Highways UK, 16-17 October 2024

Highways UK, 16-17 October 2024

Join us at this year’s Highways UK event, Hall 5, NEC, Birmingham. It is a space where we can collaborate and share ideas to accelerate our journey to net-zero carbon, improve productivity, share knowledge and maximise the positive impact we have.

Roads will remain the most common mode of travel through to 2050 and beyond. As we enter a pivotal period for the highways sector, we’re looking forward to meeting with our partners and industry leaders to discuss how we work together to deliver a strategic road network that will continue to play a vital role in connecting the country.

You’ll find us participating in discussions and talks in several theatres. We’ll be exploring themes such as early engagement and digital integration to reduce cost and carbon while increasing productivity and collaboration.

We’re also very much looking forward to welcoming you to our exhibition stand, 158A, where you’ll be able to meet many of our subject matter experts and highways team.

Register for a free ticket here. We look forward to seeing you there.

Agenda - Skanska sessions

Day 1 - 16 Oct

Digital Construction Stage

12:25pm
(40 mins)

Panel: 
Revolutionising construction efficiency through automated plant

 

Mark Lawton
Head of Engineering Surveying and GIS, Skanska

Mark Lawrence
Head of SHEQ, Morgan Sindall

Adrian Bullock
Engineering and Manufacturing Director, Highways Care Ltd

Annette Pass
Deputy Chief Scientific Advisor, Dept. for Transport

Robert Vermeer
Programme Manager - Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Innovate UK

Amer Essa
Senior Innovation Advisor, National Highways

Civils & Materials Theatre

1:20pm
(40 mins)

Panel: Driving productivity on major projects through logistics

 

Darshan Tank
Logistics Control Lead, Skanska

Sharon Kindleysides
Secretary General, CILT (UK)

Nicola Bell MBE
Executive Director, Major Projects, National Highways 

Nicole Preston
Productivity Director, Lower Thames Crossing, Balfour Beatty plc

Robert Walley
Director, The Lean Construction Institute UK (LCI-UK)

Sustainability Theatre

2:25pm

How the UK's biggest current road project – the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet scheme - set up for success before a spade went in the ground

 

Andrew English
Managing Director, Infrastructure, Skanska

Chris Taylor
Director of Complex Infrastructure, National Highways

Day 2 - 17 Oct

Sustainability Theatre

2:10 pm

Panel: How can carbon reduction be embedded early on in the design process?

 

Kenny Hills
Environmental Sustainability Manager, Skanska

Luke Winch
Low Carbon Manager, Galliford Try

Stuart Blofeld
Training Leas, BRE

Andrew Kidd
Director of Environmental Sustainability, LTC, National Highways

Mansi Desai
Technical Director & Head of Sustainability. Pell Frischmann

Simon White
Managing Director, Core Highways