Amey's Business Director for Transport Infrastructure, David Ogden, has been appointed as Vice Chair of PIARC (Worlds Road Association) National Committee in the United Kingdom.
PIARC (World Road Association) is a non-profit association established more than 100 years ago to promote international cooperation on issues relating to roads and road transportation. It consists of a wide range of members from every part of the globe. The core members are road agencies representing over 120 countries.
His appointment follows his involvement in a number of key strategic projects for PIARC. In recent months David Ogden, alongside Mark Stevens from ADEPT Engineering Board were involved with detailing the UK highway sector’s collaborative response to Covid-19, focusing on the importance of retaining jobs and reallocating resource as necessary, the work of those in the roads industry to collaborate to keep the sector moving through troubled times and new guidance produced by the Highways Sector Council.
Mr Ogden said: "It is a privilege to have been made Vice Chair of PIARC and to have also secured a Member role as part of the Road Network Association. I’m delighted to see a number of my colleagues have also been nominated to Member and Associated Member roles for the Worlds Road Association, providing them with the opportunity to share their sector knowledge to a global audience.
"The Worlds Road Association is a community of global transportation employees that are brought together to share best practice and learnings. I’m looking forward to collaborating with our members and building new partnerships to embrace the exciting opportunities and challenges that are facing the transportation sector."
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