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THE WORK OF THE COMMISSIONER TWO YEARS ON

RAYMOND ELLIOT OSRWC

“The reality is that road works are a necessary fact of life if we wish to have well maintained, safe road networks and to continue to enjoy essential services such as gas, water, electricity and telecommunications. That said, these works need to be well planned, well coordinated and well executed and I intend that my role in

Commissioner July 2007 Takes Up Office

Hold October Interviews 2007

Saughton House Office January 2008 Opens and Staff Start

The Team Raymond Elliot Liaison Manager 

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Compliance with legislation and the promotion of good practice. Regulations and Codes of Practice. Enforcement and dispute resolution. Media handling.

The Team Nisha Kharbanda Performance Manager 

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Indicators and performance. Operation and performance of the Scottish Road Works Register and the promotion of good practice. Freedom of Information. Complaint handling. Public facing website.

The Team Office Manager Elaine Horne   

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Finance and accounts General public enquiries. Management of the diary of the Commissioner. Support with statistical information.

Bulk of Legislation Comes nto Force and Commissione 1 April 2008 Becomes Keeper of SRWR

Scottish Road Works Register  

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Public facing site launched Sept 2007 Professional access – bus companies, Traffic Commissioner, emergency services Susiephone continue as provider

Significant Achievement Tender Process in hand – April 2011.

August 2008

September 2008

Indicators Mid January Published 2009

Indicators Allows organisations to benchmark  Driver for improved performance  Identify process problems  Commissioner can monitor  Evidence for Penalties 

August 2009

UTCOMES

e following are the 4 outcomes on which the public and politicia ll judge the success or failure of the Commissioner: 

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Shorter Works Periods – works should be continuous and take no longer to complete than is absolutely necessary. Co-ordinated Works – guidance on distance between works should be adhered to. Care should be taken to ensure that there are no works on sensitive parallel routes or diversion routes. Traffic Management – compliance with codes and more consideration of practical issues on, for example, traffic signal timing and pedestrian movements. Reinstatements – require to be of improved quality and to have a longer life.

Why Good Noticing is Important Co-ordination  Cooperation  Public facing website  Indicators  FPNs 

COMMISSIONER STRATEGY 

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Ensure that all roads authorities and utility companies understand their responsibilities. Develop robust statistical Indicators to measure performance of organisations. Identify those organisations operating well and those operating poorly. Ascertain the reasons why organisations operate well. Work with the poorly performing organisations to develop action plans for improvement. Where organisations continue to perform

The Year Ahead 

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Interrogate the Indicators. Identify those performing well and where performance could be improved. Work with poor performers to develop action plans for improvement and agree timescales for the delivery of improvements. Where good practice is identified it shall be promoted to the rest of the road works community. Work with the road works community to determine the reasons for the historically poor Coring results and seek strategies for improvement. Continue to meet with the community at all levels

Tips on efficient use of the SRWR, Hotkeys, shortcuts and seldom used functionality (Symology)

INTEGRATION - INNOVATION - INTEGRITY

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SRWR User Forum – Did You Know? Subject Areas Tips & Tricks Map Facilities Licences and Permissions Inspections Processing Inspections Invoicing Forthcoming Version 3.1 Forthcoming Licences module

SRWR User Forum – Did You Know? Version 3.1

Where a permanent cannot be done, eg resurfaced Avoiding registrations for “no excavation” Rules for Error Correction Notices Change of USRN to deal with mistakes Works Status Correction Specific notices for RA responses Unattributable Works & Defective Apparatus Accreditation Reference on Site Details Improved FPN Template New “One Scotland” NSG Formats New rules for Private Streets

SRWR User Forum – Did You Know? Licences & Permits Module All Licences/Permits in NRSWA and RSA Input & Processing of Applications Pre- and Post-Inspection Policies Approval Processes Printing Permits, with Conditions Administration of Charges Manual or Auto-Closure Automatic link with SRWR - avoid any double-keying - link with co-ordination at approval stage

