Inviting all councils that are responsible for highways to become members of LCRIG.
Supporting the Department for Transport by encouraging all our council members to communicate and collaborate.
Helping councillors and politicians to understand the importance of good road asset management and how it can save millions of pounds every year.
Developing opportunities that help the ‘highways community’ to collaborate, innovate and advance new technology.
Providing a sector specific online portal that is self-maintained by the whole ‘highways community’.
LCRIG’s mission is to facilitate fresh thinking in innovation and collaboration and to act as a conduit between the ‘highways community’ consisting of politicians, councils, council groups, the supply chain (including utilities), associations, academia, key organisations and the media.
LCRIG also supports the Department for Transport, working in partnership with the ‘highways community’, to enable change through using innovative techniques not only to help achieve savings and efficiencies but to ensure that we all work together to ensure that road users see improved highway services maintained to a standard that people expect and deserve.
Will is Head of Highways and Traffic Management Services at Blackpool Council.
Will established LCRIG in 2013 to encourage councils to work together to support the Department for Transport and to work with each other collaboratively in partnership with the ‘highways community’.
Will has received national recognition for his work and has received numerous awards, including the Department for Transport ‘Special Recognition Award’ for ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Highways Sector’ in 2019.
Martin has almost 40 years’ experience in the highways sector having started his career with local government in the early 80’s. Over the past 20 years he has held a number of high profile roles in the private sector which include that of a Partner in a global design consultancy, a Director in Kier Highways and more recently as a joint owner of his own consultancy D2M2.
Throughout his career Martin has played a significant role in the highways sector having held advisory positions with CIHT, ACE, HMEP and with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. He has spoken at numerous national conferences and authored several industry guidance documents on the subjects of procurement, funding strategies, performance management and collaboration. He remains influential in helping to shape future highways delivery models by ensuring SMEs have the opportunity to access public sector contracts.
Sean is the Head of Service – Highway Maintenance at Oxfordshire County Council, having previously been employed as the Head of Highways and Transportation for a number of other councils.
Sean is particularly passionate about bringing members of the highways sector together to share skills and knowledge for the benefit of everyone.
Ian is the Performance Manager for Highways and Traffic Management Services at Blackpool Council, he is a highly accomplished Senior Officer who has a consistently successful record of leading high-performance teams in the management and delivery of all aspects of highway maintenance schemes, capital schemes and utility works.
Demonstrating a robust ground-up expertise and a consistent professional approach, he has strong project management skills, comprehensive technical and legal knowledge, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. At Blackpool Ian is the lynch pin between the Political Members and the highways service, together with management responsibility for internal and external projects, scrutinising quality, identifying potential problems, and providing commercially sound solutions. More importantly Ian is a key member of LCRIG and leads innovation and progression in the Authorities approach to highway maintenance, asset management and its engagement with suppliers he is a keen advocate of innovation and new ideas, in particular fostering a collaborative approach across the Highway Community.
Always pushing to achieve more, to gain best value, working together and approaching things collaboratively, Ian sees this approach as an absolute ‘must do’ for the future.
Paul is the Highways Asset Manager for Lancashire County Council, having worked in a range of different roles within Lancashire’s highways services for the last 30 years.
He is the Chair for the NW LCRIG group. The ethos of the group is to share good practice, learn from each other, consider innovation and work together across the North West to deliver data driven asset management practices.
A well-known and passionate supporter of the highway industry. Over the past 33 years Steve has developed his career primarily in highway maintenance engineering for both the public and private sector. Gaining a solid technical understanding in local authority highways laboratories starting as a Technician and working his way to Materials Engineer responsible for running the technical departments in Wiltshire, Surrey and Derbyshire. Steve was also an Associate Director-Business Development with TRL where he delivered internationally to over 20 African Countries, China, Much of the Middle East and Peru.
Always pushing innovation and added value Steve’s agenda has always been to promote what is good in our industry and push out what we don’t want. Currently Steve is working with East Sussex delivering a role as their Asset Strategist. Still pushing for value and believing that innovation is the key to winning. He is currently pushing for quality to be higher on the Asset Managers agenda believing that for too many years we have seen the decline in technical understanding and let systems take over decision making.
Alec has more than 15 years’ experience in multimedia journalism and has edited titles in the packaging, transport, healthcare and energy sectors.
Having spent four years as editor of Highways Magazine he is no stranger to the workings of the sector. Alec was responsible for running and developing the print offering of the magazine plus its associated products; namely the website and weekly newsletter.
During his time in the role Alec maintained relationships with a number of key individuals, associations and organisations across the highways sector. He also helped to oversee the relaunch of Highways sister title Smart Highways. Alec has project-managed the content creation of websites and digital platforms for a variety of brands, chaired roundtables and conferences, and been involved in the organisation of such events.
