Working Group - Road to Net Zero

This group is responsible for managing and communicating the Road to Net Zero project. The Street Works and Road Works Sectors play a pivotal role in the UK’s infrastructure, facilitating approximately 2.5 million street works and road works annually. As the nation strives to meet its ambitious Net Zero emissions target by 2050, our sector is taking decisive action. We are spearheading a coordinated approach to significantly reduce carbon emissions embedded in our processes and products, aligning with the targets set by local authorities. With the government’s ambitious target of a 68% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030, urgent action is imperative to effect meaningful change.

A Carbon Calculator has been developed to standardise the data collected and reported by the UK street works and road works sectors. It was also developed to help define accurate baseline emissions, which will in turn be used in decarbonisation goals and projections.

You can find out more by viewing our RTNZ website.

https://www.roadtonetzero.org....

Working Group Chairs

Clive Bairsto

Clive Bairsto – Street Works UK Chief Executive Officer & Co-Chair of HAUC(UK) & Convention Committee Member

Clive Bairsto

Clive has a background rooted in utilities, defence, security, and education leadership in the private, public and not for profit sectors. From 2012 to 2017, Clive was Global Head of Resilience at National Grid, a role covering all UK and US assets, and a then-workforce of over 27,000 people. In this role, Clive represented National Grid at the UK’s Energy Emergencies Executive Committee (E3C) and the Scottish Government’s ‘Ready Scotland’, while directing interaction with the myriad of regional authority fora and groupings in the UK and north-east USA.

Running up to this, Clive was Director of Integration and Readiness for the London 2012 Olympics, within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. He directed the strategic level training, risk assessment, integration, reporting and readiness of LOCOG, Transport, Security, the Mayor’s office and several other government departments and supporting bodies. Preceding this, Clive was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force, serving as Head of International Policy and Planning, and was the Ministry of Defence’s worldwide Director of Strategic Contingency Planning in the period of the Arab uprising. He commanded at every level culminating in regional base Leuchars, in Fife, where he also acted as the Air Officer for Scotland interacting regularly with Scottish Government at official and political level.

David Capon

CEO JAG(UK) and Co-Chair of HAUC(UK)

David Capon

David Capon is the JAG(UK) Manager and has worked extensively with the JAG(UK) community in delivering improved communications, management of the network and local knowledge and expertise. Most notably, Dave has played a central role in the delivering of the permit legislation, guidance and operational advice. He has made a significant contribution to the finalisation of government sponsored Codes of Practice, regulations and impact assessments.

Dave regularly engages with the DfT, devolved Governments, Network Rail, Highways England, statutory undertakers and local authorities to deliver continuous improvement to the community. He works hard to support members authorities by: attending regular national, regional and local meetings, providing an on-line library of existing legislation, regulations, procedures and guidance for authorities and their officers, acting as an online advisory service and providing prompt guidance on emerging issues and delivering a focused approach as part of the GeoPlace/Local Government Association family.

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