Technical Services is the newly formed division of Environment and Regeneration Directorate that brings together all of the Council’s technical and professional resources for highways, civil engineering and building design.
The division commissions, procures and delivers highway services, and commissions and procures building construction work. It also provides or commissions technical advice and input to major capital investment projects such as Private Financial Initiatives, as well as to regeneration programmes.
Technical Services has around 450 staff with a budget of over £13 million. About 300 of the staff will be professional and technical specialists. The division delivers revenue works of approximately £6.5 million per annum, relating to the maintenance of highways, bridges, street lights and traffic signals. More significantly, highways and construction capital programmes of about £140 million per annum (approximately £50 million highways and £90 million building construction) are processed by Technical Services. It also manages the Street Lighting PFI on behalf of both Newcastle and North Tyneside.
The division has primary responsibility for the maintenance and improvement of highways and other infrastructure with an estimated value of around £3.0 billion. It also makes a significant contribution to the delivery of the Tyne and Wear Local Transport Plan. It leads the A69 trunk road maintenance partnership with Northumberland and Cumbria, and also provides a regional traffic signals service across Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, Durham, Darlington and Teeside.
We have invested heavily in driving Technical Services to achieve the highest possible standards in the quality of its product and management systems. This has been recognized in the achievement, and regular audit, of the following certifications and standards:
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ISO 9000 Quality Assurance Standard
ISO 14001 Environmental Standard
EMAS - Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
OHSAS 18001 - the internationally recognised assessment specification for occupational health and safety management systems
The following teams make up Technical Services:
- Engineering Consultancy
- Street Management
- Traffic and Project Management
- Highways and Traffic Signals
- Estimating and Surveying
- Street Lighting PFI Monitoring Team
- City Design - General Team and Technical Team (Based at Your Homes Newcastle)
Technical Services Departments and Functions | Team | Function |
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Engineering Consultancy Contact Peter Chamley phone 0191 2328520 Ext 25920 | Feasibility, desk top studies, options appraisal, preliminary and detailed design, procurement and construction project management. |
Street Management Contact David Embleton phone 0191 2328520 Ext 25911 | Highway network management, ordering repairs and maintenance, public liability on highways, administering framework contracts, traffic management outside the City Centre. |
Traffic and Project Management Contact Peter Wightman phone 0191 2328520 Ext 26028 | Liaison with developers, traffic management within the City Centre, highway adoptions, events, liaison with bus companies etc. |
Highways and Traffic Signals Contact Peter Gray phone 0191 2328520 Ext 23801 | Highway repairs and maintenance operations, construction of highway and environmental improvement schemes, regional traffic signal design, maintenance and installation service. |
Estimating and Surveying Contact Paul Manning phone 0191 2328520 Ext 23641 | Financial accounting for construction projects, scheme estimates, 'in house' tendering for large highway projects. |
Street Lighting PFI Monitoring Team Contact Brian Loughlin phone 0191 2328520 Ext 25947 | Administering the joint Street Lighting Private Finance Initiative project on behalf of both Newcastle and North Tyneside. |
City Design Contact Mick Craigen phone 0191 2328520 Ext 23448 | Building and architectural design, landscape design, technical asset management and building services, construction project management, inspection and surveying services. Providing technical and contract administration support to Your Homes Newcastle |