Alec is keen to help raise the profile of LCRIG and highlight the good work of the organisation’s members with a strong focus on innovation.
Jonny Thynne is a seasoned brand communications professional and Creative Director at Thynne Creative. He honed his skills in various in-house and agency roles in the UK and Australia before setting up on his own over 12 years ago. He now has a team of designers, developers and marketing professionals behind him to deliver bespoke services to a range of public and private sector clients.
Jonny has worked closely with LCRIG and others in the highways sector for the past 6 years on everything from branding, to large-scale digital projects, editorial design, social media marketing and everything in between! He thoroughly enjoys the challenge of working with highly technical and complex information and finding innovative ways to communicate them with wider audiences.
Charlotte manages all of the LCRIG services, including membership services, events and webinars. Charlotte is also responsible for the office operations, including finance, administration, HR and technical services.
Charlotte has worked within the civil engineering, highways and transportation sector for over 12 years.
Susanne manages LCRIG with the support of the President, the Regional Chairs, the Chief Executive and the Board.
Susanne has worked within the civil engineering, highways and transportation sector for over 25 years.
Susanne’s extensive network of contacts and broad range of experience serves her perfectly to facilitate LCRIG’s aim to create a fully inclusive ‘highways community’.
Kerry joins LCRIG as Financial Services Consultant. As well as managing our accounts and our statutory requirements as a Community Interest Company, she will also be responsible for analysing and interpreting our financial performance data.
A CIMA qualified, commercially focused, Finance & Operations Manager, Kerry is adept at producing robust financial and commercial information designed to drive decision making at Board level. Working at Rennicks UK for over 7 years, Kerry has an excellent knowledge and understanding of the highways industry and the challenges faced on the UK road network.
Shelley is LCRIG’s Marketing Manager and responsible for marketing and communications.
Shelley has worked in the civil engineering, highways and transportation sector for over 15 years and is currently studying towards a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Level 6 Digital Marketing Diploma.
Emily has joined LCRIG as Marketing Coordinator, having recently completed an English Language degree at the University of Chester. Emily is now working within LCRIG’s marketing team and is enrolled on a Level 3 Digital Marketing qualification.
Karla has worked for LCRIG as an Administrator, on a part time basis since July and has played a key role in establishing and developing the LCRIG internal systems.
Having recently completed her A-levels, Karla will continue to work part-time for LCRIG on a summer placement before starting University in September to study Marine Biology.
Bill is responsible for the leadership and management of the Highway Infrastructure & Fleet Team at the City of York Council.
Bill has a proven track record of implementing and delivering efficiencies and innovation within a multi-disciplinary team.
Georgia is responsible for managing the LCRIG community interest projects and the fund-raising activities for our local and national charitable work.
Georgia has worked within the civil engineering, highways and transportation sector for almost 7 years part-time whilst studying for her BTEC Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care and her LLB Law (Hons) Degree which she completed in April 2019.
Peter is a member of the Project and Asset Management Team at Cumbria County Council.
Peter has over 35 years experience within highways maintenance and his extensive knowledge and industry wide contacts makes him the perfect National Advocate for LCRIG.
Peter ensures that LCRIG remains in touch and working in partnership with other Council Groups and the industry Associations.
Will is Head of Highways and Traffic Management Services at Blackpool Council.
Will established LCRIG in 2013 to encourage councils to work together to support the Department for Transport and to work with each other collaboratively in partnership with the ‘highways community’.
Will has received national recognition for his work and has received numerous awards, including the Department for Transport ‘Special Recognition Award’ for ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Highways Sector’ in 2019.
Martin has almost 40 years’ experience in the highways sector having started his career with local government in the early 80’s. Over the past 20 years he has held a number of high profile roles in the private sector which include that of a Partner in a global design consultancy, a Director in Kier Highways and more recently as a joint owner of his own consultancy D2M2.
Throughout his career Martin has played a significant role in the highways sector having held advisory positions with CIHT, ACE, HMEP and with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. He has spoken at numerous national conferences and authored several industry guidance documents on the subjects of procurement, funding strategies, performance management and collaboration. He remains influential in helping to shape future highways delivery models by ensuring SMEs have the opportunity to access public sector contracts.
Sean is the Head of Service – Highway Maintenance at Oxfordshire County Council, having previously been employed as the Head of Highways and Transportation for a number of other councils.
Sean is particularly passionate about bringing members of the highways sector together to share skills and knowledge for the benefit of everyone.
Ian is the Performance Manager for Highways and Traffic Management Services at Blackpool Council, he is a highly accomplished Senior Officer who has a consistently successful record of leading high-performance teams in the management and delivery of all aspects of highway maintenance schemes, capital schemes and utility works.
