Steve Davy

Head of Technical Standards, National Highways

Steve has led the changes to the DMRB that were published in 2020 and is now leading the change to the MCHW including the Specification for Highways Works that will be introduced in 2025.  He has also led the digitalisation of the DMRB at the same time to make these requirements available in a machine-readable format by design software, estimating software and other software. 

Prior to taking up the role of leading the Technical Standards Group in National Highways, Steve had a varied career across the highways sector including traffic engineering, highway maintenance, highway management for high-profile sporting events, highway design and site-based delivery for national Highways, local highway authorities and consultants.

My Speaker Sessions

Thursday 28 November 2024

12:20

Modernising and Digitalising the Specification for Highway Works

12:20 - 12:40 Digitisation and Digital Delivery
  • National Highways is modernising and digitalising the Specification for Highways Works that are used by all road authorities across the United Kingdom, and this will be published in March 2025.
  • New ways of preparing and distributing site-specific specifications will be introduced and this will require changes to the way in which clients, designers and constructors work.
  • This presentation will outline these changes so that organisations can adapt to the new requirements in advance of the launch in March 2025.

Speakers