Matt Felce: Technical Manager

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With a number of years of experience under his belt, Matt is our ‘go to’ person when we have a question. What he doesn’t know about traffic management solutions isn’t worth knowing. 

What’s it like to work at MVIS?
Working at MVIS is very rewarding. I have seen the company grow enormously in the three years that I have been here from a VMS supplier to the “go to” company for temporary ITS solutions.

 
What’s been the best MVIS projects you’ve worked on to date and why?
They are all rewarding in their own way. From the safety solutions we have developed along with Intellicone to the manufacture of our own trailers in the UK.

 
How are you finding day-to-day life at MVIS?
It’s great to work with such a close knit team who all work tirelessly with a common goal of making MVIS the biggest and best VMS and portable ITS supplier in the UK.

 
What recent projects have you worked on?
We have just deployed eight signs around a bridge in London that are automatically activated when the bridge is raised with the aim of lowering vehicle pollution.

 
What is the most fulfilling part of your role?
The most rewarding aspect of my job is the praise we receive from our customers and seeing the company grow from strength to strength.

 
What’s an average day for you?
I am very fortunate in that I don’t have an average day. It can involve anything from meeting with customers discussing designing a new solution to solve their problems to going to awards dinners for our innovation and everything in between.

MVIS achieves quality and environmental milestones

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MVIS is thrilled to announce that it has been assessed and registered by the NQA against the provisions of BS EN ISO 14001: 2015 and BS EN ISO 9001: 2015 standards.

The BS EN ISO 9001: 2015 and National Highway Sector Scheme 8 recognition demonstrates MVIS’ ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory UK highway requirements. Being registered under the National Highway Sector Scheme 8 also provides MVIS with an industry benchmark, giving assurance to their customers that standards are being consistently applied.

As one of the world’s most popular standards for environmental management, ISO 14001:2015 helps organisations improve their environmental performance through more efficient use of resources and reduction of waste, gaining a competitive advantage and the trust of stakeholders.

The ISO 14001:2015 registration also demonstrates MVIS’ compliance with current and future statutory and regulatory environmental requirements. Achieving this registration also provides assurance to employees with MVIS as well as external stakeholders that environmental impact is being continuously being measured and improved.

MVIS were accredited the ISO 14001 and 9001 on the 24th February 2017 and hold both certificates until 2020.

For more information on MVIS or the ISO accreditations please get in touch on 01629 580 570.

Sponsoring spells success for MVIS

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As a company, MVIS has always supported local businesses and causes close to our hearts, and we’re always keen to help out where we can.

We recently donated the use of four variable message signs plus a van and driver to a local initiative to publicise the local hospital, the Whitworth Hospital which was due to have a vital ward closed. The signs were used to advertise the event and advise road users of the protest march, and the vehicle was used to transport a hospital bed to around the local area to advertise our plight.

We are also keen to show our support for a number of local sports teams and athletes, and as such, are the current sponsors of Matlock Town FC. Fans of the Gladiators will have noticed our logo on the front of their shirts, and we’re also happy to have donated a VMSC unit which is situated in the ground, as well as a fixed VMSA unit on the outside of the ground, used to send messages of support to the team, as well as display useful match day information to fans from all sides.

Alongside sponsoring Matlock Town FC, MVIS are proud to sponsor boxing athlete Karl ‘Tinker’ Johnston of Matlock’s Original Jesters club. Karl, a dedicated fighter, who fought his way to become the new professional European K1 Champion back in 2016, is sponsored and represented by MVIS on all of his training kit. Karl will be defending his title on the 1st April 2017, MVIS and our sister company Bartco UK have sponsored him for this event.

Back in 2015, we were also named the sponsor of the World Championship race team, Mickel Motorsport. Each year, MVIS supplies high visibility solar powered variable message signs (VMS) to the UK race paddocks where the Mickel Motorsport team will complete, as well as having MVIS branding on their vehicles. The team at MVIS are delighted to sponsor the 2015 UK Legends National Champions, and thoroughly enjoy attending races to offer continued support to the Mickel team.

Crown Green Bowling player, Craig Shore is also another sporting star we are proud to offer continued support too. The team here at MVIS wish Craig all the best in the upcoming bowling season.

MVIS to exhibit at Traffex 2017

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MVIS will once again be exhibiting at Traffex 2017, a three-day exhibition which takes place at the NEC Birmingham from April 4 – 6, 2017.

