CIPFA - Performance in Public Services: Property

The Highways Asset Management Planning Network which is partnered with ADEPT(formerly the County Surveyors Society)  and supported by the Department for Transport has been running for six years and has established itself as the first point of call for many Local Authorities seeking information on Asset Management Planning in relation to Highways and Transportation. 

Our Membership is still growing, most often through word of mouth, which helps to demonstrate the value and relevance that our members are receiving from the Network and the importance of Asset Management across Local Government and the rest of the Public Sector.

Through our partnership with ADEPT, the continuing support from the Department for Transport and our own experience of supporting Authorities in a changing local government world, the HAMP Network can provide unparalleled support. 

The HAMP Network is in a unique position to support Local Authorities in:

• Advising on the development of good Asset Management in relation to Highways and Transportation,
• Demonstrating best value in the use of capital resources
• Delivering continuous improvement, and
• Spreading best practice

Why YOU need the HAMP Network…

The coming year is likely to be one of the most challenging ever for local authority highway asset managers and the HAMP Network will be with you every step of the way, supporting you in developing and delivering a strategic approach to the management of your network.

If ever there was a time when the spotlight was going to be fully on the management and maintenance of the highway network, it is now.

There are demands upon us to seek new and innovative ways of doing things.  Some of the key things that will impact on highway asset managers over the next twelve months include:

• Going the Distance > (Audit Commission, May 2011) which:
  • Highlighted weaknesses and inconsistencies in highway maintenance around the country,
  • Called for a more strategic approach which resists a ‘worse-first’ mentality to highway maintenance and which applies asset management principles to investment decisions.
  • Identified the need to address the barriers to exploiting potential savings and efficiency opportunities from procurement collaboration, and,
  • Recommended that Authorities develop better sets of inventory data.
• Implementation of the CIPFA Code of Practice on Transport Infrastructure Assets, which provides the framework for the valuation of the highway network and compliance with Whole of Government Accounts (WGA).
• The increasingly important role that Life Cycle Planning will have in making less money go further, against substantial increases in cost inflation and projected growth in road transport.
• Launch of new carriageway and structures DRC toolkits
• Requirement to generate the first land valuations for GRC calculations
• The emerging outcomes from HMEP and practical ways of delivering efficiencies in the maintenance of the highway network.
• Developing and maintaining levels of service in the context of the ‘Localism’ agenda
• Coping with an environment of financial cuts and competing internal demands for revenue budgets.
• Increasing public scrutiny of spending decisions and their impact on the condition of the road network.
• The demise of SCANNER funding from DfT and the need for Authorities to find (and fund) alternative means of gathering condition data.

What's included in your Membership? 

• 2 or 1 FREE Delegate Place (you decide) to each Series of Events per subscription year, held in February, May and September 
• Each Series of Events held at five locations throughout England:-
  • London 
  • Nottingham 
  • Wigan
  • Durham
  • Weston Super Mare
• Active online discussion forum where members can raise questions, make comments and share experiences and good practice
• Online jobs vacancy website were you can advertise your  Highways related vacancies free of charge
• Password Access to the members only areas of the dedicated HAMP Network website including presentations and feedback from events, libraries of  Transport Asset Management Plans, good practice, guidance and other documentation 
• Access to via telephone and email to the latest advise on Highways Asset Management from our CIPFA advisors and associates
• Access to a network of over 90 Local Highway Authorities

Benefits of Membership

• You will always be up to date with information 
• You will have access to good practice from across the Country
• You will have access to specialist expertise 
• You will be part of the process able to assist in its development

Cost of Membership

All of this is offered for a very competitive rate of:-

PUBLIC SECTOR

• 2 FREE place subscription £1,295 plus VAT
• 1 FREE place subscription £850 plus VAT

PRIVATE SECTOR

• 2 FREE place subscription £2,495 plus VAT
• 1 FREE place subscription £1,295 plus VAT

If you join midway through a subscription period the subscription fee will be pro rata.

For more information please contact hamp@cipfa.org.uk or call 01244 394600