Integrated Ducting Systems (IDS) have been working with engineers from A-One+ on the specification works for chambers for the above street lighting scheme.

NAL LTD has launched a new purpose built demonstration site which
encompasses a fully operational street scene alongside a fully ducted
crash site. Attendees will gain an insight into the requirements for
passive safe designs under EN12767. They will witness different crash
impacts with various types of street furniture, explore the benefits of
using NAL's intelligent foundation system and MUCH MORE!

The UK Roads "Road Shows" recently featured in Highways magazine. To read the article please click on the link below:

Wiltshire Council played host to our latest UK Roads "Road Show" on the 3rd March. Twenty Eight employees from both Mouchel and Wiltshire Council attended the event which contained a busy itinerary, with six speakers delivering a variety of presentations on issues of the day. 

The speakers, representing Traffic Solutions Ltd, Highway Care, Klaruw RMS, Post & Column, MTS and FLI Structures, were also on hand during lunch to answer questions from the audience during the event. We should like to thank Wiltshire Council for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting their offices again during 2010. Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the offices of Leeds City Council in Leeds on the 10th March.  

Essex County Council played host to our first 2010 UK Roads "Road Show" which took place on 20th January. Over 20 attendees were there to enjoy a busy itinerary, with six speakers delivering a variety of presentations on a variety of topics. 

The speakers, representing Charles Endirect Ltd, Highway Care Ltd, TMS Consultancy, Route Signs Ltd, MTS Ltd and SAPA pole products were also on hand  to answer questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank Vicky Duff and Sarah Mead for their efforts in organising what was a very successful 'road show' and to Essex CC for their hospitality during the day.  We look forward to visiting the Essex CC offices in Chelmsford again later in the year.

In their latest newsletter, SAPA announce the launch of a new 18m passively safe lighting column and a new range of passively safe sign posts. In addition IPL Group are confirmed as the SAPA distributor for Ireland.

In order to help professionals keep up with developments in Highway & Traffic Engineering, a series of "Road Shows" is taking place around the UK.

Surveyor went along to one.

Amey played host to our latest UK Roads "Road Show" which took place on 28th October. Over 30 attendees were there to enjoy a busy itinerary, with six speakers delivering a variety of presentations on issues of the day. 

The speakers, representing JPCS Ltd, Highway Care Ltd, TMS Consultancy, SignPost Solutions Ltd, MTS Ltd and ASD Metal Services Ltd were also on hand during lunch to answer questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank Vincent Tait for his efforts in organising what was a very successful 'road show' and Amey for their hospitality during the day.  We look forward to visiting the Amey offices in Motherwell again next year.

Balfour Beatty and Mott MacDonald (HA Area 2 commission) played host to our latest UK Roads "Road Show" which took place on 7th October. Twenty five attendees were there to enjoy a busy itinerary, with seven speakers delivering a variety of presentations on issues of the day. 

The speakers, representing TMS consultancy, SAPA Ltd, Ryburn Rubber, Golden River, TMP Ltd, Sign Post Solutions and Route SIgns Ltd were also on hand during lunch to answer questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank Mott MacDonald and Balfour Beatty for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting their offices again next year.

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the offices of Telford and Wreakin Council on Friday 16th October.

Enterprisemouchel were the latest host to our UK Roads "Road Show" on 30th September. Over twenty employees from the Managing Agents of Area 1 attended the event which contained a busy itinerary, with six speakers delivering a variety of presentations on relevant issues of the day. 

The speakers, representing Ryburn Rubber, Highway Care, Stirling Lloyd, Post & Column, Simmonsigns, and The Passive Revolution were also on hand during lunch to answer questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank Enterprisemouchel for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting the Area 1 offices again next year.

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the offices of InterRoute in Bristol (HA Area 2) on the 7th October.  

If you work in a County, District or Borough Council, or a Consultancy that works for these organisations or an overseeing organisation like the Highways Agency, and would like UK Roads to hold a Road Show at your place of work, please contact us using the details on the home page of this site. Remember, these are absolutely free events that take place during lunchtimes at offices all over the UK.

