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Andrew Boyle had 23 years experience in government service, mainly in the highways field. He took early retirement in March 1997 from the post of Head of Engineering Policy Division in the Highways Agency. Before that he worked with contractors, Tarmac and R M Douglas, respectively on site and in the design office, consultants Sir Owen Williams on the RE's staff for the M6 Midland Links Motorways and in the bridge design office at the Warwickshire Sub-Unit of the Midlands Road Construction Unit. In June 1997 he set up his own consultancy practice. He has worked on European Community projects both in DRIVE 2 and Phare programmes, the latter involving work in Poland. He also worked on a World Bank project in the Middle East. He has contributed to a book on Highway Engineering. From 2000 to 2008 he advised the UK Department for Transport and the HAUC community on new ways of controlling road works in the highway. He was deeply involved in the drafting of the Traffic Management Act 2004 and subsequent regulations including those for Permit schemes. Latterly he procured and managed the production of the Technical Specification for the new ETON 4, notice transfer for street and road works, IT system on behalf of the Department for Transport. Most recently he has been working with a UK based, but internationally active consultancy firm on work in the Middle East reviewing the activities of privatised road procurement companies. |
Services Provided
- Advice on government administration particularly in relation to technology issues;
- Advice on the institutional, regulatory and cultural aspects of the implementation of new technology in transport;
- Advice on how to be ready for the implementation of the Traffic Management Act 2004, review of performance and advice on how and where to improve processes and performance;
- Network referencing in the use of GIS and ITS;
- Quality, performance and value for money in transport project procurement;
- Specification and Standards Issues;
- Advice on the development and delivery of road transport projects and programmes, including systems;
- Review of policy implementation and advice on ways to improve policy decisions;
- Review of transport infrastructure delivery and operations;
- Advice on contractual issues and dispute resolution
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Selected Achievements
- He advised the Japanese Ministry of Construction on institutional issues in the UK;
- He was overall Project Manager for the computer operated variable speed restrictions trial on the M25, which has resulted in a 28% reduction in personal injury accidents, and the stabilisation of traffic flows;
- He chaired, for 3 years, a group of experts from Western European governments dealing with standardisation issues in relation to roads, including carrying out negotiations with the European Commission;
- He was responsible for development of the policy on value for money and quality in the procurement of construction and design contracts by the Highways Agency;
- He represented the UK on a European group of experts dealing with standardisation of network referencing and data interchange issues;
- He was responsible for the development of motorway contra flow systems when they were first introduced in the mid 1970s;
- He was project manager for several major road schemes in the midlands and London, both in the planning and design and construction stages. I also designed several bridges in the Midlands early on in my career;
- He redrafted a World Bank report to set up a Central Roads Administration for the Palestinian National Authority including all the final editing, as well as contributing on contractual issues,He has advised the UK government and others on new policie
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Recent Projects
Second Opinion on Road Projects in the Middle East at planning stage - view
Street and Road Works in England - view
Report on Central Road Administration for the Palestinian National Authority - view
Specification for Tolled Motorways in Poland - view
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