Success at the 2024 Highways Awards

September 25, 2024

Success at the 2024 Highways Awards

  • By Marlborough Highways

Marlborough Highways is thrilled to announce that Poppy Kennedy has won Apprentice of the Year at the 2024 Highways Awards. It is an outstanding achievement, and the company could not be prouder of Poppy for her hard work and dedication as their Social Value and Sustainability Apprentice. The Highways Awards are the benchmark for excellence in the industry, and Poppy’s win is a testament to her character and the support of her colleagues.

The ceremony and dinner took place at the Westminster Park Plaza in the heart of London, with broadcaster and journalist Clive Myrie presenting. Marlborough hosted a dedicated company table, with members of Hackney Council joining as honoured guests.

Marlborough was also delighted to be nominated in three other categories. Nick Reading, Head of Performance, Sustainability & Social Value, was shortlisted in the Michael Conway MBE Community Leaders award for his exceptional commitment to community values, while the company was a finalist in both the Active Travel and Street Design categories for a transformative project at Ridley Road Market in partnership with Hackney Council.

It was a wonderful evening that brought people together from across an amazing industry to celebrate in shared success.

Images

Main image left to right: Broadcaster, Clive Myrie; Poppy Kennedy, Marlborough Highways; Steve Spender, Institute of Highway Engineers (CEO).

Image gallery of Poppy Kennedy clockwise from top left: Taking part in a rubbish pick at Beckton Creekside in Newham; delivering a student workshop at the Edith Neville Primary School in Camden; donating IT equipment to Islington Council; attending a careers fair at the Sacred Heart of Mary Girls Secondary School in Havering; volunteering for the Hamelin Trust in Rochford; hosting a careers networking event at the Jo Richardson Community School in Barking and Dagenham.

“One of the things I value most is their very collaborative and transparent team culture. It makes a big difference to have a contractor that wants to work closely with us and is supportive and responsive. With Marlborough, I get a team who are attentive, work collaboratively and honestly with me and don’t lose focus on delivering first class communications and compliance.”
Carly Norris, Project Manager Operations, Hackney Council
“From the design stage, Marlborough has been fundamental in delivering the Broad Lane Square improvements scheme. During the works, not only did the team manage to keep to the programme, but they went the extra mile to ensure attention to detail and came up with innovative solutions to address issues encountered on site. My thanks on behalf of Haringey goes out to Marlborough for their dedication to deliver.”
Dana Rasheed, Project Manager, Haringey Council
“Working alongside our Term Service Contractor Marlborough Highways, we successfully completed renovations to the Crowstone Footbridge. The designs were provided by Marlborough, and the work was unique. The scheme was completed to budget and ahead of its programme duration.”
Neil Handley, Senior Engineer, Southend-on-Sea City Council
“I would like to thank you and your team for your efforts, the Marlborough crews were professional, courteous, and hard working all day and ensured the event went without a hitch. You and the team were a credit to the company, demonstrating commitment and support to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.”
Nick Davies, Specialist Services Manager, Barking and Dagenham Council
“I just wanted to say what a pleasure it has been to work with Marlborough Highways over the last six months. The quality of work is superb, and there has been some excellent collaboration between Milestone and Marlborough to complete, what at times, has been quite a challenging scheme. I hope to work with Marlborough on another project in the near future.”
Colin Hill, Schemes Manager, Milestone Infrastructure
“Marlborough worked with us in constructing a 1.3km cycle track. There were a number of technical difficulties to overcome, and their gifted foreman worked to propose some innovative solutions to the challenges we faced. The result is a facility that the locals are proud of, providing walkers and cyclists with alternative access to the hospital and nearby school. The scheme was a lot of hard work, but well worth it.”
Rob Venables, NEC Project Manager, Essex County Council
“Marlborough attracts people who take care and have pride in their work. Several gangs of Operatives worked tirelessly for six months to reconstruct drainage networks, lay more than 3km of high quality bespoke granite kerbs and granite channels blocks to ensure positive drainage. The technical compliance, attention to detail and level of quality finish along the entire carriageway was exceptional”.
Mark Chiverrell, Technical Director, Project Centre
“We saw huge benefits in appointing Marlborough as our full service contractor and we’re impressed – they’ve delivered consistent high quality service and superior quality control across every project. Marlborough, provide us with a ‘one-stop’ shop solution – we get the same quality of service and better control across all aspects of the project.”
Darren Bryant, Principal Engineer, Enfield Council

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