Leicestershire County Council played host to our latest UK Roads "Road Show" on 25th September. Twenty two employees from the council attended the event which contained a busy itinerary, with seven speakers delivering a variety of presentations on issues of the day. 

The speakers, representing Brett Landscaping, Highway Care, TOFCO, Post & Column, Rennicks, The Passive Revolution and MTS were also on hand during lunch to answer questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank Leicestershire CC for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting their offices again next year.

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the offices of Enterprisemouchel in Exeter (HA Area 1) on the 30th September.  

Signpost Solutions, the company that introduced and spearheaded passively safe structures in the UK with the Lattix mast over 14 years ago have now picked up the baton for motorcyclists and introduced a crash cushion for roadside objects called Biker–Mate.

Our most recent UK Roads "Road Show" event took place on 26th August 2009 at the Edinburgh offices of BEAR Scotland. This was a well attended event and contained a busy itinerary, with six speakers delivering a variety of presentations to an audience of 16.

The speakers, representing Mallatite, Highway Care, Sign Post Solutions, FLI Structures, Buchanan Computing and Klaruw RMS, were also on hand during lunch to answer questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank BEAR Scotland for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting other of their offices in the UK next year.

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the offices of Durham County Council on the 2nd September.  

Our latest UK Roads "Road Show" event took place on 12th August 2009 at the Bristol offices of InterRoute (HA Area 2). This was a very well attended event and contained a busy itinerary, with five speakers delivering a variety of presentations to an audience of over 30.

The presenters, representing The Passive Revolution, BRISER, Astucia, Rediweld, JPCS and Rennicks/MTS Ltd. were also on hand during lunch to answer questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank InterRoute for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting other InterRoute offices in the UK in due course.

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the offices of BEAR Scotland in Edinburgh on the 26th August.  

Our latest UK Roads "Road Show" event took place on 22nd July 2009 at the Southampton offices of Mott Gifford. This was a well attended event and contained a busy itinerary, with six speakers delivering a variety of presentations to an audience of 28.

The presenters, representing The Passive Revolution, Brett Landscaping, Buchanan Computing, Screwfast Foundations, Sign Post Solutions and MTS Ltd. were also on hand to answer the many questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank Mott Gifford for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting other Mott offices in the UK in due course.

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the offices of Derbyshire County Council on the 5th August.  

The Highways Agency has recently written to The Passive Revolution concerning the validity of passive products appearing in the "Table of available products" on The Passive Revolution website.

Our fourth UK Roads "Road Show" event took place on 8th July 2009 at the Perth offices of BEAR Scotland. This was a lively and stimulating event with four speakers delivering a variety of presentations to an audience of 13 composed of engineers from BEAR, Angus Council, Fife Council and Perth & Kinross Council.

The presenters, representing Post & Column, Highway Care, FLI Structures, Klaruw RMS and Ryburn Rubber Ltd. were also on hand to answer the many questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank BEAR Scotland for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting their Edinburgh offices in August

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the Exeter offices of Enterprise (HA Area 1). Companies presenting include NAL Ltd, SignPost Solutions Ltd, Screwfast Ltd and SAPA Pole Products.

Our second UK Roads "Road Show" event took place on 24th June 2009 at the Ipswich offices of Atkins (Highways Agency Area 6). This was a lively event with four speakers delivering a variety of presentations to an audience of 11 employees of Atkins global.

The presenters, representing FLI Foundations, NAL Ltd, Clearview Traffic Ltd and Signpost Solutions Ltd. were also on hand to answer a series of in depth questions raised by the audience during the event.

Positive feedback was received by Carl Hills of Atkins, and Carl has already requested that a further event takes place at Ipswich later in the year.

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the Norwich offices of Atkins (HA Area 6) on 1st July. Companies presenting include Brett Landscaping, Buchanan Computing Ltd, NAL Ltd, and Ryburn Rubber Ltd.

This Passively Safe lighting column was installed as part of a scheme at a roundabout on the A27 at Fontwell in West Sussex.  12m Passively Safe SAPA Aluminium Lighting Columns were installed in the 200mm diameter NAL Retention Socket system.  The electrical disconnection system used was the NAL Safety Isolation System (Underground type).

