Technical Achievement Awards
These annual awards recognize outstanding initiatives in Canada’s transportation sector, with a focus on roads, highways, and urban transportation.
The Call for Abstracts for the 2026 TAC Technical Achievement Awards is now closed.
Eligibility
Eligible organizations
- Each applicant organization must be a member of TAC and the initiative’s principal owner. Consulting firms may not apply on behalf of government clients.
- Joint applicants are allowed only when the initiative is an equal partnership of two or more organizations.
- Applicants may ask for consultants and/or other organizations to be acknowledged as project partners.
Eligible initiatives
- Initiatives must be located in Canada.
- Initiatives must be substantially complete at the time of submission. An initiative representing one element of a larger project may be submitted before the entire project is complete.
- An initiative may be submitted for multiple awards if each application reflects a distinct perspective or element of the initiative (e.g. infrastructure, technology, safety) but can only be a finalist in one award category.
- An initiative may be re-submitted for an award if it has not previously been selected as a finalist.
Conditions
- Finalists for each award agree to present their initiatives in a TAC webinar.
- Detailed applications submitted by finalists become the property of TAC to be published in TAC’s Library catalogue.
- Applications must be made with the consent of the appropriate eligible organization.
Key Dates
- November 2
Call for Abstracts
- November 30
Abstracts are due
Applicants submit an abstract of up to 750 words.
- December 21
Finalists are selected
The finalists for each award are selected by review panels made up of volunteers from TAC’s councils and committees.
- January 5
Abstract notifications issued
Applicants will receive an update on their abstract status (accept/reject).
- February 2
Finalists provide detailed applications
Finalists submit a detailed application up to 10 pages long including text and graphics, simply formatted.
- April