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RAUC(S) – SEPTEMBER 2009 INDICATOR REPORT

RAYMOND ELLIOT OSRWC

There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up, and the kind you make up  There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics  He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts - for support rather than for illumination.   Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics  The manipulation of statistics is 

www.roadworksscotland.g

Noticing Failures – Roads Authorities Road Authority Offences (Percentage against Total Works)

140%

South West

120%

South East

100%

North

80%

Tayforth

60% 40%

Trunk Roads

20%

TOTAL

0% Q3 2008

Roads Authority SW RAUC(S) SE RAUC(S) NoS RAUC(S) Tayforth RAUC(S) Trunk Road O ps TOTAL

Q4 2008

Q1 2009

Q3 2008 Q4 2008 Q1 2009 Noticing Works* % Noticing Works* % Noticing Works* % Failures Failures Failures Failures Failures Failures 701 855 81.99% 938 1,011 92.78% 731 1,156 63.24% 527 452 116.59% 409 504 81.15% 386 515 74.95% 325 572 56.82% 306 760 40.26% 620 1,131 55% 331 427 77.52% 581 826 70.34% 693 706 98.16% 632 807 78.31% 524 1,261 41.55% 371 1,524 24.34% 2,516 3,113 80.82% 2,758 4,362 63.23% 2,801 5,032 55.66%

Potential Noticing Offences - Undertakers Utility with >100 Offences ( Percentage against Total Works) 70.00%

British Telecom

60.00%

Scottish & Southern

50.00%

Scottish Gas

40.00%

Scottish Power

30.00%

Scottish Water

20.00%

Virgin Media

10.00%

Virgin Media(NTL)

0.00%

TOTAL

Q3 2008

Q4 2008

Q1 2009

Q3 2008 Q4 2008 Q1 2009 Noticing Works* % Noticing Works* % Noticing Works* % Failures Failures Failures Failures Failures Failures British Telecom 1,366 2,069 66.02% 573 4,017 14.26% 411 5,082 8.09% Scottish & Southern 46 607 7.58% 102 633 16.11% 91 698 13.04% Scottish Gas 281 3,979 7.06% 470 4,437 10.59% 514 3,846 13.36% Scottish Power 316 2,835 11.15% 361 2,660 13.57% 359 2,180 16.47% Scottish Water 1,632 11,547 14.13% 1,182 10,787 10.96% 2,117 8,952 23.65% Telewest 642 1,414 45.40% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% Virgin Media 0 0 0.00% 349 1,481 23.57% 134 1,348 9.94% Virgin Media(NTL) 287 446 64.35% 288 821 35.08% 31 150 20.67% TOTAL 4,570 22,897 19.96% 3,325 24,836 13.39% 3,657 22,256 16.43% Utility Company

ERGENCY, URGENT OR REMEDIAL DANGEROUS WORKS Q3 2008 Roads Authority

Q4 2008

Q1 2009

Emegency

Remedial Dangerou s

Urgent

TOTA L

Emergenc y

Remedi al Danger ous

Urgent

TOTA L

Emergenc y

Remedial Dangerou s

Urgent

TOTA L

SW RAUC(S)

32

0

50

82

28

0

32

60

41

1

27

69

SE RAUC(S)

2

1

39

42

3

0

12

15

1

0

21

22

12

0

24

36

15

1

39

55

10

0

38

48

NoS RAUC(S) Tayforth RAUC(S) Trunk Road Ops

5

1

13

19

7

0

21

28

11

0

28

39

15

1

12

28

18

0

18

36

7

0

15

22

TOTAL

66

3

138

207

71

1

122

194

70

1

129

200

Utility Companies TOTAL

Q3 2008 Emegenc y

1,90 4

Remedial Dangero us

70

Urgent

6,92 6

Q4 2008 TOTAL

8,90 0

Emergen cy

1,91 5

Remedial Dangero us

90

Urgent

7,58 8

Q1 2009 TOTAL

9,59 3

Emergen cy

1,09 8

Remedial Dangero us

127

Urgent

TOTAL

6,34 7

7,57 2

Works Phases Overrun The total number of works closed/clear notices that have been entered where the completion date entered is later than the end date given on the last promoter notice. This represents the number of works phases that have overrun without the promoter issuing notice of this until the submission of the works clear/closed notice.

