Membership and terms of reference

The UK Bridges Board is tasked with:

• developing and promulgating best practice on technical, financial, administrative and operational matters relating to the sustainable construction, maintenance, availability, safety and use of highways bridges, tunnels and other civil engineering structures, taking into account the different circumstances that may arise in the four UK countries and in urban and rural areas; and
  
• providing a source of advice to UKRLG, government departments, local authority associations and professional bodies across the UK on best practice and priorities for research, within the context of the wider transport picture.

The Board is chaired by Greg Perks (Northumberland County Council) and has the following members:

Graham Bessant, representing London Underground Ltd
Ian Bucknall, representing Network Rail
Graham Cole (Surrey County Council), representing the County Surveyors' Society (CSS)
Bob Flitcroft (Lancashire County Council), representing the County Surveyors' Society (CSS)
Neil Garton Jones, representing County Surveyors' Society Wales
Satbir Gill (London Borough of Hounslow), representing TAG
Rod Howe, representing British Waterways
Neil Loudon, representing the Highways Agency
David MacKenzie (Highland Council), representing the Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland (SCOTS)
Stuart Molyneux, representing the Metropolitan Authorities
Stephen Pottle, representing Transport for London
Andy Phillips, representing the Welsh Assembly Government
Bill Valentine, representing Transport Scotland
Graeme Brown, representing the Northern Ireland Roads Service
Paul Williams (London Borough of Brent), representing the London Bridge Engineers Group (LoBEG)
Mike Winter (Dorset County Council), representing the County Surveyors' Society (CSS)
David Yeoell, representing the London Technical Advisors Group (LoTAG)
Edward Bunting and Paul Foskett, representing the Department for Transport