ROAD CONTROLLING AUTHORITIES FORUM (NZ) Inc

Friday 9 May 2014

Russley Golf Club Function Centre

428 Memorial Avenue, Christchurch

Emerging from crisis

AGENDA

8.15am – 8.55am Registration and early coffee
WARMING UP FOR THE DAY
Item 1 / 9.00am / Welcome, housekeeping and apologies / Chair
9.05am / Executive update / Kaye Clark
NZ Transport Agency
9.10am / RCA finance update
Jim Paterson presented 2014/15 draft budget
Forum adopted 2014/15 draft budget
Moved: Peter Bailey, Porirua City Council
Seconded: Ian Marshall, Southland DC / Jim Paterson –WBoPDC
9.20am / Forum Research & Guidelines Group update / Murray Hasler – Gore DC
SESSION 1 – Emerging from crisis
Item 2 / 9.30am / Christchurch 3 years on; growing resilience / Michael Blyleven, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority CERA
Item 3 / 10.00am / Contracting alliances: delivering solutions while maintaining a healthy market / Greg Slaughter Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team SCIRT
MORNING TEA 10.30am
SESSION 2 – what’s in focus?
Item 4 / 11.00am / Creating great journeys; the challenge of keeping a dynamic transport system moving / Ryan Cooney – Manager Christchurch Transport Operations Centre
Item 5 / 11.30am / Government Policy Statement 2015-18: / Gareth Chaplin & Shelley Tucker
Ministry of Transport
Item 6 / 12.00pm / Technical Audits: growing capability through sharing experiences / Martin Taylor – Whakatane District Council with Tony Lange – NZ Transport Agency
LUNCH 12.30
QUICK BRIEFINGS
Item 7 / 1.30pm / Road Efficiency Group: centers of excellence, One Network Road Classification, service levels, asset management, low volume roads / Jim Harland
NZ Transport Agency
Item 8 / 1.45pm / Safe speeds consultation / Jim Harland
NZ Transport Agency
Item 9 / 2.00pm / Saving Peripatus - A joint DOC/NZTA conservation project / Dave Agnew – DOC with Mark Woodward, Downers
Item 10 / 2.15pm / FAR update / Natalia Fareti, LGNZ
Item 11 / 2.30pm / Glyphosate – emerging issues / Mike Parker, Foundation for Arable Research
Item 12 / 2.45pm / Road Infrastructure Management Support (RIMS)
Infrastructure Decision Support (ID) / Gordon Hart
NZ Transport Agency
Item 13 / 3.00pm / Contractors’ view – health of the market / Chris Olsen – Roading NZ and Malcolm Abernethy – Contractors’ Federation
Item 14 / 3.15pm / ACENZ – the professionals’ view – Healthy Market / Shaun Hubbard – Aecom

3.30 pm CLOSE and drinks

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