have a lasting positive impact on recruitment, retention and internal pride.
Showcase innovation and best practice
The awards celebrate the ideas, technologies and approaches that are improving safety, sustainability, efficiency and user experience across the network. By entering, you contribute to sharing best practice across the sector and help raise standards for everyone.
Build credibility with stakeholders
For public and private sector organisations alike, awards recognition provides independent validation of outcomes, value for money and social impact. This is increasingly important when engaging with funders, partners, elected members and the public.
Be part of the industry’s story
The Highways Awards 2026 celebrate the teams, projects and collaborations shaping the future of the UK’s highways. By entering, you ensure your achievements are part of that story.
If you’re proud of what you, your team or your industry partners have delivered, now is the time to put it forward.
Tips from our Judges
- Help the judges: Support your submissions with evidence, data, images, references and testimonials wherever possible
- Highlight the impact: Include context and the metrics you used to measure your outcomes
- Write with clarity: Be concise by using bullet points and consider involving some of your bid writers in the process
- Little and often: Work-life is busy, you can save and come back to your entry at any time
- Enter all relevant categories: Submit entries for as many categories as possible (all free of charge)