The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) has announced the election of Mitesh Solanki as its new President for 2025 / 26.
At his Presidential Inauguration at the CIHT’s offices in London, Mitesh called for the Institution to continue its focus on resilience, professionalism and equity.
Mitesh Solanki, President, CIHT said: ‘Climate change is presenting society and our sector with challenges that we must do more on. The question we as professionals must ask ourselves is how we are adapting to the changing world. We need to take the opportunity to think about new ways of increasing our climate resilience and long-term solutions for the highways, transport and infrastructure sector.’
‘We have an opportunity for adaptation to be at the forefront of improving the resilience of our transport networks. This week we saw the UK Government announce their new ‘Structure’s Fund’ that will provide up to £1bn in funding for renewal and maintenance of bridges, roads and tunnels. CIHT has consistently called for this support as it shows that incrementally adapting infrastructure and proactively maintaining it is crucial for extreme weather resilience and meeting decarbonisation goals.’
As part of CIHT’s year under Mitesh Solanki’s presidency, the focus on resilience and adaptation will see the Institution further embedding its activities and initiatives on Climate Action as we seek to support the decarbonisation of the highways, transport and infrastructure sector.
Other areas of focus:
Reiterating the Institution’s commitment to Equality Diversity and Inclusion – including a desire to increase the ‘diversity of thought’ and widen the access opportunities for all people to join CIHT and the wider sector
Enhanced offerings on CIHT Learn – including new courses that will build on the CLIMATES project
A chance to support professionalism through increased mentoring and mentee opportunities – including an imminent launch of the new CIHT Mentoring Platform.
CIHT’s AGM also saw the election of Kate Carpenter, Director of Operational Safety, Jacobs as the Vice-President of CIHT.
Mitesh is the Managing Director of Ringway Highways Services business that offers maintenance, improvements and whole life asset optioneering management services. He values relationships that enables customer satisfaction to be realised in an ever-changing environment. He has worked in this sector for 30 years and would encourage others to join as well as it caters for a wide variety of skill sets.
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