Q3 2008

Q4 2008

Overru n Phases

MSM Phase s

SW RAUC(S)

195

769

SE RAUC(S)

68

407

NoS RAUC(S)

66

534

Tayforth RAUC(S)

79

407

MSM 25.36 % 16.71 % 12.36 % 9.80%

Trunk Road Ops

55

783

463

2,900

Roads Authority

TOTAL

Overru n Phases

MSM Phase s

208

941

25

483

79

704

96

793

7.02%

35

1,222

15.97 %

443

4,143

% Overru n/

Q1 2009 % Overru n/

MSM 22.10 % 5.18%

Overru n

Phase s 123

MSM Phase s

% Overru n/

1,059

MSM 11.6%

19

489

3.9%

11.22 % 12.11 % 2.86%

119

1,081

11.0%

89

662

13.4%

36

1.499

2.4%

10.69 %

278

4,790

5.8%

Q3 2008 Q4 2008 Q1 2009 Overrun MSM % Overrun MSM % Overrun MSM % Utility Companies Phases Phases Overrun/ Phases Phases Overrun/ Phases Phases Overrun/ MSM MSM MSM 1,390 13,493 10.3% 880 13,928 6.3% TOTAL 796 13,335 6.0%

ORKS COMMENCED AND WORKS FINISHE Finished

Commenced

Finished

Commenced

Finished

Commenced

Finished

32

20

90

134

415

488

5

5

0

0

4

8

259

440

50

51

28

33

86

126

428

526

8

12

0

0

10

9

419

515

32

37

41

33

82

119

516

550

31

32

1

1

28

25

430

484

27

30

2

3

63

157

229

306

14

17

1

1

3

3

101

652

39

82

3

1

135

129

221

244

11

11

0

0

6

5

116

146

12

12

1

5

146

110

219

221

3

3

0

1

4

5

121

121

21

22

12

10

60

54

255

239

1

1

0

0

2

2

218

236

24

12

15

9

60

54

408

399

1

1

1

0

1

1

235

260

39

35

10

16

241

302

509

560

1

1

0

0

2

1

330

601

38

76

5

8

95

78

93

131

12

16

1

0

1

7

207

280

13

14

7

8

224

186

133

153

16

18

0

0

5

4

420

425

21

23

11

8

100

170

162

186

21

26

0

0

5

6

379

577

28

35

15

16

29

28

240

262

12

14

1

1

0

0

498

489

12

12

18

17

29

23

605

756

2

2

0

0

0

0

586

582

18

17

7

7

40

38

871

888

6

6

0

0

3

2

582

586

15

16

Q3 Q4 Q1

66

57

337

451

1,232

1,426

44

53

3

2

10

20

1,283

2,097

126

171

71

68

534

518

1,390

2,078

38

44

1

0

22

19

1,776

1,928

122

124

70

69

609

739

2,277

2,405

62

68

1

2

42

39

1,842

2,369

129

179

TOTAL

Finished

Commenced

Q3 SW RAUC(S) Q 4 Q1 Q3 Q4 SE RAUC(S) Q1 Q3 NoS RAUC(S) Q 4 Q1 Q3 Tayforth Q4 RAUC(S) Q1 Q3 Trunk Road Q4 Ops Q1

TOTAL Commenced

Roads Authority

Finished

Urgent

Commenced

Standard

Finished

Remedial Other

Commenced

Remedial Dangerous

Finished

Minor without Excavation

Commenced

Minor with Excavation

Finished

Major

Commenced

Emergency

855 1,011 1,156 452 504 515 572 760 1,131 427 826 706 807 1258 1,524 3,113 4,359 5,032

