Awards

2025 - ICW Awards - Internal Collaboration Award - Winner

Internal Collaboration Award

CML won the Internal Collaboration Award at the 11th Institute of Collaborative Working at the House of Lords in November 2025.

Our submission showcased our ISO 44001-certified collaboration between our Commercial and Operations teams. By adopting a formal, structured approach to internal collaboration, we’ve unlocked value far beyond what traditional “business as usual” could deliver.

Through our Collaborative Business Relationship Management System (CBRMS), combined with our Integrated Management System, we’ve strengthened cross-functional collaboration, fostered value-driven outcomes, and built a culture that develops collaborative behaviours and people across our business.

The event was an opportunity to celebrate and congratulate both winners and runners-up for their exceptional work and showcasing the value of collaborative working in action. The volume and diversity of organisations that submitted their applications highlighted how working together can address and overcome many key business challenges, and exemplified the power of high performing collaborative teams.

2025 - CECA Yorkshire & Humber Awards - Linda Grant Health & Safety Award - Winner

Fleet Safety & Driver Performance Excellence

At CML, we are committed to ensuring the safety of our drivers and the communities we serve. We have implemented a series of strategic, data-driven initiatives to reduce speeding, improve driver behaviour, and strengthen our fleet safety culture. These efforts have delivered measurable results, demonstrating industry-leading performance and innovation in managing road risk.

Our objectives was to reduce speeding incidents by 50% over six months, with a targeted focus on 20–30mph speed zones, while enhancing driver awareness, compliance, and safety performance across our commercial vehicle fleet.

Through innovation, education, and a strong safety culture, we’ve transformed fleet performance and created a safer working environment. This approach demonstrates leadership in work-related road risk management and exemplifies our commitment to safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.

2025 - CECA Yorkshire & Humber Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award

Barry Casterton – Winner

Barry Casterton has devoted nearly five decades to the UK construction and rail sectors, beginning in 1977 as an apprentice carpenter and joiner with British Rail. His early potential was quickly recognised with a commendation for the intricate restoration of the British Rail Northeast Directorate’s Board Room panelling.

Barry progressed through numerous roles including Chargehand (1980), Foreman (1984), and Bridge and Building Examiner (1987–1989), where he rewrote the Railtrack North East Building Register, ensuring compliance and improving asset safety.

His career evolved through critical supervisory and project management positions—from managing 90+ artisans as a Works Supervisor (1992–94) to overseeing large-scale infrastructure renewals as Railtrack/Network Rail Project Manager (1996–2014). Since 2014, Barry has served as Project/Planning Manager at Construction Marine Ltd, where he was named Manager of the Year for his exemplary work on design management programmes.

Notable projects include:

Bridge Reconstructions for ECML Electrification (1985–1990) – Package leader for works in Yorkshire.

Emergency Recovery at Great Heck Rail Crash (2001) – arranging cranes for recovery of trains and wagons

Hatfield Landslip (2013) – leading the massive civil response to restore a critical UK freight and passenger corridor.

Barry’s consistent involvement in major national infrastructure efforts reflects the breadth and depth of his technical and leadership experience across the industry.

Beyond construction, Barry has remained active in the Football Association as a discipline chair, mental health champion, and safeguarding officer—demonstrating his lifelong commitment to community service and well-being.

2025 - CECA Yorkshire & Humber Awards - Most Promising Apprentice

Charlie Roper – Winner

Charlie joined CML in July 2024, partway through his Civil Engineering Apprenticeship, and quickly became an integral part of our Design Management team. Currently studying a Degree Apprenticeship at Leeds Beckett University, he excels academically achieving distinction grades and is well ahead of his peer group in working towards his ICE Incorporated Engineer (IEng) attributes.

Charlie’s commitment extends well beyond his role at CML. He is involved in both charitable and outreach activities. He represents CML at careers fairs, helping to inspire the next generation. He recently undertook a charitable mission to Kenya where he helped teach in remote village schools and raised funds to support local education initiatives. Upon his return, he delivered an inspiring presentation to CML colleagues, sharing experiences and the impact of the work.

Charlie demonstrates a level of maturity, dedication, and professionalism far beyond his years. He is not only an outstanding apprentice but also a role model for others.

