9.50 Introduction and welcome Lee Baker, highways editor, Landor Links
CLIENT-PROVIDER COLLABORATION
10.00 Introducing the HMEP Client-Provider Toolkit Steve Kent, Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme advocate, Martin Duffy, director, ToweyDuffy & Co and toolkit author, and Vince Gilbert, head of highways, Hertfordshire County Council, toolkit case study authority
10.30 Interactive workshop on the obstacles to improving client-provider collaboration and how the toolkit might overcome these
11.05 Morning tea, coffee & networking
REDUCING OPERATIONAL COSTS I
Chaired by Haydn Davies, programme manager, Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme
11.25 Better use of in-house teams to reduce costs Andrew Moss, assistant director, Cumbria County Council
11.35 Better asset management to reduce costs Adrian Coy, local authorities director, URS
11.45 Better works planning to reduce costs Shane ONeill, chair, ELGIN
11.55 Q&A
12.15 Lunch and networking
CLIENT-CLIENT COLLABORATION
13.10 The challenge of progressing collaboration between clients across a sub-region David Hytch, information systems director, Transport for Greater Manchester
13.30 Interactive workshop on the obstacles to implementing greater collaboration between clients Facilitated by Haydn Davies
14.05 Afternoon tea, coffee & networking
REDUCING OPERATIONAL COSTS II
Chaired by Satbir Gill, past president, TAG, and network manager, Ringway Hounslow Highways
14.25 Introduction to afternoon from chair
14.30 Improving reinstatement works and planning to reduce costs Anita Solanki, director of public affairs, National Joint Utilities Group and member of the LGA-chaired Roadworks Taskforce representative
14.40 Getting repairs right first time to reduce costs Howard Robinson, chief executive, Road Surface Treatments Association
14.50 Considering all road users in maintenance programmes to achieve savings Chris Peck, senior Campaigner for CTC, the national cycling charity.
15.00 Selecting appropriate maintenance treatments to reduce costs Dr Cliff Nicholls, senior academy fellow, TRL and UK representative on the ERA Net Road II (European Road Administrations) Durable Pothole Repairs project
15.10 Discussion
15.30
Conference close
14 March 2013 conference
The London event featured papers from HMEP advocates Jason Russell and Matthew Lugg on supporting transformational change in highways to improve customer focus and drive down cost and discussions on collaboration, localism and communication.
