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Cold Comfort Scotland 20196th Annual Winter Maintenance Conference and Exhibition
25th April 2019 | Macdonald Inchyra Hotel, Falkirk
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Speaker organisations include representatives from: • Aberdeenshire Council • Amey
• Argyll and Bute Council • Ayrshire
Roads Alliance • Heriot Watt University
• Highland Council • Highways
England • Rijkswaterstaat - Ministry of
Infrastructure and Water Management,
The Netherlands • Tayside Contracts
• Transport Scotland and more
Key topics for 2019 will include:
• Delivering technology and innovation to help with winter service efficiency in the Netherlands
• Scottish local authority case studies
• Live panel discussion featuring Transport Scotland, Highways England and SCOTS representatives
• Highways England on the A66 Winterpave trials
• Effective winter service technology
• Planning for more extreme weather
Who should attend:The annual Scottish Cold Comfort conference and exhibition would be of benefit to:
What you will learn:
• Hear from industry experts delivering up-to-date best practice from the sector
• Share insight and opinion on the latest developments and shape the way the industry operates in the future
• Learn from other authorities from around the UK on their approaches to winter service delivery
• Participate in the most up-to-date technical sessions featuring the latest research and developments
Cold Comfort Scotland is the country’s only conference and exhibition dedicated to the winter service sector.
The conference aims to increase the knowledge and improve the effectiveness of winter service operatives in Scotland. Using best practice case studies, technical sessions and debate and discussion, Cold Comfort Scotland considers every aspect of the winter service delivery sector as well as some of the new products, concepts and innovations being used on the road network.
Combining research from both local and European winter operations, the sixth annual event will detail how to successfully plan and execute your winter service strategies.
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• Senior local authority representatives
• Private sector contractors
• Winter maintenance managers
• Highway engineers
• Resiliance/civil contingency managers
• Highway managers
• Contract managers
• Fleet managers
• Operations managers
• Network managers
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
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09:30 Welcome and introduction Introduction: Transport Scotland Speaker: TBA
09:45 Delivering innovation and new technology in winter service plans
• The challenges and opportunities of managing severe weather in The Netherlands
• Incorporating change and new technology • Benefits and efficiencies and making winter service
delivery plans for effective Rini Donker, Senior Adviser, Rijkswaterstaat-Ministry
of Infrastructure and Water Management, The Netherlands
10:15 Local authority case study: Delivering innovation and community partnership working as part of an effective winter service plan
• Part one: Winter Resilience community partnership working arrangements
• Part two: Delivering innovative new customer-focussed services through web and voice activation, to provide 24/7 on-demand access to winter maintenance information
Kevin Braidwood, Operations Manager and Theresa Mackin, Business Manager, Ayrshire Roads Alliance
10:45 Local authority case study: Dundee residual salt scanning trial
• Overview of the first residual salt scanning trial • Results of the trial and future work • Benefits of the work and development Ewan Macnaughton, Road Maintenance Partnership
Manager, Tayside Contracts Marc Desmulliez, Director/Founder, MicroSense
Technologies, Microsystems Engineering Centre at Heriot Watt University
11:10 Refreshment break and exhibition viewing
11:30 Live panel debate: Winter 2018/19 review • A review of the 2018/19 season-lessons learnt • Main challenges and opportunities in the sector • Implementing new technology and innovation • How is technology driving change on the network • How can we make the Scottish network more resilient? Iain McDonald, Network Resilience Manager, Transport
Scotland Kevin Braidwood, Operations Manager and Theresa
Mackin, Business Manager, Ayrshire Roads Alliance David Batchelor, Project Manager - Severe Weather
Plan, Severe Weather Research & Development, Highways England
12:00 A66 Winterpave trials • Report on the progress of the trial so far • Expected benefits • Future trials and development Steve Mason, Senior Project Manager – Cumbria &
North Lancashire, Highways England
12:20 The development of 48 hour route based forecasting and data driven treatment decision making
• Aberdeenshire’s approach to winter service and driving efficiencies
• The 48 hour route based forecasting plan • Implementing data driven treatment decision making Bill Lennox, Roads Quality & Resources Manager,
Aberdeenshire Council
12:45 Lunch and exhibition viewing
14:00 Implementing winter plans with the community in mind
• Planning and coordinating a community response • Working with farmers • The benefits and results and future work in this area Nick Russell, Area Manager, STRU South East-
Highways, Amey
14:20 Planning and implementing for a new fleet • Highways England’s new winter fleet • Planning and implementing them on the network • The challenges and opportunities of a new fleet Jane Wilkins, Winter Fleet, National Depot Project
Sponsor, Highways England
14:40 Managing winter-the challenges and opportunities • Developing Argyll and Bute’s winter service plan • Winter as part of delivering for the community • Implementing change and new technology Jim Smith, Head of Economic Development, Argyll
and Bute Council
15:00 Refreshments and exhibition viewing
15:20 New technology for efficient delivery • Implementing new equipment over a period of time • Making the right choices for the right delivery • The challenges and opportunities with new
technology James MacDonald, Transport Manager, Highland
Council
16:00 Summary and close of conference
Exhibiting and Sponsorship OpportunitiesPlease contact Chris Day today
T: +44 (0) 1732 448719 | E: [email protected]
www.coldcomfortscotland.tn-events.co.uk
Confirmed 2019 attendees include representatives from:
AECOM | Amey | Angus Council | Archway Roadmaster (UK) | Autolink M6 | Ayrshire Roads Alliance | Balfour Beatty | BEAR
Scotland | Campbell Scientific Ltd | City of Edinburgh Council | Clackmannanshire Council | Compass Minerals | East Ayrshire
Council | East Dunbartonshire Council | East Lothian Council | East Renfrewshire Council | Eurodome Limited | Falkirk
Council | Fife Council | Findlay Irvine Ltd | Glasgow City Council | Hertfordshire County Council | Highways England | Holder
Equipment UK Ltd | Inex Works Ltd. | Met Office | Metdesk Limited | MeteoGroup | Midlothian Council | Moray Council |
North Ayrshire Council | Peacock Salt | RUD Chains Ltd | Safecote Ltd | Salt Sales Company | Scotland Transerv | Stabilised
Pavements Ltd | Stirling Council | StormGeo UK Ltd | Transport Scotland | True View Visuals | Turner & Townsend | Vaisala |
Webaspx | West Lothian Council | Wilson Salt Ltd | Winter Service Solutions Ltd | WinterTech Systems and many more
Why not bring your colleagues to the event? For group rates contact us today [email protected]
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