2025 Bridges Awards Finalists

The Bridges Design and Construction Award (Above £10 million) Finalists

  • Gull Wing Bridge (Arup, Suffolk County Council, Farrans Construction, Moxon Architects, BAM, Eadon, Oilgear and Victor Buyck Steel Construction)
  • Kepax Footbridge (Jacobs, Moxon Architects, Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd, Worcestershire County Council)
  • Herring Bridge (Roughan & O'Donovan Consulting Engineers, H&H, BAM Farrans JV, Norfolk County Council, Lanpro, WSP, KGAL, Victor Buyck, Qualter Hall & Co)

During the review process, the panel recognised that many of the entries provided sufficient evidence to support their potential consideration in both the Design and Construction categories. As a result, the Bridges Design Award and the Bridges Construction Award have been combined into one award, but split by size of project (below/above 10 million).

The Bridges Design and Construction Award (Under £10 million) Finalists

  • Bracklinn Falls Footbridge (Cake Engineering with BEAM Architects, Cake Industries, BigCat Contracts, AECOM, Format Structural Engineers)
  • Dukes Meadow Footbridge (Moxon Architects, CampbellReith, COWI, Knights Brown Construction, London Borough of Hounslow, McNealy Brown)
  • Gairnshiel Jubilee Bridge (Moxon Architects, Arcadis, Wills Brothers, Aberdeenshire Council, J&D Pierce Contracts Ltd)

During the review process, the panel recognised that many of the entries provided sufficient evidence to support their potential consideration in both the Design and Construction categories. As a result, the Bridges Design Award and the Bridges Construction Award have been combined into one award, but split by size of project (below/above 10 million).

The Bridges Award for New Life Finalists

  • Hammersmith Bridge Stabilisation (Mott MacDonald, FM Conway, Freyssinet, The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham)
  • Smardale Gill Viaduct Restoration (Northern Viaduct Trust, Story Contracting, Ramboll UK)
  • Cox's Walk Footbridge Refurbishment (Waterman Infrastructure & Environment, London Borough of Southwark, FM Conway, Beaver Bridges Ltd)
  • Menai Suspension Permanent Replacement Hangers (Spencer Bridge Engineering, COWI and UK Highways A55)

The Bridges International Award (above £10 million) Finalists

  • Küstrin-Kietz Rail Crossing (Knight Architects, Schüßler-Plan, schlaich bergermann partner, Sächsische Bau GmbH, DB Infra Go) 
  • Karowa Bridge (DKFS with Schüßler-Plan Inżynierzy Sp. z o.o, Budimex)

 

The Bridges International Award (Under £10 million) Finalists

  • Armadillo Bridge (DKFS with Mayr Ludescher Partner, Rädlinger Maschinen- und Stahlbau GmbH, STRABAG AG, Lex-Kerfers)
  • Silver Arrow (DKFS with Schüßler-Plan mbH, MCE GmbH, Smeets Landscape)

     

The Bridges Ethos Award Finalists

  • Sir Robert McAlpine (SRM), Andy Sinclair (Sir Robert McAlpine (SRM))
  • Tees Viaduct Substructure Refurbishment (TVSR) Package 1 (Sir Robert McAlpine (SRM), Concrete Repairs Limited (CRL), AECOM, National Highways and Autolink Concessionaries Ltd)
  • Gull Wing (Arup, Suffolk County Council, Farrans Construction, Moxon Architects, BAM, Eadon, Oilgear and Victor Buyck Steel Construction)

The Bridges Sustainability Award Finalists

  • River Lea Crossing Refurbishment (Hewson Consulting Engineers, Volker Fitzpatrick, Road Management Services (A13) Plc, Transport for London)
  • Cressbrook Footbridge (R&C Williams, Lifespan)

The Bridges Management Award Not awarded

The judging panel felt that the entries did not reflect the level of outstanding achievement that the category aims to recognise and, as a result, no Award will be conferred this year.