Now in its 28th year, Traffex is Europe’s largest dedicated road, traffic, parking and transport event, and MVIS – along with sister company Bartco UK – will be present at stand D70 to showcase our range of traffic and event management solutions, which are available to hire from MVIS and purchase from Bartco.

Should you need to discuss a specific project which requires a bespoke solution, our technical team will be available to discuss how our portfolio of intelligent transport systems can be adapted to suit your requirements.

Visitors to Traffex 2017 will also be able to learn about MVIS’ extensive product lines, including five colour mobile variable message signs, vector integrated ANPR camera technology, HD radar and portable solar powered CCTV, through a series of video displays. This will help to demonstrate exactly how the products are used, and how various products can be assembled to suit your project. Click here to view our full range of traffic and event management solutions >

The MVIS team have years of experience within the traffic management sector and are on hand 24/7 to offer advice and technical support to all of our customers. Whether you need help with one of our products or require advice on your road work project, the MVIS team offers a comprehensive level of support which you can access at any time.

Customers contact us 24/7 by emailing us at service@m-vis.co.uk and are guaranteed a response within 4 hours.

If you would like to discuss any of your road work projects, or any particular traffic management solution, please get in touch with us on 01629 580570 or at sales@m-vis.co.uk

Department for Transport announces 1.2bn funding

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It was announced recently that there will be over £1.2bn of funding for English local authority roads in 2017/18. Including individual councils’ share of the pothole fund, £185m of new funding was announced in the Autumn Statement and the Local Highways Maintenance Funding Needs Element to help improve the UK’s road network.

The £1.2bn for the 2017 to 2018 financial year for local highway authorities outside London, consists of:

  • £210m from the £1.3bn National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) announced in the Autumn Statement, with £185m to improve local highways and public transport networks and £25m to help tackle some of the most dangerous council A roads
  • £801m Local Highways Maintenance Funding Needs Element
  • £70m to be shared across local highway authorities from the Pothole Action Fund
  • £75m from the Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund, with local highway authorities invited to compete for funding to help repair and maintain local highway infrastructure, such as bridges, lighting and rural roads
  • £75m from the Highways Maintenance Incentive Element, which invites councils to complete a self-assessment questionnaire “in order to reward those who demonstrate they truly understand the value of their asset”.

The Pothole Action Fund allocated totals £250 million which is estimated to be enough to repair on average over 4.7 million potholes, or stop them forming in the first place.

During this time, it is estimated that the ongoing road maintenance and improvements will cause lengthy queues and obstruction on the roads. MVIS offers a number of traffic management solutions which can be hired to allow your road work project to run smoothly, encourage safer and more environmentally friendly driving habits, and help prevent complaints from motorists by keeping them well informed of their approximate travel times.

No matter what or where your traffic management project is, MVIS provides innovative temporary Intelligent Transport System Solutions which can help your road work project run smoothly, on time and to a budget. This includes CCTV, HD Data Collection Radar, ANPR, VMS and Journey Time Solutions which are mounted on solar powered platforms and can be deployed as multiple units on a single platform or individually as required.

At MVIS we work closely with our customers and partners and we’re dedicated to producing the best product to match your needs. Our five colour matrix VMS displays are ideal for traffic management and accident information, and help keep motorists well informed.

Available for hire throughout the UK, MVIS ensures temporary VMS are quickly deployed to provide urgent traffic management solutions. If your road work project requires help to reduce traffic levels to increase motorist’s satisfaction levels and awareness, contact the MVIS team who will be happy to offer you full support and flexibility to help you inform road users.

If you would like to talk to us regarding hiring any of our traffic management solutions, please get in touch by calling 01629 580 570 or email us at sales@m-vis.co.uk.

 

 

New partnership with Highways England

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Mobile Visual Information Systems Ltd (MVIS) developed a temporary intelligent transport system (ITS) solution which receives DATEX II real time journey time data from Highways England’s National Traffic Operations Centre (NTOC), collected from in-vehicle sensors.

The data is used to calculate journey times from the locations of MVIS’ 11 portable Bartco UK VMS-C variable message signs (VMS) along the MSM roadworks to the end of the affected stretch of motorway. The times are uploaded onto the desired portable VMS every five minutes.

Configurable safeguards ensure that journey times computed do not fall outside the range made feasible by current speed limits and that they do not conflict with messages on permanent VMS.  The automated VMS messages may be manually overridden in the event of a network incident.

Said MVIS’ technical manager, Matt Felce: 

“MVIS is an innovative firm, and so was pleased to have the opportunity to work in partnership with Highways England to develop the first solution enabling real-time journey time information from NTOC to be displayed on portable VMS.”