2025 - Rail Industry Supplier Excellence Awards (RISE) - Application of Digital Technology - Highly Commended

CML, as a reactive framework supplier to Network Rail, developed a bespoke Business Management System called INSIGHT to meet the challenge of responding to emergencies across the UK rail network. This web-based system ensures safe and efficient mobilisation of resources within a strict two-hour Service Level Agreement (SLA). INSIGHT integrates various critical functions, including Safe Work Pack production, resource planning, fatigue management, and asset management, offering a comprehensive digital platform that supports all project management and operational needs in the rail sector.

It contributes to CML’s outstanding safety record, with the company achieving a zero-accident frequency rate while working 170,000 hours in 2024. Overall, INSIGHT is integral to CML’s success, enhancing safety, operational efficiency, and business performance across the rail network.

2025 - West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards - SME Employer of the Year - Winner

Our CML Apprenticeship Programme has been running since 2016 and is integral to the organic growth strategy that underpins our strategic growth plan.

Our programme is designed to give the apprentices in depth knowledge of our business through short term secondments in all departments which is now impacting our business with more collaborative working and apprentices making changes to working practices which benefits all departments. These Apprentices are the only ones who have this full department knowledge and experiences, and they are making the changes.

CML believes our apprenticeship programme is best in class because of our commitment to the individual’s overall personal development, progression and driving them to achieving the best they can. Our award-winning mentor programme supports apprentices pastorally looking at their health, wellbeing, work life balance and the challenges each day in the workplace brings as well as supporting them to hit each milestone of the programme.

2025 - West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards - Degree Apprentice - Highly Commended

Jake Sterling – Highly Commended

CML are proud that our Apprentice programme has contributed to the organic growth of our business, and Jake is among our most successful cohort to date.

Jake joined our second cohort of Civil Engineering degree apprentices in 2022, and has completed successful rotations in the Rail planning, Estimating, Commercial, Procurement, Design Management and Compliance departments.

2024 - CECA Yorkshire & Humber Awards - Project of the Year under £1m

CML were proud to be awarded Project of the year (under £1m) for the Dewsbury Emergency Landslip Response.

A collapsed section of a 5m high masonry retaining wall at Dewsbury resulted in the partial closure of the railway between Manchester and Leeds. To make safe and re-open the railway as soon as possible, a granular fill berm solution was selected to reinstate support to the railway. Over the course of the next 72 hours, our teams worked around the clock to install over 2500 tonnes of compacted fill, enabling the railway to reopen safely at line speed.

Dewsbury Emergency Landslip Case Study

2024 - CECA Yorkshire & Humber Awards - Most Promising Apprentice Award

Callum Ramsden – Winner

CML are proud of our award-winning Apprenticeship Programme, and Callum Ramsden is no exception. So we were thrilled when Callum picked up the Most Promising Apprentice Award at the 2024 CECA Yorkshire & Humber Awards. CML winning this category for it’s third year!

Callum joined CML as one of three Civil Engineering Apprentices in our September 2022 cohort, and is already contributing effectively to the business, where his measured, calm approach and his exceptional organisation skills mean that he is already making his mark on projects on site.

2024 - CECA Yorkshire & Humber Awards - Linda Grant Safety Award

Highly Commended – Insight System

CML were pleased to receive Highly Commended in the Linda Grant Health & Safety Award for the safety improvements driven by CML’s bespoke digital business management system.

2024 - West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards - Mentor of the Year

Mark Roper – Winner

CML were thrilled that Mark Roper won Mentor of the Year at the 2024 West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards.

Mark has worked very closely with our Training & Development department to help develop our already successful Degree Apprentice programme and brings a wealth of knowledge which our Apprentices and employees alike have benefitted from over the last few years.

Mark has also been heavily involved in the growth of our successful Pastoral Mentoring Scheme and acts as a Mentor to our new Apprentices and continues this role throughout their journey with CML.

Charles Mortimer, MD said ‘ We are very proud that eight of our nine Directors, myself included, started off in junior roles at CML, and have grown into senior roles organically. Organic growth is our future, and the work that Mark is doing to support our apprentices is resulting in our training and retaining our future Managers and Directors. Mark loves his work and that is evident whenever he talks to his colleagues. He is a great ambassador, both for CML, and for the wider construction industry.’

