An award has been given to Heidelberg Materials UK, its project partner AECOM and client Somerset Council for the M5 Junction 26 Chelston Link project at Wellington in the UK. The project involved replacing a deteriorating concrete road and was named winner of the Project Excellence and Innovation Award at the NEC Martin Barnes Awards. These accolades recognise excellence in project delivery and collaboration across the world.
Councillor Richard Wilkins, Somerset Council’s Lead Member for Highways and Transport, said: “The M5 Junction 26 Chelston Link project demonstrates what can be achieved when local authorities and industry partners work together with ambition, innovation and a clear focus on outcomes for local communities.”
Tim Doyle, Heidelberg Materials’ Somerset Framework Manager, added: “This award is testament to the strong working relationship with Somerset Council which enabled the use of innovative techniques and materials to lower the carbon impact of the improvement works and reopen the motorway junction and link road well ahead of schedule.”
The project faced international competition from a shortlist of projects that included the £5 billion Trunk Road T4 in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, and HMP Millsike, a £500 million development recognised as the UK’s first all-electric prison.
