Industry recognition
VolkerRail's reputation for delivering successful projects and the company’s high safety standards is recognised through the winning of a wide variety of respected awards from across the industry:
2022 Awards
- Institute for Collaborative Working awards: Collaborative Leadership East West Rail Alliance.
- Green Apple Environmental Award: Transport, Freight and Highways Environmental Improvement Sector Award - East West Rail Alliance
- Education Wise’s Rail Apprenticeship Awards: Mentor of the Year Award, the Above and Beyond Award, and the Apprentice of the Year Award
- RoSPA: Eleventh consecutive RoSPA Award
- Rail Business Awards 2022: Highly commended in the Infrastructure Project Excellence award - East West Rail Alliance
2021 Awards
- 2021 Global Light Rail Awards: Adrian Rowe - Employee of the Year
- Doncaster Business Awards 2021: currently shorted in three categories - Large Business of the Year, Excellence in People Development and the Business Engaging with Education Award, December 2021 awards night.
- Network Rail: Silver Routes to Gold Award
- RoSPA 2021: Gold Medal Fleet Safety Award and the Presndent Award
- Doncaster Business Awards 2020/21: Green Business of the Year Award
- ICE North West: Large Project of the Year Award - MPT Trafford Park Line
2020 Awards
- Global Light Rail Awards 2020: Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award - MPT Trafford Park Line win, and highly commended in the Project of the Year Award <€50m for its work on the Crumpsall Stop enhancement project, and in the Project of the Year Award >€50m for the Trafford Park Line extension
- BCIA 202 Awards: Transport Project of the Year award, Health, the Safety and Wellbeing Initiative of the Year award, and the prestigious Project of the Year award - MPT Trafford Park Line
- Women in Rail Awards: Simon Gallagher - Inspirational Man of the Year Award
- ROSPA: Ninth consecutive Gold Medal Fleet Safety award, and our seventh consecutive Gold Medal award
- British Safety Council: Sixth consecutive International Safety Award with Distinction
- Rail Business Awards: Sustainability and Environmental Excellence
2019 awards
- International Safety Awards: Distinction
- RoSPA awards:
- BRAKE Fleet Safety Award: Medium fleet
- Doncaster Business Awards
2018 awards
- Network Rail Partnership Awards 2018: Best Project (Large) of 2017 - For projects valued over £50m: ECML Power Supply Upgrade - Rail Electrification Alliance (REAL)
- RoSPA: Gold Medal Award for Occupational Health and Safety Performance
- RoSPA: Gold Award for the Management of Occupational Road Risk
2017 awards
- UK RIA awards: Outstanding Project - Large (over £20m) - Staffordshire Alliance
- RoSPA: Gold award in health and safety
- RoSPA :Fleet Safety Gold Award
- British International Safety Awards: International Safety distinction award
- Industry Innovation Awards: Cross-Industry Parnership Working (Highly commended)
- National Rail Awards: Major Project of the Year (highly commended)
- Rail Staff Awards: Plant Person or Team of the Year award
- Rail Staff Award Rail Safety Person of the Year (highly commended)
- National Transport Awards - Construction and Engineering Project of the Year
- Global Light Rail Awards - Technical Innovation of the Year award
2016 awards
- Rail Staff Awards: Rail Plant and Equipment Team of the Year
- Rail Industry Innovation Awards: Major Project (Staffordshire Alliance)
- British International Safety Awards: International Safety distinction award
- UKRIA awards: Collaborative working award (Staffordshire Alliance)
- RoSPA: Gold award for occupational health and safety
- RoSPA: MORR Gold award for fleet safety
- Considerate Constructors Scheme: two silver awards
- Rail Plant and Equipment Team of the Year: RailStaff Awards
- Light Rail Awards 2016: Project of the Year, under 50m Euros
- Light Rail Awards 2016: Significant Safety Award
2015 awards
- CITB: Apprentice of the Year Award
- Considerate Constructors Scheme: silver award
- RoSPA: Gold award for occupational health and safety
- RoSPA: MORR Gold award for the management of occupational road risk
- International Safety Award: Distinction
- The Civil Engineering Achievement of the Year Awards
- BSI Major Civil Engineering Project of the Year (over £50m) Award
- The Light Rail Awards 2015
2014 awards
- BS11000
- RoSPA: Gold Award for high performance levels in occupational health and safety
- RoSPA: MORR Gold Award for the company's management of occupational road risk.
- International Safety Award: Distinction in recognition of our proven commitment to workplave health and safety
2013 awards
- National Site award 2013 for the Manchester Airport Line
- RoSPA Gold Award for Occupational Health and Safety at MPT Manchester Metrolink Phase
- RoSPA Silver Award
- RoSPA MORR Gold Award
- The Light Rail Awards 2013