2023 - CECA Yorkshire & Humber Awards - Most Promising Apprentice Award

Lucy Fennell – Winner

We were delighted to see one of our Apprentice Quantity Surveyor’s, Lucy Fennell, pick up this years ‘Most Promising Apprentice’ Award at the CECA Yorkshire & Humber Annual Dinner.

Lucy joined us in September 2022 as one of three Apprentice Quantity Surveyors in a cohort of seven degree apprentices in total.
Having already completed successful rotations in the Procurement, Estimating and Commercial Capital Delivery departments, Lucy has transferred successfully in to our Commercial Reactive Team and is already preparing estimates, updating cost monitors and writing final accounts independently for some of our emergency works. Colleagues refer to Lucy’s appetite for learning, and her ability to lead by example as a reflection of the rapid and sustained progress she is making.

Lucy said ‘‘’I am really grateful to have received this award from CECA and proud to represent women in civil engineering. A massive thank you to CML for all the support and, to my colleagues and managers for the help along the way’’’.

2022 CECA Yorkshire & Humber Awards – Most Promising Apprentice Award

Jae Priest – Winner
Kieran Taylor – Highly Commended

CML are proud that our Apprentice programme has a 100% completion rate, and Jae and Kieran are amongst our most successful cohort to date. Having completed successful rotations in the Health & Safety, Design Management and Compliance departments, both Jae and Kieran transferred successfully into our Projects Delivery team and been involved in earthworks, scour and buildings projects.

In addition to their University work, and increasing responsibilities with CML, they have completed hundreds of hours CPD, and are making excellent progress in completing the ICE attributes required to become an Incorporated Engineer.

2022 CECA Yorkshire & Humber Awards - 'Going the Extra Mile' Award Winner

The Covid-19 pandemic changed everything forever at CML.

Through our reactive works framework partnership with Network Rail, we continued to operate at full capacity throughout the length of the pandemic, and to do this we needed to go the extra mile for our people who were classed as critical workers, and also for the people who supported them.

We consider our people to be our best asset, how the planned investment in our offices changed to reflect hybrid working, and how our entire IT infrastructure was transformed in an impossibly short timespan to ensure that Network Rail continued to receive an undisrupted level of service throughout the pandemic, resulting in CML becoming their partner of choice.

2020 CECA Yorkshire & Humber Awards - Linda Grant Safety Award – Highly Commended

CML’s structures team received Highly Commended for the station improvement works undertaken at South Elmsall Station.

Concerns over asset condition and public safety spurred this project at South Elmsall Station. The corroding staircases to platforms 1 and 2 were temporarily removed for refurbishment off-site. This included blast cleaning, repainting, adding ‘warm touch’ handrails for arthritis sufferers, and installing new anti-slip treads.

Platform improvements focused on passenger safety during train boarding and alighting, including macadam repairs, re-setting tactiles, and renewing platform lining to eliminate trip hazards.

The project was finished on time and within budget, greatly enhancing the station’s environment. The new safety measures for station access and train services have been positively received by passengers.

2019 CECA Yorkshire & Humber Awards - Linda Grant Safety Award - Winner

CML’s delivery team, led by Carlton Worville and Stuart Reader won this award in recognition for the way they responded in dealing with a number of unexploded armaments. The team were undertaking underwater excavations in the River Don to install scour protection around the centre pier of Stevenson Road bridge, when they discovered unexploded devices.

The team were commended for the well-communicated and professional manner in which they implemented safety protocols in a real-time situation and managed the risks of this very rare yet potentially high-risk scenario.

Sustainability

Sustainability is the cornerstone of everything we at CML do. This has meant a shift in thinking, a move towards an integrated sustainable development strategy, with a clear vision that affords real benefits to CML, our stakeholders, wider society, and the environment.
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Our History

Founded in 1986, CML (Construction Marine Ltd) was originally established to undertake Marine and Civil Engineering activities and quickly became recognised experts in the delivery of river and coastal defence projects.
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