ICE Wales Cymru awarded the George Gibby Award for the A477 St. Clears to Red Roses Improvement to the project team comprising:

Client: Welsh Government
Principal Designer: Ramboll
Engineer: Hyder Consulting UK Ltd
Principal Contractor: SRB Civil Engineering UK Ltd (Sisk and Roadbridge Joint venture)
 
The A477 Improvement was procured under ECI Contract by Welsh Government. The 9.3km project significantly improves this strategically important Trunk Route giving access to south west Wales, Pembroke port, local tourist centres and the Enterprise Zone in Milford Haven.
 
The new route has improved journey times, user comfort, safety and maintenance access, while removing high traffic volumes from the villages of Llanddowror and Red Roses. An integrated approach to planning, design and construction ensured that many potential issues and concerns were accommodated within the completed design with safety, the environment, sustainability and value engineering / buildability considerations to the fore of all design making.
 
During construction, effects on the local community, road users and the environment were minimised through careful, considerate works planning. Value for money and local spend were prioritised and the route was opened in April 2014 ahead of time and under budget.
 
The judges were pleased to see the way in which the scheme addressed the sensitive environment and the way in which the team worked well with the local community, including schoolchildren from the area. Savings were made in time and cost and the judging panel felt this was due in no small part to the effective partnership which was focussed on finding win-win solutions to the challenges which arose on site.