Utility Week awards 2015: finalists announced

Entries for this year’s awards broke all records, with entry numbers hitting an all-time high. Utility Week would like to thank all those who put entries forward: the high quality of the work revealed gave our judging panel as difficult a task as ever.

Utility Week will honour the winners at the Grosvenor House hotel in Park Lane on 14 December. To book a table and join 1,400 of the industry’s highest achievers, click here.

Competition for these awards is fierce, and winning a place on the shortlist is an achievement in itself. The finalists in the twelve categories are:

Customer Care Award:
Opower
SSE Enterprise Utilities
Thames Water
UK Power Networks
Wales & West Utilities

Capital Project Management Award:
GENeco
Northumbrian Water Group
Southern Water
UK Power Networks

Community Initiative of the Year:
Esh Construction & Northumbrian Water Group
National Grid
RWE npower
United Utilities

Environment Award:
Good Energy
Severn Trent Water
SSE
Wales & West Utilities
Wessex Water

IT Initiative of the Year:
Drax Group
Morrison Utility Services
National Grid
UK Power Networks – Innovative aerial surveys to reduce power cuts
UK Power Networks – Fixing power cuts faster

Marketing Initiative of the Year:
Northern Powergrid
SSE Enterprise
UK Power Networks
Wessex Water

Smart Utilities Award:
Eon
National Grid
UK Power Networks
United Utilities

Staff development award:
GDF SUEZ Energy UK
UK Power Networks
United Utilities
Wessex Water

Supply Chain Excellence:
Anglian Water, Kier, Clancy Docwra, Roadmender Asphalt and Carl Stopps
CMA Scotland and Ascendancy Water
SGN
Southern Water, Clancy Docwra and Atkins
UK Power Networks

Team of the Year:
Bristol Water, Wales and West Utilities, Wessex Water, Western Power Distribution & Bristol City Council
Northumbrian Water Group
SGN
Southern Water, Clancy Docwra & Atkins
UK Power Networks

Utility of the Year:
First Utility
Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission
SGN
UK Power Networks
Wales & West Utilities
Wessex Water