Roads, highways and street lighting seminar 2008 presentations
Session 1 The strategic viewpoint
Design and maintenance guidance - Edward Bunting, Senior Policy Advisor, Department for Transport
Bright lights, dim down or switch off? - Nick Smith, Vice Chair of Midlands Region, Institution of Lighting Engineers
Session 2 Leadership and skills development
Tackling skills shortages - Christine Townley, Director and Chrissie McCarthy, Regional Co-ordinator, Construction Youth Trust
Leading change, why should people follow you? - Steve Hurst, Senior Consultant, MPoint Consulting Ltd
Workshops
Workshop A: Roads asset management - Christine Francis, Asset Manager, Glasgow City Council
Workshop B: Achieving efficiencies and public value - Debbie Johns, Principal Advisor APSE
Wokshop C: 2007 Street lighting best performer -Mike White, Maintenance Operations Manager and Dave Williamson, Assistant Principal Engineer, East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Session 3 Issues for service delivery
Road user’s expectations for carriageways and footways - Vijay Ramas, Senior Technical Manager, Transport Research Laboratory
Delivering efficiencies through collaboration - Mark Stevens, Assistant Directot, Leicestershire County Council
Beat the backlog - Adrian Tatum, Editor, Surveyor Magazine
Session 4 Demonstrating competitiveness and the reform of best value
The law - Stephen Cirell, Head of Local Government, Eversheds
A Local Authority View - Malcolm Christie, Netork Policy Manager, Abeerdebbshire Council
Session 5 Sustainability
Efficient and environmentally responsible fuel management - Lee Beard, Head of Public Sector, Key Fuels
Sustainable Construction, rRecycling and waste minimisation - Rebecca Hooper, Scott Wilson Associate
Workshop D: Best highways, winter maintenance and street lighting service team of the year - Dave Cooper, Network Manager and Bob Stock, Network Principal Engineer, Rotherham MBC
Workshop E: Constructing Sustainability Initiative - Matthew Coleman, Waste and Recycling Manager, Cornwall County Council