Stakeholder engagement - AIA The Asphalt Industry Alliance

The Asphalt Industry Alliance organises a free, interactive, Sharing Best Practice event, aimed at local authority highway engineers and regularly attends and provides speakers for a range of industry conferences.

Sharing Best Practice - Wednesday 2nd October 2019

Over 75 delegates attended this year’s event held at the National Motorcycle Museum near Birmingham.

The theme of the day was ‘The route to the roads of the future’ and local authority and industry attendees heard from nine speakers covering a wide range of topics from Life Cycle Inventories, to adapting highway practices in light of the declaration of a climate change emergency.

Reaction to the day was extremely positive with 100% of delegates who provided feedback saying they would recommend attending a future Sharing Best Practice event to colleagues.

We are grateful to our speakers’ input into a thought-provoking day. Their presentations are available to download below:

Improving customer satisfaction through local devolution and volunteering
Paul Fermer, Assistant Director (Highways & Transport Operations), Oxfordshire County Council*

Update from Highways England’s PEG
Ramesh Sinhal, Pavement Principal Advisor and Team Leader, Highways England

Moving to Warm Mix
Brian Kent, Chairman, Mineral Products Association’s Asphalt Committee

Wiltshire and Warm Mix
Diane Ware, Principal Technical Officer (Highways), Wiltshire Council

Plastic in roads – a journey
Peter Clay, Highways Strategic Asset Management Lead, Cumbria County Council*

Birmingham Highways – Moving Forward
Kevin Hicks, Assistant Director – Highways and Infrastructure, Birmingham City Council

ADEPT Live Labs – SIMULATE
Louise Clayton, Transport Operations and Connectivity Manager, Staffordshire County Council (NB: Louise was unable to deliver her presentation on the day due to illness)

Delivering Better Street Works
Clive Bairsto, CEO and Chairman, Street Works UK

*We are currently awaiting clearances to post this presentation and hope to be able to upload it soon.

Sharing Best Practice - Wednesday 2nd October 2019

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