1,146 1,258 1,274 1221 548 488 554 759 1,557 534 817 1,008 822 1397 1,543 4,277 4,779 5,870

ORKS COMMENCED AND WORKS FINISHE Finished

Commenced

Finished

Commenced

Finished

0 2 4 6 2 4 4 6 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 12 15 10

0 1 3 0 0 11 6 4 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 16

20 24 85 0 0 0 17 5 21 15 24 126 0 0 2 0 1 6 8 6 1 60 60 241

23 22 112 0 0 26 6 14 23 17 17 130 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 1 6 54 54 302

46 170 253 0 0 8 53 30 74 124 191 131 24 10 26 4 6 13 4 1 4 255 408 509

44 168 246 0 0 59 35 30 71 132 180 139 23 10 27 1 10 15 4 1 3 239 399 560

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2

0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1

26 50 58 1 0 1 59 45 91 75 48 26 37 58 36 2 21 77 18 13 41 218 235 330

29 52 43 1 0 282 59 78 97 90 47 15 37 53 53 1 16 71 19 14 40 236 260 601

8 18 21 3 0 2 9 16 12 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 24 39 38

5 101 101 18 265 262 18 421 422 0 10 1 0 2 0 40 15 418 4 144 113 13 102 139 13 199 205 1 217 244 2 269 250 2 286 288 0 62 60 0 68 64 0 65 80 0 6 2 0 32 26 2 97 93 2 32 33 2 22 18 1 48 51 12 572 554 35 760 759 76 1,131 1,557

Finished

Commenced

Commenced

Finished

TOTAL

Commenced

Western Isles

Finished

Shetland Islands

Commenced

Orkney Islands

Finished

Moray

Commenced

Highland

Finished

City of Aberdeen

Q1 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q3 Q4 Q1

TOTAL

Commenced

Q3

Aberdeenshire Q 4

Minor Minor Remedial Remedial Standard Urgent with without Dangerous Other Excavation Excavation

Finished

NoS RAUC(S)

Major

Commenced

Emergency

ORKS COMMENCED AND WORKS FINISHE

Finished

Commenced

74

157

0

1

0

0

0

0

24

563

5

49

3

1

80

104

67

91

6

6

0

0

2

2

23

58

1

2

0

1

103

78

9

11

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

4

63

63

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

9

59

57

4

4

0

0

0

0

1

4

2

2

84

89

3

3

0

1

2

2

0

0

7

40

23

24

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

16

16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

58

58

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

2

4

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

8

19

69

62

14

16

1

1

3

3

0

0

43

14

75

76

1

1

0

0

4

3

0

0

38

30

61

62

0

0

0

0

2

3

2 3 1

3 1 5

17 11 3

1 0 0

1 0 1

3 6 4

3 5 5

147 182 26 33 3 3 141 33 48 6 4 106 20 23 0 1 92 54 45 0 0 146 12 14 2 2 44 13 14 1 1 30 12 8 2 2 75 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 0 0 17 11 2 0 0 18 32 27 26 27 155 50 39 10 8 183 18 33 16 17 135 101 652 39 82 452 116 146 12 12 504 121 121 21 22 515

Finished

Commenced

94

TOTAL

Commenced

Finished

Finished

Commenced

Commenced

Finished

44

63 157 229 306 14 135 129 221 244 11 146 110 219 221 3

Finished

Commenced

1

Urgent

Commenced

Finished

0

Standard

Finished

Commenced

Q3 Q4 Q1 Q3 East Q4 Lothian Q1 Q3 Midlothian Q 4 Q1 Q3 Scottish Q4 Borders Q1 Q3 West Q4 Lothian Q1 Q3 TOTAL Q4 Q1 City of Edinburgh