Demonstrating a robust ground-up expertise and a consistent professional approach, he has strong project management skills, comprehensive technical and legal knowledge, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. At Blackpool Ian is the lynch pin between the Political Members and the highways service, together with management responsibility for internal and external projects, scrutinising quality, identifying potential problems, and providing commercially sound solutions. More importantly Ian is a key member of LCRIG and leads innovation and progression in the Authorities approach to highway maintenance, asset management and its engagement with suppliers he is a keen advocate of innovation and new ideas, in particular fostering a collaborative approach across the Highway Community.
Always pushing to achieve more, to gain best value, working together and approaching things collaboratively, Ian sees this approach as an absolute ‘must do’ for the future.
Paul is the Highways Asset Manager for Lancashire County Council, having worked in a range of different roles within Lancashire’s highways services for the last 30 years.
He is the Chair for the NW LCRIG group. The ethos of the group is to share good practice, learn from each other, consider innovation and work together across the North West to deliver data driven asset management practices.
A well-known and passionate supporter of the highway industry. Over the past 33 years Steve has developed his career primarily in highway maintenance engineering for both the public and private sector. Gaining a solid technical understanding in local authority highways laboratories starting as a Technician and working his way to Materials Engineer responsible for running the technical departments in Wiltshire, Surrey and Derbyshire. Steve was also an Associate Director-Business Development with TRL where he delivered internationally to over 20 African Countries, China, Much of the Middle East and Peru.
Always pushing innovation and added value Steve’s agenda has always been to promote what is good in our industry and push out what we don’t want. Currently Steve is working with East Sussex delivering a role as their Asset Strategist. Still pushing for value and believing that innovation is the key to winning. He is currently pushing for quality to be higher on the Asset Managers agenda believing that for too many years we have seen the decline in technical understanding and let systems take over decision making.
Alec has more than 15 years’ experience in multimedia journalism and has edited titles in the packaging, transport, healthcare and energy sectors.
Having spent four years as editor of Highways Magazine he is no stranger to the workings of the sector. Alec was responsible for running and developing the print offering of the magazine plus its associated products; namely the website and weekly newsletter.
During his time in the role Alec maintained relationships with a number of key individuals, associations and organisations across the highways sector. He also helped to oversee the relaunch of Highways sister title Smart Highways. Alec has project-managed the content creation of websites and digital platforms for a variety of brands, chaired roundtables and conferences, and been involved in the organisation of such events.
Alec is keen to help raise the profile of LCRIG and highlight the good work of the organisation’s members with a strong focus on innovation.
Jonny Thynne is a seasoned brand communications professional and Creative Director at Thynne Creative. He honed his skills in various in-house and agency roles in the UK and Australia before setting up on his own over 12 years ago. He now has a team of designers, developers and marketing professionals behind him to deliver bespoke services to a range of public and private sector clients.
Jonny has worked closely with LCRIG and others in the highways sector for the past 6 years on everything from branding, to large-scale digital projects, editorial design, social media marketing and everything in between! He thoroughly enjoys the challenge of working with highly technical and complex information and finding innovative ways to communicate them with wider audiences.
Charlotte manages all of the LCRIG services, including membership services, events and webinars. Charlotte is also responsible for the office operations, including finance, administration, HR and technical services.
Charlotte has worked within the civil engineering, highways and transportation sector for over 12 years.
Susanne manages LCRIG with the support of the President, the Regional Chairs, the Chief Executive and the Board.
Susanne has worked within the civil engineering, highways and transportation sector for over 25 years.
Susanne’s extensive network of contacts and broad range of experience serves her perfectly to facilitate LCRIG’s aim to create a fully inclusive ‘highways community’.
Kerry joins LCRIG as Financial Services Consultant. As well as managing our accounts and our statutory requirements as a Community Interest Company, she will also be responsible for analysing and interpreting our financial performance data.
A CIMA qualified, commercially focused, Finance & Operations Manager, Kerry is adept at producing robust financial and commercial information designed to drive decision making at Board level. Working at Rennicks UK for over 7 years, Kerry has an excellent knowledge and understanding of the highways industry and the challenges faced on the UK road network.
Shelley is LCRIG’s Marketing Manager and responsible for marketing and communications.
Shelley has worked in the civil engineering, highways and transportation sector for over 15 years and is currently studying towards a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Level 6 Digital Marketing Diploma.
Emily has joined LCRIG as Marketing Coordinator, having recently completed an English Language degree at the University of Chester. Emily is now working within LCRIG’s marketing team and is enrolled on a Level 3 Digital Marketing qualification.