MVIS works in partnership with other leading providers to create bespoke temporary ITS solutions for traffic management organisations to help the road network to operate efficiently and safely.

Its solar powered solutions incorporate monitoring and visual information equipment:  VMS, ANPR and CCTV cameras, radar and Intellicone contactless sensor technology.  MVIS’ VMS signs are manufactured in the UK by Bartco UK.

MVIS’ products are available nationwide via a network of over 20 depots.

How to lower pollution with MVIS’s Auto Detect

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It was reported recently that London reached its annual limit for air pollution just five days into the new year.

And with the RAC Foundation estimating more than 43 million drivers on the roads by 2034, it can only mean bigger traffic jams, longer journey times and even more air pollution.

So how can we prevent this?

Motorists themselves can adopt certain habits when driving to help reduce emissions, such as keeping the vehicle in tip-top shape, removing excess cargo and avoiding unnecessary idling. If you are going to be stopped for more than 10 seconds, it’s much more environment tally friendly to stop and restart your engine than to keep the vehicle running.

But what can we do to help reduce emissions in locations which we know will have a high volume of slow-moving traffic? Circumstances such as heavy road works, large sporting events or concerts can have a large amount of stop-start traffic, and so are in need of an effective solution to communicate with motorists to educate them on more environmentally friendly driving practices – the Auto Detect.

The Auto Detect is an innovative integrated solution available to hire from MVIS and combines variable message signs (VMS) with contactless sensor technology which can help make drivers more aware of their carbon footprint and drive more responsibly, therefore becoming more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.

The system pairs a series of VMS units with a master Intellicone Traffic Management Unit with a set of traffic lights. When the lights turn red, the VMS is wirelessly activated and instantly displays messages – pre-programmed by the user using our innovative Web Studio™ – to communicate with the stationary motorists. These messages can include facts about the levels of air pollution caused on UK roads as well as advice on how motorists can effectively lower their own emissions, such as turning off their engines when in stationary traffic queues.

If you would like to contact us regarding your road work project, please call 01629 580 570 or email sales@m-vis.co.uk

MVIS supports Nottingham County Council

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The National Highways and Transport Network’s 2016 Public Satisfaction Survey, which received a record breaking response of nearly 100,000, recently announced that Nottingham City Council achieved the highest public satisfaction for highways and transport.

The city council came out on top with a satisfaction rating of 61.5%, after scoring 78.1% for local bus services, 77.5% for public transport information and 64.9% for traffic management.

As well as calculating satisfaction levels, the 2016 National Highways and Transport Network’s survey also collected respondent’s opinions on road issues they saw as most important. Each cited by 96%, were highway conditions and safer roads.

Other issues highlighted as important by respondents were reducing traffic (86%) and traffic pollution (85%). Only 45% expressed satisfaction on the issue of reducing traffic, and only 50% on the issue of traffic pollution.

MVIS have provided support over the last 3 years to Nottingham City Council during the tram redevelopment.

If your road work project requires help to reduce traffic levels to increase motorist’s satisfaction levels and awareness, contact the MVIS team who will be happy to offer you full support and flexibility to help you inform road users through five colour VMS.

No matter what or where your traffic management project is, MVIS provides innovative temporary Intelligent Transport System solutions which can help you to improve, monitor and control traffic queues. This includes CCTV, HD Data Collection Radar, ANPR, VMS and Journey Time Solutions that are mounted on solar powered platforms and can be deployed as multiple units on a single platform or individually as required.

At MVIS we work closely with our customers and partners and we’re dedicated to producing the best product to match your needs. Our five colour matrix displays are ideal for traffic management, accident information, event organisation and brand advertisement.

Available for hire throughout the UK, MVIS ensures temporary VMS are quickly deployed to provide urgent traffic management solutions.

If you would like to talk to us regarding hiring any of our traffic and event management products, please get in touch by calling 01629 580 570.

MVIS’ Christmas Opening Hours

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MVIS will be closed over the Christmas period for the following dates:

Monday, 26th December
Tuesday, 27th December
Monday, 2nd December

For MVIS’ 24/7 Emergency Service, please call 01629 580570.

We would like to say a big thank you to all our customers for their support throughout 2016, and we look forward to working with you again in 2017.

Happy New Year!

Traffic jams to cost UK drivers £62bn

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With the recent news that congested roads will cost UK drivers £62bn over the next 10 years, perhaps now is the time to re-evaluate your traffic management solutions to make sure your road maintenance operations are being carried out as efficiently as possible.