Minor Minor Remedial Remedial with without Dangerous Other Excavation Excavation

Finished

SE RUUC(S)

Major

Commenced

Emergency

865 264 126 119 94 146 80 31 68 0 18 3 157 141 145 1,221 548 488

ntage of Works Early Start and Late Start Agreem Q3 2008

Roads Authority

Early Starts

Late Starts

SW RAUC(S) SE RAUC(S) NoS RAUC(S) Tayforth RAUC(S) Trunk Road Ops

287 193 114 433 751 1,778

0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL

Utility Companies TOTAL

Works

Q4 2008

% Early/ Works

Early Starts

Late Starts

Works

% Early/ Works

% Late/ Works

Early Starts

Late Starts

0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

433 476 233 556 565 2,263

0 0 0 0 0 0

1,011 504 760 826 1,226 4,327

43% 94% 31% 67 % 46% 52 %

0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

682 683 353 610 1,004 3,332

53 4 25 13 4 99

869 33% 453 42% 575 20% 431 100% 838 90% 3,166 56%

Q3 2008 Early Starts

Late Starts

1,999

0

Works

% Early/ Works

24,422 8.2%

Q1 2009

% Late/ Works

Q4 2008 % Late/ Works

Early Starts

Late Starts

0%

2,070

0

Works

% Early/ Works

25,396 8.2%

Works

% Early/ Works

% Late/ Works

1,156 59% 4.6% 515 133% 0.8% 1,131 31% 2.2% 706 86% 1.8% 1,524 66% 0.3% 5,032 66% 2%

Q1 2009 % Late/ Works

Early Starts

Late Starts

0%

2,165

35

Works

% Early/ Works

% Late/ Works

22,709 9.5%

0.2%

Work Extension Notices Issued –

This report shows

the total number of work extension notices entered after works have commenced.

Q3 2008 Roads Authority SW RAUC(S) SE RAUC(S) NoS RAUC(S) Tayforth RAUC(S) Trunk Road O ps TOTAL

Utility Companies TOTAL

No. of Extensions

Works*

221 127 105 222 259 934

855 452 572 427 807 3,113

Q4 2008 % No. of Extensions Extensions / Works

25.8% 28.1% 18.3% 52.0% 32.09% 30.0%

285 213 136 284 268 1,186

Q3 2008

Works*

1,011 504 760 826 1,258 4,359

Q1 2009 % No. of Extensions Extensions / Works

28.2% 42.3% 17.9% 34.4% 21.30% 27.21%

382 244 202 313 163 1,304

Q4 2008

Works*

% Extensions / Works

1,156 515 1,131 706 1,524 5,032

33.0% 47.4% 17.9% 44.3% 10.7% 25.9%

Q1 2009

No. of Extensions

Works*

% Extensions/ Works

No. of Extensions

Works*

% Extensions/ Works

No. of Extensions

Works*

% Extensions/ Works

5,011

23,465

21.0%

5,082

25,396

20.0%

3,545

22,709

15.6%

AWAITING CLOSURE OR REGISTRATION Undertakers Roads Authorities Q3 Q4 Q1

24,258 24,657 2,994

1,609 1,875 2,211

Coring Programme Coring Results Pass Rates 2008/2009

64%

2005/2006

60%

2003/2004

59%

2001/2002

44%

1999/2000

38%

1997/1998

43% 0%

Year

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

1997/19 98 1,544

1999/20 00 1,503

2001/20 02 1,909

2003/20 04 1,861

2005/20 06 1,340

2008/20 09 1,566

43%

38%

44%

59%

60%

64%

Fail Monitor

29%

18%

15%

9%

12.5%

9%

Fail Replace

28%

44%

41%

32%

27.6%

26%

Number of Cores Pass

COMMISSIONER STRATEGY 

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Ensure that all roads authorities and utility companies understand their responsibilities. Develop robust statistical Indicators to measure performance of organisations. Identify those organisations operating well and those operating poorly. Ascertain the reasons why organisations operate well. Work with the poorly performing organisations to develop action plans for improvement. Where organisations continue to perform

