Paviors' Lecture

On 11 February 2014 the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering hosted the 39th Annual Paviors' Lecture

This years Pavoirs' talk was delivered by Ginny Clarke CBE.  Ginny’s lecture on ‘Engineering and Managing Some of the World’s Busiest Highways’ was attended by the Paviors’ themselves, colleagues from industry, academic staff, alumni and students from the College.  This prestigious annual event was later followed by a special supper attended by 64 Paviors’ and their guests at 170 Queens Gate.

 Abstract

The Highways Agency’s role has changed in recent years from the construction of new roads to focusing on managing and maintaining the existing strategic network. This revised role has required changes in technology and organisation in order to give an improved level of service to the road user with an emphasis on consistency and reliability of journey times. Ginny will describe this evolutionary change and explain how the HA will support future sustainable economic growth.

Speaker biography

Ginny Clarke has had a long career in the field of roads engineering since she graduated in 1976 with a degree in civil engineering. She has just taken over a new role as Director for Strategy and Planning for the Highways Agency. Her responsibilities are to lead the transition of the Agency to a public company and develop the planning and investment strategy required to support the long term government commitment to the strategic road network.

Ginny was formally the Chief Highways Engineer for the Agency for 12 years, during which she was the UK First Delegate to the World Roads Association for seven years. In 2009 she was awarded the CBE for services to the Highways Agency and was subsequently appointed a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineers in 2011. Ginny is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.