ADEPT Live Lab 2 blog: Welcome to the Dragons’ Den
The latest ADEPT Live Labs 2 blog is from Giles Perkins, Live Labs 2 Programme Director. Giles discusses the Live Labs 2 Expo “Dragons’ Den” style pitch sessions where SMEs showcased products to help decarbonise the highways sector. Two joint winners emerged: Circular 11, with their infrastructure products made from hard to recycle plastics and […]
Devolution and Local Government Reform: ADEPT announces autumn conference details
Booking is now open for the ADEPT Autumn Conference 2025, which will be held on Thursday 20-Friday 21 November at The Lowry Hotel in Manchester. This year’s theme is: ‘Devolution and Local Government Reform – the biggest shake up the sector has seen for 50 years?’ With the government agenda to widen and deepen devolution, […]
ADEPT reveals National Traffic Managers’ Conference theme
The theme for this year’s ADEPT National Traffic Managers’ Conference has been announced. The Changing Role of Traffic Managers will focus on how we navigate the changes, challenges and opportunities facing traffic managers today. The free event will take place in Leicester, on Wednesday 8 October. The annual conference is aimed at traffic managers, corporate […]
ADEPT Live Labs 2 blogs highlight project progress
The ADEPT Live Labs 2 monthly blogs continue to showcase progress across each of the seven projects. The Transport for West Midlands’ Centre of Excellence live lab provides an update on their work on pothole phase 2 trials in July. In East Riding, the first phase of test sites were made live earlier this year, […]
ADEPT’s National Traffic Managers’ Conference in October
Booking has now opened for ADEPT’s National Traffic Managers’ Conference 2025. The annual event will take place in 2025 in Leicester, on Wednesday 8th October. The conference is aimed at traffic managers, corporate partners from key service sectors, professional bodies and civil servants from across England. It will feature a series of presentations and panel […]
Mott MacDonald and ADEPT give their responses to the 10-year Infrastructure Strategy
Engineering, management and development consultancy Mott MacDonald is urging the government to ensure its 10-year Infrastructure Strategy is delivered in full. Responding to the announcement, Richard Risdon, executive board director and regional managing director for UK and Europe at Mott MacDonald, urged the government to become “the guardian of a long-term approach to new infrastructure”. […]
ADEPT welcomes government’s £1 billion investment in vital road structures
Angela Jones, President of ADEPT, has welcomed the recent announcement of £1 billion in government funding to repair and renew Britain’s ageing road structures. “This investment is desperately needed and represents a significant step forward in addressing the infrastructure crisis facing local authorities across the country,” she said. “ADEPT has been warning for years about […]
ADEPT launches new digital academy
ADEPT has launched a new digital academy, set to accelerate digital and data skill development across local authorities. It is a bespoke learning programme that is fully funded by the Apprenticeship Levy, combining hands-on, role-relevant training with expert coaching and community learning. It has been specifically designed to meet the needs of place directors’ teams […]
ADEPT launches Digital Academy to transform digital and data skills
A new, fully funded initiative to accelerate digital and data skill development across local authorities has been launched today. The ADEPT Digital Academy is a bespoke learning programme that is fully funded by the Apprenticeship Levy, combining hands-on, role-relevant training with expert coaching and community learning. The programme has been launched by Association of Directors […]
ADEPT launches programme to measure and reduce carbon emissions
A new programme has been launched by the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT), which will fund local highway authorities to both measure and identify how to reduce their carbon emissions. The Carbon Leadership Programme, supported by the Department for Transport, has been developed by Proving Services in partnership with ADEPT […]