Karla has worked for LCRIG as an Administrator, on a part time basis since July and has played a key role in establishing and developing the LCRIG internal systems.
Having recently completed her A-levels, Karla will continue to work part-time for LCRIG on a summer placement before starting University in September to study Marine Biology.
Bill is responsible for the leadership and management of the Highway Infrastructure & Fleet Team at the City of York Council.
Bill has a proven track record of implementing and delivering efficiencies and innovation within a multi-disciplinary team.
Georgia is responsible for managing the LCRIG community interest projects and the fund-raising activities for our local and national charitable work.
Georgia has worked within the civil engineering, highways and transportation sector for almost 7 years part-time whilst studying for her BTEC Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care and her LLB Law (Hons) Degree which she completed in April 2019.
Peter is a member of the Project and Asset Management Team at Cumbria County Council.
Peter has over 35 years experience within highways maintenance and his extensive knowledge and industry wide contacts makes him the perfect National Advocate for LCRIG.
Peter ensures that LCRIG remains in touch and working in partnership with other Council Groups and the industry Associations.
Will’s initial vision was to elevate the status of highways to empower Elected Members with the information needed to decide the future of the road network for the next generation. To do this, Will needed to secure the correct level of funding for the future of Blackpool’s roads. Being dissatisfied with the nationally accepted standard approach of highway condition surveys and systems, it was necessary to establish a new method to understand how the town’s infrastructure was performing now and long into the future. Will, in collaboration with the private sector and York University, developed an innovative ‘treatment survey’ and new deterioration modelling techniques to obtain accurate information to enable him to build a robust business case, in austere times, to confidently identify the true state of the highway network and convince and give confidence to the Elected Members to make the bold decision to invest £30M in the ‘Project 30’ highway regeneration flagship project.
Will ensured that this new method was scalable, transferable, repeatable and sustainable and created the RAMS Framework contract, available to all councils in the UK. It has now been utilised by over 30 councils, with the complete ‘buy in’ from Elected Members and it has successfully accounted for over £500 million invested in the UK’s highway network. This subsequently led each council to successfully restore their network, gaining national recognition and restoring public confidence. Blackpool Council received recognition from the industry for ‘Project 30’ by being awarded the CIHT Asset Management Award 2013 and the NHT Best Performance Award for Public Satisfaction in 2014.
Will established LCRIG in 2013 to encourage councils to work together and with the ‘highways community’ to support the Department for Transport to deliver innovation on a national level. This collaborative approach enables the councils to maximise their opportunity to use new innovative technology, available from the supply chain (our Associate Members and Utility Members), that saves money, increase efficiency, improves safety and ensures that councils have access to innovative highway products and services for the benefit of all road users .
LCRIG supports the ‘highways community’ by setting up, organising or facilitating CPD presentations, technical training days, member meetings, round table discussions and introductions. Members can also benefit from virtual support through our members’ area, by email and over the phone.
Members of LCRIG are also provided with a Member Profile. This service provides each member with the opportunity to share their organisation’s details, job opportunities, news, videos and links to key information. Members are also able to request for LCRIG to facilitate communication between members and the wider highways community.
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There is no charge, all we ask is for each Council to support LCRIG’s commitment to facilitating communication, collaboration and innovation throughout the ‘highways community’.
We simply require a signed declaration from the Portfolio Holder / Leader and a Director of Service to demonstrate the commitment from the Council in support of LCRIG’s requests:
There is no charge, all we ask is for each Partner Member to support LCRIG’s commitment to facilitating communication, collaboration and innovation throughout the ‘highways community’.
Join NowWe require all Associate Members to comply with LCRIG’s Code of Conduct. This is to ensure that our Council Members are not overburdened with too many direct requests.
The additional sponsorship opportunities can be found within the Media Pack.
Join NowWe require all Consultant Members to comply with LCRIG’s Code of Conduct. This is to ensure that our Council Members are not overburdened with too many direct requests.
The Membership fee and additional sponsorship opportunities can be found within the Media Pack.
Join NowThere is no charge, all we ask is for each Key Organisation Member to support LCRIG’s commitment to facilitating communication, collaboration and innovation throughout the ‘highways community’.
Join NowThere is no charge, all we ask is for each Academia Member to support LCRIG’s commitment to facilitating communication, collaboration and innovation throughout the ‘highways community’.
Join NowWe require all Utilities Members to comply with LCRIG’s Code of Conduct. This is to ensure that our Council Members are not overburdened with too many direct requests.
The additional sponsorship opportunities can be found within the Media Pack.
Join NowThere is no charge for Affiliate Members to join LCRIG, all we ask is for each Affiliate Member to support LCRIG’s commitment to facilitate communication, collaboration and innovation throughout the ‘highways community’. Affiliate Members must be:-
