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Future scanning to improve road condition SCANNER survey vehicles use laser sensors and camera technology to capture road surface condition More consistent and appropriate surveys of road condition can be achieved through SCANNER which is now being improved to potentially allow the measurement of further parameters, ...

Time is now to adopt future thinking in managing highways. Cameras fitted to the front of refuse trucks will be used to spot potholes in two areas including Thurrock New technology and better communications look set to have a major impact on how highway authorities manage road maintenance says the Department for Trans...

Updated highway risk and liability guide set to appear - The guide to best practice in the management of highway liability risk exposures has been revised and will be published early in 2017....

Updated code promotes better managed infrastructure: UKRLG has launched an update to its Code of Practice which takes an integrated, risk based approach to managing highway infrastructure assets....

Shining a light on traffic sign illumination How traffic signs are illuminated should not be determined by regulation but follow local risk assessments says the UK Lighting Board member Dave Johnson, who works for Transport for London. Also included: Fresh challenges for new chair of UK Roads. Newly elected chair of...

This guide has been produced to help organisations, in the transport and infrastructure sectors, to get to grips with BIM and we start by defining what the BIM acronym means. The industry has been in discussion for a while about what the acronym BIM stands for, whether it is Building Information Modelling or Building I...

Understanding Better Information Management New advice from the UK Roads Liaison Group titled Better Information Management guidance for infrastructure bodies’ aims to help transportation sector clients understand and embed BIM in their work. Here, the chair of the UK Bridges Board Dana Skelley answers questions about...

Working effectively under the challenges of austerity - Dr Andrew Murray is standing down as UK Roads Board chairman. Here he reflects on recent progress made in the highways sector and how austerity means local authorities will have to keep evolving....

Roads sector collaborates to spread best practice Research is being compiled by the UKRLG to help practitioners deliver essential services in a whole host of areas, from reaching Level 2 BIM and managing safety critical fixings, to carrying out SCANNER surveys and looking after road sign lighting....

Bridge inspector scheme launched: This autumn sees the introduction of a new National Highways Sector Scheme encompassing the certification of bridge inspectors...