An industry-wide group has taken a significant step towards the formal launch this autumn of the No Excuse for Road Worker Abuse initiative, coming together for an in-person meeting at the McCann Training Centre in Nottingham.
The meeting brought together organisations from across the highways sector to agree the initiative’s governance structure, appoint its Companies House directors and finalise plans for its official launch.
Hosted by chair Paula Parsons and vice-chair Andy Murray, the meeting saw representatives from across the sector come together with a shared ambition to deliver meaningful change and measurable outcomes from the collective effort, expertise and investment being put into the initiative.
Susanne Ingham, Relationship Director at LCRIG was among those in attendance, alongside representatives from Tier One contractors, and a broad cross-section of the highways sector, including the Traffic Management Contractors Association (TMCA), Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA), Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA), Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA), National Highways, Highways Magazine, Highways News, Highways Industry, HAUC(UK) and the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE).
Susanne, commented: “Road worker abuse has always been an important issue for us, and keeping our road workers safe is something we are passionate about. We’re supporting this by bringing together a panel at Strictly Highways to explore how we can better protect our people. The panel will bring together representatives from the legal sector, industry and local authorities to share perspectives and discuss practical ways we can tackle this issue.
“Kerry will also be taking part in a panel at Highways UK as part of The BigLaunch, continuing the conversation around road worker safety and the action needed across the sector.”
A key element of the collaboration will initially see Kier Infrastructure, Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Galliford Try, FM Conway and Costain, together with their supply chains, feeding abuse and incursion data into RAISE, the sector’s data repository.
The aim is to make RAISE the UK’s only central repository for this data. Members and contributors will be able to submit and access historical, regional and incident information free of charge to plan and protect future works and EVERY company in the UK will be welcomed and able to participate as the project builds.
Organisations that would normally compete are uniting behind one goal: protecting the people who keep our roads running from the abuse and danger they face every day.
Further details about the initiative, its governance and its planned autumn launch will be shared in the coming weeks.
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