Modelling best practice: Risk assessment: taking no chances

Chris White, a project director at Mott MacDonald, explains the development and application of best practice in transport modelling across the consultant’s portfolio of transport work

09 December 2010

Chris White, Project Director, Mott MacDonald

The Mott MacDonald method for minimising risk in transport modelling

Transport modelling provides the evidence base for developing transport solutions, selecting the best option, producing a business case and undertaking appraisal of the preferred scheme. The quality of the model is therefore crucial to the subsequent analyses and decisions made.

There is a large amount of published guidance – for example in DMRB, WebTAG, IHT and CHE memos. Some of this guidance is dated, however, there are some gaps and not all guidance addresses the practical...