Supporting Associations and Industry Bodies

There is no better industry event, than one run BY the Industry FOR the Industry. Here are the associations and professional bodies that support Road Expo.

Transport Scotland is the new national transport agency of the Scottish Executive, set up in January 2006 to look after the Scottish trunk road and rail networks, to oversee their operation and management, and to administer the national concessionary travel schemes and travel information. The trunk road network in Scotland is some 3500 km in length, is valued at over £13bn gross and, although only 7% of the Scottish public road length, carries almost one third of the total and two thirds of the heavy goods vehicle mileage.

The Scottish Road Works Commissioner is an independent statutory office holder established under section 16 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 and is accountable to Scottish Ministers and ultimately the Scottish Parliament. The first Commissioner is John Gooday who was appointed in July 2007. The purpose of the office is to work with the Scottish road works community to oversee improvements to the planning, co-ordination and quality of road works. The functions of the Commissioner as set out in the 2005 act are to:

monitor road works in Scotland undertaken by both road authorities and utility companies;
promote compliance with the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 and the obligations imposed under it; and
promote the pursuit of good practice.

TRL is the UK’s leading centre for international transport research, providing independent consultancy, advice and solutions to a range of transport issues. Key areas of work for TRL include transport and infrastructure, traffic management, road safety, environment, investigations & risk management, vehicle safety and engineering as well as logistics.

The Institute of Highway Incorporated Engineers (IHIE) is the only national professional institution which puts incorporated engineers first. IHIE brings together all practitioners in traffic and transportation engineering, highways design, maintenance and construction. It aims to deliver new opportunities for its members and improve competence to benefit themselves and society.

The Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES) represents surveyors working within the civil engineering industry. ICES supports the professional development of surveyors working within commercial management and geospatial engineering. Governed by an elected council, ICES encourages members to be part of the future development of the profession by joining the various committees and panels.ICES is the only associated body of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and is an active member of both the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) and PI-UKChina. With regional events throughout the UK, Ireland and Hong Kong, ICES continues to develop through its membership. For more information please visit www.ices.org.uk

The Scottish Construction Centre (SCC) facilitates innovation and excellence across Scotland’s construction industry. The SCC aims to engage with the industry to develop and deliver knowledge transfer in ways that the industry understands in order to encourage best practice, improve research and innovation, and increase communication and development across the sector resulting in innovative construction excellence. The SCC is driven by the real need of the Scottish construction sector and seeks to encourage best practice, improve research and innovation, and increase communication and development across the sector. The SCC website provides a "one-stop shop" for advice and guidance on sustainable, innovative construction excellence. To find out more visit http://www.scocon.org/

Published since 1934, Highways is a personally requested, controlled circulation monthly magazine. It is mailed to named individuals at their place of work, who can prove they are involved in specifying and buying equipment, products, services and plant for the highways maintenance and traffic management industries. Highways consistently carries more advertising than any other UK based monthly Highway Maintenance and Traffic Management magazine.

Surveyor magazine is the leading weekly magazine for engineers and professionals working in the highways, transport and environment sectors. It provides its readers with up to date news, in-depth features, interviews, industry opinion pieces and analysis as well as the latest jobs, products and services. Surveyor offers its readers the opportunity to interact and network through its series of regional round table debates and through its annual conference programme. The magazine is editorially independent, with a large percentage of paying subscribers, meaning readers get first class objective journalism and advertisers can be sure that their message is being read and digested.

The Rich Works Ltd - Recruitment in Construction and Highways, has over 15 years experience within the construction and highways sector within an engineering and sales environment. As a result we have an extensive database of clients and contacts that we deal with on a regular basis. If you look at our website www.therichworks.co.uk, you will see that we are more than just a job site! We give you access to a wealth of industry information and news contained within the site as well as current vacancies.

The Institution is a learned society concerned specifically with the planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation of land-based transport systems and infrastructure. It serves the transport profession for the benefit of society and its members. With over 11,600 members, working across a wide range of disciplines, it aims to promote the exchange of knowledge, improve policy formulation, stimulate debate on transportation issues, recognise individual competence and encourage best practice in the industry.

To find out more visit our website http://www.iht.org/

The Institute is the Professional Body for persons working in the field of Asphalt Technology and for those interested in all aspects of the Manufacture, Placing, Technology and Uses of materials containing Asphalt or Bitumen. The Institute was founded in 1966 as a Learned Society by a group of far-sighted practitioners in the belief that there was a need for sharing technical information, educating new people into and within the Industry and for setting and protecting standards across the Industry. To this end a professional exam moderated by the Institute was established during 1967. Education in Applied Engineering and Asphalt technology was the driving force to establish the credibility of its high intentions, and to give control over technical excellence.

Opening Times

Wednesday 4th November 2009: 09.15 - 17.00

Thursday 5th November 2009: 09.15 - 16.30

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