Parsons Brinckerhoff/CIHT: Cracking up or cracking on

Matt Lambert Posted On December 1, 2014

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Parsons Brinckerhoff will be running the second in its series of regional seminars – Cracking up or cracking on in Warrington on Tuesday 02 December

It will consider how the UK should develop deliver and maintain a successful whole-life asset management approach to its highways.

The events are being run in association with the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT).

Presentations at the event:

– The Highways Agencys asset management journey – Andy Withington Highways Agency

UK Highways Agency contracts for Area 4 and Area 10: the PAS 55 journey – James Elliott UK Head of Asset Management at Parsons Brinckerhoff and Steve Pate Asset Management lead for Balfour Beatty Mott McDonald

– Pavement lifecycle management in practice: the M25 experience – Barry Nothard Technical Director of Pavements at Parsons Brinckerhoff

The cost of maintaining the countrys road network is constantly under pressure from growing demand on the system and increasingly common extreme weather events. Additionally the network suffers from a growing maintenance backlog which conservatively runs into the tens of billions of pounds and is only made worse by the pressures of austerity.

Against this backdrop the seminar will consider how the strongly competing demands on budget and the challenges of annualised funding impact the planning of effective long-term maintenance. It will also consider how to bring more efficiency to current practices change mind-sets and prevent asset deterioration while adding value and resilience without adding costs.

The seminar will be chaired by Steve Kent independent asset management specialist and member of the CIHT Council.