Highway Asset Management is a discipline that combines management, financial, economic, engineering and other practices applied to physical assets with the objective of providing the required level of service in the most cost-effective manner. As local authorities will know, from 2006 their LTP submissions are to be based on Asset Management.

We believe a holistic approach to Asset Management is the only way that Best Value can realistically be achieved, and is essential if Council Members are to be convinced that highways are an important asset that requires proper investment.

At CBC, we have the right blend of skills and experience to help local authorities meet the challenges and realize the benefits of Asset Management for Highways. The particular challenges will vary, but are likely to include:

• Network model building
• Inventory and condition assessment surveys
• Maintenance needs assessment & identification of backlog
• Data management
• System development including pavement management systems
• Life-cycle cost modelling
• Asset valuation and the application of accounting principles

Through our flexible approach, based on working in partnership, we are able to provide a range of Highway Asset Management services that can be tailored to meet the individual needs of Local Highway Authorities, helping them to embrace an Asset Management approach. These include:

• Assistance in the production of Asset Management Plans
• Assistance in establishing good practice in the management of data
• Gap analysis (identifying and evaluating assets, processes, systems and data)
• Definition of business and systems requirements
• Definition of local standards and targets
• Implementation plans and assistance during implementation
• Post implementation reviews
• Procurement, management and auditing of inventory and condition assessment surveys
• Training, education and facilitation
• System design and implementation

// Highways Management

Our experience in finding innovative and appropriate solutions to a wide range of issues encountered by Highway Maintenance Management practitioners, whether in the Public or Private sector, is proven by our 13-year track record. In an age where Best Value is paramount in maintaining transport infrastructure, more and more organisations are seeking ways to improve the technical solutions to maintenance that they adopt. Because our professional team understands your problems and will work alongside your staff, we can truly be seen as part of your organisation's efforts to improve effectiveness and efficiency.

Highway Maintenance Management is a skill which blends Engineering, planning and economics with an awareness of political necessities and practical realities. In a changing world, maintenance responsibilities and strategies have to be re-evaluated, and this requires clear thinking and often radical new approaches.

With an increasing emphasis on whole-life costing of roads, those responsible for their design, construction and maintenance need to consider all options and strategies carefully before committing the substantial budgets now required. In addition, Highway Management embraces operational considerations, such as routine inspections, street lighting management, maintaining street gazetteers and contract management, and our services include many of these aspects:

• Management and organisational studies,
• Highway maintenance plans and strategies,
• Maintenance systems design and implementation,
• Research and development,
• Business plans,
• Contract and technical documentation,
• Training.
• Best Value reviews
• Specification of contracts and client-side support and monitoring