In a report commissioned by the Department for Transport, transportation information company Inrix measured the average duration, length and frequency of UK traffic jams in September, and calculated the cost by using value of travel time figures.

Unsurprisingly, London came out worst. The most highly congested stretch of road was the M25 northbound between junctions 15 and 16 near to Heathrow Airport, and overall, London’s traffic jams are set to cost motorists over £42bn up until 2025. Other highly congested areas were the A720 westbound Edinburgh Bypass at Dreghorn Barracks which is estimated to cost £2.8bn, and the Eastbound junction of the A8 Glasgow and Edinburgh Road with the M8 which has an estimated cost of £2.3bn.

MVIS provides innovative temporary Intelligent Transport System solutions which can help you to monitor and control traffic queues. This includes CCTV, HD Data Collection Radar, ANPR, VMS and Journey Time Solutions that are mounted on solar powered platforms and can be deployed as multiple units on a single platform or individually as required.

No matter what or where your traffic management project is, the MVIS team are on hand to be able to offer full support and flexibility to help you resolve your road maintenance project quickly and efficiently, because whilst it’s said that the British love to queue, it doesn’t extend to sitting idly in traffic.

If you would like to know more about MVIS’ portfolio of traffic management products, please click here.

Take a look at the top 10 traffic hotspots:

London (£42bn) M25 northbound between junctions 15 and 16

Edinburgh (£2.8bn) A720 westbound Edinburgh Bypass at Dreghorn Barracks

Glasgow (£2.3bn) Eastbound junction of the A8 Glasgow and Edinburgh Road with the M8

Birmingham (£2bn) Northbound junction of the A38 (M) with the M6

Manchester (£1.9bn) M60 northbound at junction 1 for the A6 Stockport

Bristol (£1.6bn) M5 southbound at junction 20 for Clevedon

Leeds (£1.5bn) Westbound M62 junction 26 with M606 junction 1

Cardiff (£1.1bn) A48 westbound at Riverside Park

Bradford (£1.1bn) From the A650 in the city centre to the A6038 Otley Road

Belfast (£797m) A12 eastbound at the junction with the M2 and M3

MVIS taking up 100m charity challenge

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Two members of the MVIS team are raising money to support those affected by stillbirth and neonatal death.

Following the tragic stillbirth of his own son, Caleb George, earlier this year, MVIS’ warehouse & manufacturing supervisor Tom Hooton discussed with general manager Anne Ashman doing something to help raise money for Sands, which is helping Tom and his partner Ciara during this period.

The charity works in partnership with health professionals to care for bereaved families, also funding research.

The 100km in ten months project was devised, as the pair – along with friends and family – committed to each run a 10km event every month for 10 months. All the runs except the last will be in the Midlands, with a final event in London on the weekend of Caleb’s first birthday in July.

Said Tom:

“Stillbirths happen more you think, and there is very little after-care for the bereaved.  We’re lucky to be receiving wonderful support from Sands, and want to help it to be able to give this to others too, and to undertake its vital research.”

The team completed their second run on Sunday, November 27th.

Said Anne:

“We had a very early start to get to East Midlands Airport and it was freezing. However we both did well, Tom ran the 10k in 52.19 (he left me standing) and I ran it in my anticipated hour at 1.054.”

She added:

“Thank you to everyone for supporting us in these charity runs – we really do appreciate it. When you are running and getting near to the end of the 10k, you really do think about the people that have sponsored you and it keeps you going as you don’t want to let them down.”

Together, the team hopes to raise a total of £5000. If you would like to help them to achieve their target, please go to www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Anne-Ashman2 or www.justgiving.com/Tom-Hooton

Another great year at Seeing is Believing

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Earlier this month, MVIS and sister company Bartco UK spent a couple of days exhibiting in Lutterworth, Leicestershire at the Highways Seeing is Believing event.

Members of the MVIS team were on hand both inside and out, to help showcase our innovative range of traffic management products and to demonstrate the enhanced benefits and capabilities of our energy-efficient ITS products and solutions, including VMS, Solar IP, Web StudioTM and much more.

Highways SIB provides the perfect showcase for traffic management demonstrations. The real road area within the exhibition grounds really helps guests to see how our hardy products stand up in all weathers and lighting conditions. Guests were able to see for themselves how easy the products were to use, and how effective they were.

MVIS would like to thank everyone who took the time to come and speak to us, either inside the exhibition venue or outside on the real road space. We look forward to seeing you again next year.

For more information about Seeing is Believing, please visit www.sib.uk.net

 

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