News: February 2018

• February 28, 2018

  Eliminating high risk roads in England

  A high-risk road is like a staircase without a hand rail – and we know what to do to reduce risk to users in both cases. This is the basis of a presentation by Dr Suzy Charman, Executive Director of charity the Road Safety Foundation, at a conference* in London on 27th February.

• February 19, 2018

  IWHM President and Treasurer, Bernard Butler, passes away

  Bernard Butler and former Institution of Works and Highways Management (IWHM) President and Treasurer passed away on the 10th January and was laid to rest at Frensham’s St Marys church on the 2nd February.

• Third party accident damage

  The IHE has received several requests for best practice guidance to be issued to assist local highway authorities in recovering costs for third parties who have damaged the highway or any of its apparatus.

• Road Safety Engineering Professional Certificate

  The IHE are shortly to launch a new Professional Certificate and Diploma in Road Safety Engineering.

• Southern Branch Events

  The IHE Southern Branch have two events coming up for IHE members.

• Street Works Inspections

  The Highway Inspectors Board, managed by IHE is seeking to prepare a further competence standard for Inspectors working on behalf of Highway Authorities.

• Virtus submission of IHE Professional Certificate shortlisted for awards

  The IHE's Professional Certificate in Temporary Traffic Management design is becoming the industry standard for such works and has been shortlisted for an award, courtesy of Virtus Ltd, at Highways England’s Health Safety and Wellbeing Celebration event in early March.

• Round-table with SOS BEIS on 22 January

  Greg Clark MP, the Secretary of State for Business was present at a breakfast round-table event attended by IHE CEO Richard Hayes at the Royal Academy of Engineering in January.

• E4E meeting regarding new T levels

  IHE CEO Richard Hayes attended a meeting of the Royal Academy for Engineering’s E4E group where a progress report was given on the development of the new T level qualification.

• Design principles

  Jonathan Pearson, IHE Senior Vice President, recently attended the Launch of Highways England’s Good Design Vision and Principles seminar.