How the HTMA works
HTMA brings together the highways management and maintenance industry, giving it a consistent voice and encouraging uniformity of standards. HTMA intends to set high standards and to drive positive change within the industry and believes this can be achieved by sharing best practice and harnessing the considerable resources of experience and knowledge within its membership.
While HTMA members are competitors in the same market, they share the same concerns and face the same challenges. More importantly, they share the same vision of the future of highways infrastructure. Our member companies have a strong will to share this knowledge and, as such, are a powerful information base.
Committee
The Committee is made up of a senior nominated representative from each member organisation. It ratifies the strategy and receives reports from the Executive and each of the Working Groups. The Committee will ensure that the association adheres to its aims and objectives and shall make informed decisions regarding the direction of the association.Executive
The Executive is made up of three elected members, Chair, Vice Chair and one other Exec member, along with the Executive Director. The Executive provides effective management of the HTMA whilst monitoring the activities of the association against its strategy. Its role is to manage the business of the HTMA, ensure delivery of the strategy and report progress to the Committee.Sponsor Group
The Sponsor Group is made up from five members of the Committee who are also individual Working Group sponsors. Its role is to oversee the activities of the Working Groups and any Task and Finish Groups, ensuring they are adequately resourced and that their objectives are aligned to the HTMA Essential Objectives. The Groups’ activities will be monitored to ensure sufficient progress is being made. The Sponsor Group is directly aligned to Essential Objective 1, Represent the Sector’s Interests.Working Groups
There are five Working Groups directly related to each of the other Essential Objectives and the membership is drawn from representatives of the member organisations. Their role is to deliver the HTMA’s Essential Objectives in line with the overall strategy. Their remit includes sharing of knowledge and best practice, including developing best practice documents for approval by the Committee. The Working Group Chairs will play a key role, along with the Sponsors, in ensuring a smooth transition from the existing arrangements to the revised arrangements. They will lead and direct the work of the Groups, which may include the setting up and oversight of sub groups or Task and Finish Groups.Task and Finish Groups
These are individual groups set up in order to deliver a specific Working Group initiative or other project identified by the Sponsor Group to deliver a specific task. Task and Finish teams are drawn from individuals within HTMA member companies to provide a blend of knowledge and experience suitable for the individual task. Each Task and Finish Group will be tasked with reporting either through a nominated Working Group to the Sponsor Group or directly to the Sponsor Group.The groups are a powerful and dynamic source of information and will act as a catalyst for change enabling HTMA to address effectively the challenges that lie ahead for the industry and its stakeholders.
