Awards 2018
Lancaster London
17 October 2018
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Judges

Representing all corners of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, our distinguished judging panel for the Highways Awards 2018 will be announced soon.

Chief Judge
Jonathan Pearson President of the Institute of Highway Engineers / Head of Programme Management at Ringway Jacobs

Jonathan Pearson is the current President of the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) and he works for Ringway Jacobs, the integrated highway services provider as their Head of Programme Management, based in Essex.

Jonathan has been a Fellow of the Institute since 2020 and has served on the IHE Council since June 2020.   He started his highways career in 2020 as a Bridges Technician on the West London Motorway and Trunk Road Maintenance Contract.  Jonathan has since worked for local highway authorities and also the private sector - predominantly in his home county of Norfolk as well as in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire. He was worked within various roles, specialising in highway maintenance, asset and programme management.  Jonathan gained an MSc in in Civil Engineering in 2020 and is a Chartered Engineer. Jonathan attends All Party Parliamentary Group for Highways meetings and supports the IHE as a Professional Reviewer.  Jonathan was instrumental in the establishment of the IHE’s experiential route to Chartered Engineers which was launched in 2020 and is committed to raising the profile of the Institute and improving collaboration across PEI’s for the mutual benefits of their membership and the wider industry.

Graham Edmond Head of Sustainable Engineering - BSc CEng MICE Transport Scotland

Graham is a Chartered Civil Engineer and a graduate of Heriot Watt University.  Graduating in 2020 he joined Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Partners as a Graduate Engineer. Moving to the Scottish Office in 2020 Graham worked in a number of positions including an Area Manager in various roles around Scotland and the project manager for the planning stages of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route and procurement of the M74 Completion scheme in Glasgow.  Returning to maintenance in 2020 as Head of Network Maintenance, Graham was responsible for the day to day maintenance of the 3,500 km of trunk roads in Scotland including managing the trunk road operating companies and DBFO companies.  Moving to Transport Scotland’s Major Projects in 2020 Graham acted as Head of Construction for responsible for the programme of the construction new trunk road projects in Scotland.  This includes the Aberdeen Western Peripheral/Balmedie-Tipperty project, the M8 M73 and M74 project, the A96 Inveramsay Bridge improvement and the A9 Kincraig to Dalraddy improvement as part of the A9 dualling programme.  As a short period managing Transport Scotland’s Smarter Workplace programme, Graham currently leads the team responsible for climate change adaptation and sustainable and environment engineering including flooding and noise.

Graham is an active participants in a number of research projects including the European wide CLIMSAVE and Impressions Projects and is also responsible for the adaptation of the trunk road network to cope with the effects of climate change and has steered a sustainability review for Transport Scotland including the development of a carbon management system. 

Graham has been on the judging panel for a number of annual awards including the Ground Engineering Magazine Annual Awards and VIBES Scottish Environment Business Awards.  Graham regularly presents to local and national conferences and is currently the Junior Vice Chairman of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Scotland.

Kevin Monaghan Divisional Roads Manager Department for Infrastructure, Eastern Division

With over 30 years experience in highways and transportation, Kevin is Divisional Roads Manager in the Department for Infrastructure, Northern Ireland. Based in Eastern Division, he is responsible for roads and transportation infrastructure in the most heavily populated and trafficked region of Northern Ireland, including the cities of Belfast and Lisburn.  He leads Client operations in the development and maintenance of the transportation network, working closely with the Minister for Infrastructure, the Northern Ireland Executive and Councils, in the delivery of a wide programme of major improvement and transportation schemes.  He is responsible for delivery of the planned £150M York Street Interchange and the £90M Belfast Rapid Transit project, which is currently under construction.   His areas of expertise include the delivery of strategic highway improvements, traffic control and management, rapid transit, highways maintenance, winter service operations and development control.

Kevin has an honours degree in Civil Engineering and an MBA from the Ulster University.  He is also a Chartered Civil Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation.

Specialist Judge
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Mike Ashworth ADEPT and Derbyshire CC
Nicola Debnam Director, Asset Development, Safety, Engineering and Standards Highways England

Nicola began her career on a training programme with Strathclyde Regional Council, studying for a HNC in Civil Engineering. In 2020, Nicola completed an MSc in Transport Planning & Engineering and has been involved in a wide variety of roles since then, including Head of Local Infrastructure and Street Management at Cambridgeshire County Council and Director of Highways and Transport at West Sussex. Nicola’s current role is Asset Development Director at Highways England responsible for all aspects of asset management, technical advice and approval.

Richard Morgan Head of Planning, Asset Management & Standards Network Management Division, Transport, Department for Economy & Infrastructure, Welsh Government
Specialist Judge
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Suzy Charman Road Safety Foundation
Wayne Duerden Head of Traffic Engineering & Traffic Signs Policy, BEng, CEng, MICE, FCIHT, HonFIHE Traffic and Technology Division, Department for Transport

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