22/10/2015 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – PROGRAMME OVERVIEW A useful one day training course on CDM 2015, focussing on the roles and responsibilities of both the principal designer and the designer under the new regulations. The programme aligns with the 2015 regulations and considers the process of managing and co-ordinating health and safety in design. Delegates are offered guidance on: · […]
05/08/2015 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm –
Available through the MHA+ Learning Management System (LMS). Preventative Highways Maintenance Fundamentals is a flexible, on-demand online course. It helps highways professionals build the knowledge and understanding needed to support the shift from reactive maintenance to a preventative, asset management-led approach. Who is it for? This course is designed for: Highways maintenance professionals. Highways asset…
The Joint Medium Schemes Framework (MSF4) and Professional Services Partnership (PSP) Community Board met on 1 October 2026 for a session covering major project delivery, sector reform and specialist engineering insight. Pork Pie Way: A Project Wrap-Up Shaun Beales from Galliford Try, working alongside Leicestershire County Council, presented a comprehensive wrap-up of the North and…
Midlands Highway Alliance Plus (MHA+) is a partnership of 38 local highway and strategic authorities from across the Midlands and beyond. We work together to deliver better value, share good practice and improve highway services for our members. What we do today MHA+ provides two frameworks: the Medium Schemes Framework and the Professional Services Partnership….
The winners of the MHA+ Annual Awards 2026 were announced at this year’s Annual Event, held on 23 September at Holywell Park Conference Centre in Loughborough. The awards, presented by Karen Notman, General Manager of MHA+, and Chris Green, recognised outstanding innovation delivered through MHA+ frameworks across three categories. With eight strong finalists across the…
23/09/2026 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Practical Information and Essential documents 📋 Annual Event and Awards Programme 📍 Location: Holywell Park Conference Centre, Loughborough (Google Maps directions) 🚗 Parking: Free on-site parking, register your vehicle details on the reception tablet. 📶 WiFi: Free access, code: 0075 Key Sessions and Schedule Please note, the Chair’s Welcome, both Keynote Speeches and the Annual […]
MHA+ has announced a change in leadership for the Professional Services Partnership (PSP4) Framework, following the departure of Vince Mandeir from Waterman Aspen after 20 years with the business. Vince joined Waterman Aspen in 2005 as East Midlands Area Manager, before going on to establish and grow the Central Profit Centre. He went on to…
Since the Midlands Highway Alliance Plus (MHA+) partnership began, our frameworks have added social value. This has been evidenced using a number of methods, outlined below, along with recent updates on social value and procurement policy. Background The MHA+ building social value (BSV) priority measures tracker monitors the social value delivered as part of MHA+…
Bardon Hill is the highest point in Leicestershire. Beneath it sits ancient volcanic rock – and one of the most impressive heavy industrial operations in the UK. MHA+ members from Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire County Councils recently got a rare look inside Holcim’s Bardon Hill Quarry, near Coalville. Twelve highway professionals spent a morning…