During a recent accident the column was struck and brought down. No serious injuries to the vehicle occupants were reported.  ALL electric volts were isolated to the columns on impact by the NAL Electrical disconnection system (within 0.4 Seconds of impact).  As the column was installed in a Retention Socket the column can now be replaced in a fraction of the time without any disruptive and costly civils excavations.

This Passively Safe lighting column was installed as part of a scheme at a roundabout on the A27 at Fontwell in West Sussex.  12m Passively Safe SAPA Aluminium Lighting Columns were installed in the 200mm diameter NAL Retention Socket system.  The electrical disconnection system used was the NAL Safety Isolation System (Underground type).

During a recent accident the column was struck and brought down. No serious injuries to the vehicle occupants were reported.  ALL electric volts were isolated to the columns on impact by the NAL Electrical disconnection system (within 0.4 Seconds of impact).  As the column was installed in a Retention Socket the column can now be replaced in a fraction of the time without any disruptive and costly civils excavations.

The first UK Roads "Road Show" event took place on 17th June 2009 at the Gillingham offices of InterRoute (Highways Agency Area 4). Four speakers delivered an eclectic mix of presentations to an audience of 25 employees of Mott MacDonald and Balfour Beatty.

The presenters, representing FLI Foundations, BRISER Ltd, Highway Care Ltd and The Post & Column Co. Ltd. were also on hand to answer questions raised by the audience during the event.

Positive feedback on the event was subsequently relayed back to UK Roads Ltd, and a further event is now scheduled to take place at Gillingham on 9th September.

The next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the Ipswich offices of Atkins (HA Area 6) on 24th June. Companies presenting include Signpost Solutions Ltd, NAL Ltd, Clearview Ltd and FLI Foundations Ltd.

The 5 research projects commissioned by the County Surveyors Society, TfL, ILE, Highways Agency, SCOTTS have now been published through the TRL website. Use the link below and search for 'Invest to Save'. You should find the following 6 reports:

SL1 ‘Review of the class and quality of street lighting’. G I Crabb, R Beaumont and D Webster. TRL Published Report PPR380. 2008

SL2 ‘Invest to save – sustainable street lighting’. P Fox. Mouchell. 2008

SL3 ‘Review of luminaire maintenance factors’. A Sanders. Mott MacDonald. 2008

SL4 ‘The use of passively safe signposts and lighting columns’. GL Williams, J V Kennedy, J A Carroll and R Beesley. TRL Published Project Report PPR342. 2008

SL5 ‘Review of the lighting requirements for traffic signs and bollards’. J Cooper, K Stafford, P Owlett and J Mitchell. TRL Published Project Report PPR382. 2008

SL6 Guidance on the lighting requirements for traffic signs and bollard. J Cooper and J Mitchell. TRL Published Project Report PPR383. 2008

The Highways Agency has commenced the switch off of motorway lights in the early hours of the morning on 2 stretches of motorway in the southwest of England. The Highways Agency say that the part-night shut down for 5 hours from midnight, will reduce carbon dioxide usage by about 90 tonnes per year on short stretches of the M4 (near Bristol) and M5 (near Exeter). For further information and to register your thoughts, please contact us or the Highways Agency.

The ILE website gives advice to street lighting contractors who have contacted Lumicom...

To access the Lumicom infrastructure, please visit www.lumicom.co.uk

The options offered to visitors are:

• either a 40 cu yd roll on container on site/depot, providing there is space and the throughput of WEEE justifies it

• or access to one of European Metal Recycling Ltd's 60 waste transfer stations in Britain

In each case, providing the rules are not breached, the service will be free and the contractor will subsequently receive confirmation that the deposited WEEE has been recycled in an environmentally sound manner.

We are exploring with ASLC, whether or not we can offer a bespoke package to street lighting contractors and lighting maintenance companies. To help us, could you let us have a list of your depots, some idea on size, whether or not they could accommodate a roll on container and an estimate of the volume of waste that would pass through the depot? Our intention is either to visit you and discuss the possibilities, or where it is possible, to convene regional meetings in association with ASLC and ILE.

ERNEST MAGOG, CEO
Lumicom Ltd

Visit the websites run by Lumicom and Recolight for more information.