CIHT, in partnership with DfT, have launched a series of webinars on the Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme (HMEP) Procurement, Contracting and Standardisation products.

The webinars are based on the HMEP, which aims to deliver efficiency savings of 15-20% through the delivery of highway maintenance services procured by local highway authorities and are available on the CIHT website from today (1 March) at: www.ciht.org.uk/hmepwebinar.

The webinars are a series of presentations aimed at local highway authorities who are about to procure new term service or other highway maintenance contracts. Officers in Local Highway Authorities are encouraged to view the webinar and to contact HMEP if the products may be of use to them, or to download the documents via the HMEP website - http://www.dft.gov.uk/hmep/ once they are released.

Formal training is also being developed for the HMEP Form of Contract to aid knowledge, understanding and embedment within local authority practitioners.  The training will be available from April 2013 and will be by invitation only, being targeted at those who have an immediate need. If you wish to be included and already have knowledge/understanding of NEC3 then please contact HMEP at: highwaysefficiency@dft.gsi.gov.uk.