Steve Isaacs
Asset Management Specialist, NIRA DynamicsSteve is a Highway engineer with over four decades of experience across local authorities, Consultancies, Contractors and material manufacturers. Known for championing innovations throughout his carrier, Steve started recycling hot rolled asphalt in 1985, championed the use of preservation in 2007 and promoted MMA solutions in 2015. In addition to his work across the UK Steve has delivered asset management and innovative maintenance solutions across Africa, the Middle East and China. Steve is now the Co-founder of Lexra Highways, a UK highway technology consultancy that evaluates and promotes emerging highway technology primarily the Nira Dynamics connected car technology. Together with the technical team from Sweden Steve is exploring how connected cars can deliver information to help maintain roads and improve safety on roads. Steve says that the hardest bit about highway maintenance is keeping up with the speed of technology.
My Speaker Sessions
Tuesday 24 November 2026
Panel: Managing Ageing Infrastructure, Resilience and Targeting Investment
Every local authority and trunk road operator in the room is managing deteriorating assets, rising maintenance backlogs and the need to justify prioritised spend - this panel shares what's actually working.
- Risk-based prioritisation: How teams are targeting investment where it has the greatest impact
- Climate impacts and how accelerating deterioration is changing maintenance planning
- Digital inspections and predictive maintenance - what Scottish councils are deploying now, especially around winter resilience
- Extending asset life through smarter materials and construction methods
- Drainage as a first line of defence: Proactive gully maintenance, CCTV surveys and the case for doing the basics well before committing to large-scale replacement
