| APSE roads, highways and street lighting seminar: Change the service and make the savings - I have seen the light! - Newcastle, 08 March 2011 |
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| Programme: day 1 |
| Session 1: What do you have to work with? |
| Improving the service with a reduced budget – the Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme – support and ideas from DfT - Julian Abel, Branch Head, Local Capital Programmes & Delivery, Department for Transport |
| Case study 1. ‘Do you know enough about your assets? - Lessons from the SCOTS Roads Asset Management Project - Paul Hardy, EXP Consulting |
| Session 2: New approaches |
| Savings through integrating services at Cornwall - Arthur Hooper, Head of Operational Services, Cornwall Council |
| Innovation and impacts on delivering your service – examples from Tayside Contracts - Iain C Waddell, Managing Director, Tayside Contracts |
| Session 3: Dealing with the pressures |
| Decommissioning street lights – impact and benefits for Torfaen - Christina Harrhy, Chief Officer Neighbourhood Services, Torfaen County Borough Council |
| The theory and the practice – The Flooding and Water Management Act 2010 and a case study from Newark and Sherwood - Ian Harrison, Corporate Risk and Resilience Manager, Newark and Sherwood District Council |
| Seesion 4: The Great Salt Debate |
| Pot holes and salt supplies - impacts and plans in North Ayrshire - Joe Smith, Network Manager, North Ayrshire Council |
| The Great Pothole Debate - Robert Muir, Sales Director, NuPhalt Group Ltd |
| The Great Salt Debate - Bob Ray, Sales and Distribution Manager, Cleveland Potash Ltd |
| Programme: day 2 |
| Session 5: Operational issues |
| Implementing a drug and alcohol policy - Matt Taylor, Managing Director, Screensafe UK |
| Improvements through performance management – a view from the HTMA - Hannah Shires, Chair of Improvements and Efficiencies Working Group, HTMA and Performance Manager, Amey |
| Session 6: Changing and improving |
| Investing in new technology for street lighting and signs – approaches in Durham - Steve Keetley, Head of Technical Services, Durham County Council |
| Savings guaranteed ...but what about the service! – examples of savings made - Andy Mudd, Principal Consultant, APSE best value consultancy |
