1. Pat Sheehan CMIOSH MIIAI Highways Term Maintenance Association
Head of H&S Colas Ltd
HTMA T&F Team leader
Highways Term Maintenance Association

2. About HTMA
We are the trade body for the UK highways management and maintenance industry.
Formed in 2005 to promote the positive contribution that the highways management and maintenance industry makes to the nation.
21 full and currently 13 associate members who account for over 80% of the highways maintenance workload undertaken in Great Britain – in excess of 190,000km of roads.
The industry employs around 30,000 people and the annual value of works is over £3.6 billion.

3. Members

4. Associate Members

5. Our Vision Our Strategy
“An efficient, effective and sustainable highways management and maintenance industry for the social, economic and environmental benefit of the communities in which we work.”
Our Strategy
“HTMA aspires to be the leading voice of the highways term management and maintenance industry, promoting its overall image, sharing knowledge and feedback, fostering best practice and improved industry standards, whilst influencing government and other stakeholders’ policies.”

6. Committed To
The advancement of highways management and maintenance and the creation of a comprehensive vision for the industry to help it meet future challenges;
Providing a high quality and relevant service to its members;
Being a valued source of assistance and advice; and
Enhancing public perception of highway maintenance and helping the industry continue to raise environmental, safety and other standards.

7. Structure
Working Groups – Consisting of representatives from member organisations, their remit includes the sharing of knowledge and best practice and developing guidance and best practice documents for approval by the Committee.
Each Working Group has an Executive owner from the Executive Team and a Chairman nominated by the Committee.
The Working Groups are:-
Marketing & Communications
Stakeholder Management
People & Careers
Health, Safety & Wellbeing
Service Delivery
Sustainability
Asset Management

8. Deliverables for the Sector
Sustainable Highways Maintenance Tool
Water Toolkit
Report from Benchmarking on fuel use and CO2 emissions in highways maintenance
Green driving booklet
Sustainability Charter
Guidance on Adaptation to Climate Change
Sustainable travel plans template
Training DVD on sustainable highway maintenance
Winter Maintenance game for school aged pupils
TUPE template to assist the bidding process
Career case studies
Job profiles for different roles within highways maintenance
Careers video
Careers presentation for pupils
Report from benchmarking people data – highways specific
Price adjustment indices
Guidance on use of legal clauses in contracts
Invest to save report
Report on outcome indicators
Guidance on maximising best value from constrained budgets
Safety training DVD Breaking New Ground
Guidance documents on:
Smart motorways designed for maintenance
IPV and traffic management
Centre line working
Road closures and impact
Welfare on transient sites
Training DVD on People-Plant interface management
Roadworker Abuse toolkit
A suite of good safety practices (knowledge sharing by Members)

9. Fatigue T&F group
HTMA task and finish group set up on working hours in TM & Highway maintenance
Initial PID agreed to look at size of issue
Invited TMCA to join the group
HSE kept informed

10. Fatigue T&F group
Highways England then issued a draft of IANs 189 & 190 on fatigue
189/16 policy on managing fatigue
190/16 guidance on managing fatigue
Initial implementation date was April 2016
Following telecon with industry, HSE and HE this was changed to December 2016

11. Fatigue T&F group
189 & 190 introduced the HSE’s best kept secret the fatigue index calculator
Also set targets for fatigue and risk
IAN was a misuse of the fatigue tool - HSL agreed
Various meetings between HTMA, HSE, HE and TMCA
HSE suggested industry worked with HSL

12. Fatigue T&F group
HTMA & TMCA commissioned HSL to carry out a report on fatigue – TMCA deserve the credit
Looked at 4 work areas TM
Surfacing
Road Markings
Winter & cyclical maintenance
HSL ran 4 focus groups in Jan/Feb 2017

13. Fatigue T&F group
48 people attended the 4 focus groups and were asked a set of questions
HSL then asked for the fatigue tool scenarios we had produced
Also asked for shift patterns of the 48 attendees
Following numerous meetings HSL produced their final report
Report includes a process map but no fatigue targets

14. Fatigue T&F group
There are now 4 industry groups working on guidance using the HSL report
HE have attended a meeting of the main working group
Industry guidance to be published in 2018
HE looking at replacing the IANs with a CHE memo

15. Fatigue final thoughts
The IANs raised the profile of fatigue
Fatigue can have serious H&S consequences
Long hours don’t necessarily mean a person will be fatigued
Education of the warning signs and consequences is essential

16. Thank you for listening