TechFest Awards 2021

Judges

The NCE TechFest Awards 2021 will have a panel of judges representing leading clients and organisations in the engineering and construction industry. The judges will review your entry online before discussing together who the winner should be. Some categories will be judged LIVE at the festival with all decisions resting solely with our experts.

Judges

Karen

Alford

FCRM manager- digital asset data and information

Environment Agency

Neil

Appleton

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NCC UK

Huda

Asad

head of infrastructure performance

Infrastructure and Projects Authority

Ana

Avaliani

head of enterprise

Royal Academy of Engineering

Matt

Badger

senior adviser, innovation, investment & delivery assurance

Environment Agency

Mar

Batista

head of programmes

British Water

Sonya

Byers

CEO

Women in Transport

Kara

Cartwright

Innovation Lead - Clean Growth

Innovate UK

Victoria

Craig

lead structural engineer

Sellafields

Mark

Crowe

senior project manager

BIM Academy

Leon

Daniels

highways sector council chair

Leon Daniels Associates/Highways Sector Chair

Anna

Delvecchio

development director of transportation

Mott Macdonald

Simon

Diggle

head of supplier development

Highways England

Janine

Fountain

R&D programme manager

Network Rail

Michelle

Hannah

director

Cast

Victoria

Hills

chief executive

RTPI

Katherine

Ibbotson

.

WSP

Karla

Jakeman

innovation lead for connected transport

Innovate UK

Urszula

Kanturska

digital strategy lead

Sizewell C, Civil Works Programme

Brian

Lyons

managing director, UK

Dr. Sauer & Partners

Kevin

Masters

board director

Bryden Wood Technology

Benita

Mehra

past president

Women's Engineering Society (WES)

Howard

Mitchell

director of Innovation

HS2

David

Owens

automated design lead

Costain

Matt

Palmer

executive director

Lower Thames Crossing

Annette

Pass

head of innovation

Highways England

Matt

Perry

project director

Land Securities

Anthony

Peter

development director

Argent

Graham

Porteous

head of construction

Transport Scotland

Iliana

Portugues

head of innovation, electricity transmission owner

National Grid

Phillip

Proctor

head of research

Highways England

David

Riley

head of carbon and energy

Anglian Water

Tim

Smart

director

HS2

Sam

Stacey

ISCF challenge director - Transforming Construction

UKRI

Lila

Tachsi

asset management director

Highways England

Malcolm

Taylor

expert adviser, digital

Crossrail International

Martin

Tugwell

programme director

England Economic Heartland

William

Varah

programme director, modern methods of construction

Infrastructure & Projects Authority