Performance Scorecard for: Name

Description

Report 1

Utility Company Noticing Offences & Actual Fixed Penalty Notices Given

Report 2a

Roads Authority Noticing Failures

Report 2b

Potential Noticing Offences by Offence Type by Utility Company

Report 2c

Categorised Potential Noticing Offences

Report 3

Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) Issued for Roads (Scotland) Act Offences

Report 4a

Emergency, Urgent or Remedial Dangerous Works

Report 4b

Minor, Standard, Major Works

Report 5

Roads Authority updating of street gazetteers

Report 6

Works phases Overrun

Report 7

Retrospective Notices

Report 8

Defect Notices issued to Utility Companies.

Report 9a

Works Commenced

Report 9b

Works Finished

Comments

RAUC(S) – SEPTEMBER 2009 INDICATOR REPORT

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Please be back by 13:15

Alex Rae On behalf of Scottish Government Road Works Policy Development Group

Q 

Who is responsible for the Codes of Practice that we use? The Policy Development Group

Q 

Can you deviate from the Reinstatement Specification? No, except for testing new materials and SED’s

Q 

When must you start work on a minor works notice? On the first day of the advised works

Q 

When must you complete a minor works? By the end of the third day.

Q 

What types of works require the issue of an actual start notice? All planned works including minor works

Q 

When would you issue a site clear/closed notice? When works are completed to Interim/Permanent and all signs & debris are removed

Q 

Are Christmas embargoes enforceable? No they are by agreement only

Q 

What are RAUC(S) Advice Notes? Agreed best practice procedures within the community

Q

Are you aware of the process that should be followed when designating a street Traffic Sensitive? As described in the Noticing Code of Practice.

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Scottish Government Road Works Policy Development Group ◦ Angus MacInnes –

Scottish Government (Chair)

◦ Ian Gardiner -

Scottish Government

◦ John Gooday -

Scottish Road Works Commissioner

◦ Raymond Elliot -Office Of the Scottish Road Works Commissioner ◦ Mark Ostheimer -

National Joint Utilities Group (NJUG)

◦ Adam Olejnik- Scottish Chief Officers of Transportation Services (SCOTS) ◦ Andrew Layden -

SRWR Chair of Management Group

◦ Brian Cooper –

East Lothian Council (RAUC(S) Co Chair Roads)

◦ Alex Rae -

Scottish Water (RAUC(S) Co Chair Undertakers)

Codes of Practice

Code of Practice for the Co-ordination of Road Works and Works for Road Purposes and Related Matters. •Amendments

to Chapter 4 in relation to works noticing and notice periods

•e.g.

24 Hour Notice of Expected Starting Date of Works - is a notice which must be issued by 12:00 on the working day before the expected start date. •[By

the issue of this notice: ◦ A road works authority meets its obligations under section 112B(2) of the 1991 Act and regulation 3(4)(v) of SI 2008 No88. ◦ An undertaker meets its obligations under section 114 of the 1991 Act and regulation 7(2) of SI 2008 No88.]

•Works •Works

Completion and Reinstatement Where There is Only One Site.

Clear Notice (for interim reinstatements) and Works Closed Notice (for permanent reinstatement) – must be issued by the end of the next working day after reinstatement is completed.  

•Works

Completion and Reinstatement Where There is More Than One Site (undertakers only). •By

the issue of this notice an undertaker is deemed to have lodged a part of his overall reinstatement.  Where interim, the date entered shall be the start of the 6 month period within which it must be made permanent. Where permanent, the date entered shall commence the guarantee period. •Site

Reinstatement Details Notice – the completion date and whether interim or permanent should be entered by the end of the next working day after reinstatement is completed for each Site. If reinstatement details are available at this stage they may be included; if not they should be entered within 7 days. •“Interim

and permanent reinstatements have not been made good and are not complete until all spoil, unused imported materials, unused stores, plant and all signing, lighting and guarding is removed as well as the pavement construction being replaced.” The completion of sites and the entering of details under the Site Reinstatement Details Notice shall follow the same rules.

