Industry recognition
Our reputation as an employer of choice, as a leader in delivering successful projects, and as a company with a strong focus on safety, we are continually recognised for our efforts and have received a wide variety of awards from across the industry.
2023 awards
- Construction News Workforce Awards: Health, Safety & Wellbeing Initiative of the Year, Excellence in Learning & Development, and Best Place to Work Contractor Award
- Rail Business Awards: Sustainability and Environmental Excellence award (Hope Valley Railway Upgrade)
- Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW) Awards: Infrastructure Award (REAL Alliance)
- Hartlepool College Awards - Electrical and Electronic Engineering Higher Education Student of the Year
- SHELT North West and Central and Eastern regions Awards: The Biodiversity Award (VolkerRailStory joint venture) and Occupational Health and Wellbeing Award (The East West Rail Alliance)
- Railway Mental Health Charter Awards: Best Front Line initiative Award
- This Can Happen Awards: Most Inspiring Mental Wellbeing Champion/Ally Award
- RoSPA Awards - Eighth consecutive RoSPA Gold Medal Award, RoSPA President’s Award for managing occupational road risk
2022 Awards
- Institute for Collaborative Working Awards: Collaborative Leadership (East West Rail Alliance)
- Green Apple Environmental Award: Transport, Freight and Highways Environmental Improvement Sector Award (East West Rail Alliance)
- Education Wise’s Rail Apprenticeship Awards: Mentor of the Year Award, the Above and Beyond Award, and the Apprentice of the Year Award
- RoSPA: Eleventh consecutive RoSPA Award
- Rail Business Awards: Highly commended - Infrastructure Project Excellence award - East West Rail Alliance
2021 Awards
- Global Light Rail Awards: Adrian Rowe - Employee of the Year
- Network Rail Awards: Silver Routes to Gold Award
- RoSPA: Gold Medal Fleet Safety Award and the President Award
- Doncaster Business Awards 2020/21: Excellence in People Development Award, and the Large Business of the Year Award
- ICE North West: Large Project of the Year Award - MPT Trafford Park Line
2020 Awards
- Global Light Rail Awards: Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award (MPT Trafford Park Line)
- BCIA Awards: Transport Project of the Year award, Health, the Safety and Wellbeing Initiative of the Year award, and the prestigious Project of the Year award (MPT Trafford Park Line)
- Women in Rail Awards: Inspirational Man of the Year Award - Simon Gallagher
- ROSPA: Ninth consecutive Gold Medal Fleet Safety award, and our seventh consecutive Gold Medal award
- British Safety Council: Sixth consecutive International Safety Award with Distinction
- Rail Business Awards: Sustainability and Environmental Excellence
- Doncaster Business Awards 2020: Green Business of the Year Award
2019 Awards
- International Safety Awards: Distinction
- RoSPA awards
- BRAKE Fleet Safety Award: Medium fleet
- Doncaster Business Awards
2018 awards
- Network Rail Partnership Awards: Best Project (Large) of 2017 - For projects valued over £50m: ECML Power Supply Upgrade - Rail Electrification Alliance (REAL)
- RoSPA: Gold Medal Award for Occupational Health and Safety Performance
- RoSPA: Gold Award for the Management of Occupational Road Risk