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Entrants must prepare answers to the following questions;

• Describe how your scheme has used innovative or best in class design standards to boost mobility, improve the look and feel of a place or highway route and promote a safer, healthier environment for active travel.
• Please detail the project's impact using any statistics available from the lifecycle of the scheme (min. of 6 months). Please give particular focus to any increases in the number of cyclists and pedestrians in the area, any decrease in road congestion, any improvements in road safety and any economic benefits felt by the surrounding area.
• Please demonstrate how the scheme succeeded in achieving its business case and helped further net zero, road safety, and general place-based policies in the area. This could include enabling modal shift, a wider network of active travel, greater access to specific facilities by active travel, a wider change in road layout for a place and/or a change in network management for the area.

Nominators must prepare answers to the following questions;

• Describe how the apprentice's notable contribution has been made?
• What learning was required and explain their attitude and behaviour throughout the learning process?
• Please detail any obstacles they've faced and overcome?
• How has their training benefitted the team, the employer and the industry overall?

Entrants must prepare answers to the following questions;

• Outline the objectives of the ITS, software or innovative equipment solution
• Provide details of the challenges overcome while implementing the new technology
• Explain the benefits of the new technology to the road user and the community as a whole
• What has been the main impact of the new technology over the past 12 months and what are the future benefits to the highways industry?

Entrants must prepare answers to the following questions;

• What is the approach to sustainability within the organisation?
• Provide evidence of the tangible benefits of the initiative or product and the predicted benefits for the future including cost savings
• What were the challenges met in developing the initiative or product?
• Describe the process for monitoring the outcomes and details of the overall future impact on the environment

Entrants must prepare answers to the following questions;

• How has the organisation embedded health and wellbeing in the culture and policies? Provide evidence of this and the way in which positive lifestyle choices have been actively encouraged
• In what way, giving evidence, has the organisation communicated this health and wellbeing culture across their employee base and with the wider community?
• Describe, with quantitative and qualitative evidence, the impact and value that the organisation's health and wellbeing policies/initiatives have had on the performance of the business and wider community
• How has the organisations health and wellbeing policy supported employees in their career development, encouraged entrants into the highways sector and positively impacted the health and wellbeing of highways workers and/or the wider community?

Entrants must prepare answers to the following questions;

• Outline clearly the hierarchy of the partnership
• Outline the objectives of the partnership and how they have been measured to demonstrate delivery
• What are the benefits to the partnership in terms of improvements, in performance and in financial terms, both tangible and intangible?
• Give details of any obstacles and methods used to identify achievements required and the deliverable timescale
• Explain how the partnership may be developed further and what the long term benefits of the partnership are

Nominators must prepare answers to the following questions;

• What has been their biggest achievement and how has this benefitted the sector?
• Describe the work this person has done as part of a team or any collaboration with other organisations within the sector
• Describe why this person should be seen as a role model for others in the sector

Entrants must prepare answers to the following questions;

• Explain the previous problems, the obstacles which you overcame and as a result provide evidence of demonstrable and measurable improvements in service quality and cost efficiency
• Provide details of innovation in areas such as procurement, contract management, asset management or operational practice which have contributed to service improvement
• Describe areas where collaboration, partnership and wider stakeholder engagement have contributed to the improvements and any instances where procedure has changed throughout the company as a result. Supply any additional, non-financial benefits realised for the organisation, road users and the wider community
• Give details of the maintenance efficiency in terms of value for money and its success at meeting its objectives

Entrants must prepare answers to the following questions;

• What innovative measures were taken to achieve a particular goal or aim?
• Describe the range of challenges identified and techniques used to overcome them
• What is the quality and impact of the project on stakeholders, and contribution to the wider community and travelling public?
• Explain the overall environmental impact of the project

Nominators must prepare answers to the following questions;

• How has the individual shown leadership within a project or task related to wider community value? Provide evidence of this and the way in which it helped deliver a project or inspire others
• In what way, giving evidence, has the candidate’s work benefitted a local or wider community either within the highways sector or in society at large?
• Describe, with quantitative and qualitative evidence, the impact and value that the candidate’s work, knowledge, experience and creativity has had on the performance of schemes or projects that have benefitted the wider community
• Please provide a short statement on why you think the candidate on a personal level embodies the Michael Conway commitment to great people and great work

Entrants must prepare answers to the following questions;

• What are the safety benefits of the product and the contribution it makes towards the industry and its stake holders?
• Describe the depth of innovation included in the development of the product, including the challenges met and the obstacles/difficulties overcome
• What are the environmental benefits of the product and the contribution it makes towards the industry, its stakeholders and society?

Entrants must prepare answers to the following questions;

• What road safety issues required addressing and what challenges were overcome?
• Outline any contributing factors to the overall success of the scheme
• What are the impacts and benefits of the scheme on overall road safety in an area, city or town?
• Please describe what the value for money was for first year rate of return

Entrants must prepare answers to the following questions;

• What has been the impact of the initiative on safety across the last 12 months?
• Outline the unique aims of the initiative and its outcomes
• What is the role of the initiative within the company's / authority's corporate health and safety management plan?
• Details the steps taken to engage all stakeholders - including site staff, contractors and road users

Entrants must prepare answers to the following questions;

• Details the approach to the innovative element of the scheme and highlight the areas of best practice
• Explain the challenges met and objectives overcome
• What was the impact of the activity on the community locally or at large?
• Explain the approach taken to demonstrate the degree of collaborative working and stakeholder engagement

Nominators must prepare answers to the following questions;

• What were the aims and objectives of the team and how were they approached?
• Give details on the performance of the team and end results of their work
• Detail the innovative, proactive and exceptional work carried out by the team over and above the expectations
• What is the impact and lasting effect the work carries out has had on the organisation and the sector as a whole?

Entrants must prepare answers to the following questions;

• Outline the key improvements that have been made to the organisation's climate resilience or winter service. This could reference any or all of the following: winter gritting and highways resilience, extreme weather mitigation and adaptation or extreme weather preparation and impact recovery
• Provide evidence of tangible improvements that have been achieved in order to demonstrate the organisation's excellence in their services. For example, operational performance, sustainability, reducing environmental impacts, cost savings, higher customer satisfaction etc. and how this benefits the organisation
• What were the challenges met in developing the described improvements and how were they overcome innovatively?
• Show how these improvements link with the new NWSRG guidance, or wider best practice in climate change mitigation and adaptation, or disaster planning and recovery. Note: improvements do not need to have been implemented since the latest guidance was issued, but must relate to information contained within the latest guidance