Northern Ireland construction firm GRAHAM has secured a major award from Highways England.

The firm, along with its partner and design company Sweco, was recognised for excellence in collaboration at the annual Highways England Regional Investment Programme (RIP) conference on 11 July.

Highways England praised the "culture and behaviours" embedded within the GRAHAM/Sweco partnership, and stated: "GRAHAM/Sweco truly embraced Highways England's culture and behaviours with awareness and understanding of collaboration. The shared common objective to achieve the Start of Works date, and the co-location within the Highways England office has enabled them to demonstrate a one-team approach, promoting openness and trust, whilst laying a foundation for long-term relationships. They have achieved excellent Behavioural Maturity Framework (BMF) results, and have played a key role in deliverables for mobilisation, which were shared regionally and nationally."

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GRAHAM/Sweco was the only partnership recognised at the event.

Commenting on the success, Dave Brown, GRAHAM Highways Director, added: "On behalf of GRAHAM, it was an absolute pleasure to receive the Regional Investment Programme Award for Collaboration. Having worked as part of Highways England's supply chain for a number of years, I personally have noticed a step change in behaviour, and the will to challenge the status quo. 

"The integrated project team in the South has been brilliant, and we could not have asked for a better team. We are looking forward to building on this success, and I would like to thank all of the people who nominated us for the award."

(CM/MH)