Code of Practice for Inspections •Draft

version issued to RAUC(S) at the September Meeting with approval to go to Policy Development Group after December RAUC(S) meeting. •Proposed

new Category D at 5% for Materials and Quality

•Inspection

diagrams

Process defined for most types of inspection in flow

•Investigatory

works defined in Ch 4.

•Improvement

Notices split in to Stage 1 Failure to Achieve Performance and Stage two full Improvement Notice, these may be issued for Coring failures in the future. •Inadequacies

only issued where minor failures occur i.e. correct signs on site but may be knocked down or wrong order etc.

Records Code of Practice • New Code submitted to RAUC(S) at the September Meeting, with

a view to pass to the Policy Development Group after the December RAUC(S) Meeting. •Based

on RAUC(S) Advice Note 12

•Introduces

categories of recording new assts from 1 – 4 where 4 will be the default. •Deals

with self lay organisations records

•Includes

both Roads Authority and Undertaker

•Requires

photograph of every excavation to be lodged with notice on register. •Provides

information on position of undertakers plant on footpath as recommended by National Joint Utilities Group (NJUG)

Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Roads •Current

version issued 2003

•Working

group set up by RAUC(S) to consider Compliance and will undertake a review of the document including materials currently used in Scotland. •No

deviation from this document is permitted unless this is testing new materials or has Special Engineering Difficulties (SED). •Working

group currently have version from colleagues in England to work from.

•Advice

Note 1 – Working Group set up to review this and report to December RAUC(S) Meeting. •Advice

Note 3 – Coring Working Group currently reviewing for next National Coring exercise. •Advice

Note 4 – One of charge for third party reports for iron work now included. •Advice

Note 5 – New version lodged March 2009

•Advice

Note 11 – Defective Apparatus updated February 2009

•Advice

Note 16 – FPN Payment process issued March 2009 currently being reviewed to ensure compatibility with Symology version 2.5. •Advice

Note 17 – Early/Late Start protocol issued June 2009 (Next

•Advice

Note 18 – FPN Hearing Process issued March 2009

•Advice

Note 19 – Third Parties & Special Cases to be lodged shortly

•Advice

Note 20 – Embargoes to be lodged shortly.

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Diagram 1 Promoter identifies need for an early start

Promoter interrogates SRWR

Promoter unable to contact RWA within 24 hours

Promoter contacts RWA

RWA consents

See Diagram 2 for process where RWA cannot be contacted

RWA objects

Promoter places notice & inserts agreement onto SRWR

Other Undertakers and relevant authorities review

Undertaker or relevant authority objects

No responses within 3 working days

Promoter discusses with Undertaker/ relevant authority

Undertaker/relevant authority removes objection

Promoter may commence work

Undertaker/relevant authority does not remove objection

Promoter revises notice dates to provide statutory advance notice period

Diagram 2 See Diagram 1

Promoter interrogates SRWR

Promoter unable to contact RWA within 24 hours

Promoter enters notice highlighting in description box Early/Late Start Request

RWA objects and may issue S115 notice

Other Undertakers and relevant authorities review

Undertaker or relevant authority objects

No responses within 3 working days

Promoter discusses with Undertaker/ relevant authority

Undertaker/relevant authority does not remove objection

Promoter revises notice dates to provide statutory advance notice period

Undertaker/relevant authority removes objection

RWA consents using SRWR comment drop down menu

RWA does not respond within 3 days

Promoter inserts agreement onto SRWR

Promoter may commence work when both agreement is in place and there are no Undertaker/relevant authority objections remaining

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No Problems with NRSWA when SKara Brae was built

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