Helping you manage your road network better

We provide high quality strategy, management and planning consultancy services to a wide range of public and private sector clients, particularly those involved in managing, maintaining and operating highway networks, including the development and implementation of asset management plans.

Our clients typically draw upon us:

• To gain external, more objective advice and recommendations
• To gain access to our specialised expertise and awareness of industry best practice
• To provide additional resources, working in partnership for specific projects.

What CBC can offer

In the context of highway asset management and maintenance, we can provide a broad range of services and products, including:

• Project and programme management: for clients such as DfT, Highways Agency and local Authorities
  
• Asset Management Plan development: assisting local authorities in all stages of the development of HAMP/TAMPs
• Local authority highway asset valuations: (following CIPFA guidance where applicable)
• Service Level Development: in consultation with stakeholders, and the development of models for reporting, monitoring and the management of improvements
• Value Management and Option Appraisal: developing and facilitating value management and option appraisal processes for highway assets
• Highway Maintenance Plans: assistance in the production of Highway Maintenance Plans and other management documents
• Pavement Investigation: Undertake material testing and pavement reports
• Performance Reviews: undertaking performance reviews and developing improvement plans, including the provision of advice and action plans to bring about improvements in national and local performance indicators
• Local Area Agreements: Helping develop local area agreements
• Gap Analyses: carrying out gap analyses in relation to national Codes of Practice and other best practice documents (e.g. Data Management for Road Administrations: A Best Practice Guide).
• Business Process reviews: specifically related to the delivery of services for roads, and the development of improvement plans
• Training and Workshops: facilitation and delivery, including for practitioners, managers, elected members and service users
• Strategic Reviews: and the development of policy and strategies
• Public Consultations: organisation and facilitation, for local authorities to support the definition of appropriate service standards
• Procurement Advice: including contract and payment mechanisms particularly in relation to innovative forms of procurement such as PPP and PFI
• Risk Management: advice and assistance with the production of risk management plans

For more information please contact:

James Elliott BEng CEng MICE MICHT MIAM
Operations Director at our Godalming office
Email: james.elliott@chrisbritton.co.uk

CBC is able to combine a solid understanding of management consultancy best practice with a wealth of practical and commercial experience and a thorough understanding of the business of road maintenance, management and operation to deliver real, sustainable improvements for our clients.

Our team

We pride ourselves on our ability to work closely alongside our clients in order to understand fully their business, and their required outcomes from a particular project so that we can develop appropriate solutions. Our team of highway management consultants have a wealth of experience that includes;

• Programme and Project Management
• Asset lifecycle modelling
• Pavement engineering and materials
• Procurement and contract management
• Change management
• IT implementation
• Risk management
• Workshop facilitation
• Training
• Public consultation

Our experience comes from working for a wide range of local and national clients, both in the public and private sectors, including private road operators, in the UK and overseas. Our team working approach enables us to transfer knowledge between projects and allows us to bring a national perspective to local issues where appropriate.

Chris Britton Consultancy, part of Professional Services in BBCEL, has provided high-quality highway management consultancy services to a wide range of clients since 1990.