George Sheldon: Apprentice Technician

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Since joining MVIS, George has proved himself to be a keen learner who always makes time to help out other members of the team, no matter how stretched for time he is.

How long have you been with MVIS?:
I started working at MVIS in April 2015 as an apprentice studying electrical engineering after I finished doing electrical installation.

Job role:
I mostly work in the workshop building, fixing, and preparing our VMS.

This can vary though as there is a variety of products we deal with in the workshop. When I’m not doing this I am usually on-site sorting out our products we have on the highways.

How did you get into the industry:
I got into this industry through college as I was looking for an apprenticeship in electrical engineering and learning unlimited at Chesterfield College knew about this job which was perfect for me.

Most fulfilling part of your role:
The most fulfilling part about my job is the satisfaction I feel with getting to do a job which contributes to something important.

I also enjoy seeing our products on the highways as you know you helped build something which helps to keep the roads safe.

More about me:
Outside of work I like socialising with friends. I also follow a lot of boxing and occasionally go to the events.

Becca Saint: Administrator of Purchasing and Stock Control

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Becca Saint is MVIS’ Purchasing and Stock Control department. She holds a Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Business and Administration.

How long have you been with MVIS?:
I joined MVIS on 9th March 2015 as an Administration Apprentice. I have since completed a Level 2 apprenticeship in Business and Administration and I am now studying towards Level 2, 3 & 4 in Manual Bookkeeping. I have since moved on to be the Administrator of  Purchasing and Stock Control.

Job role:
My day to day life consists of many tasks, some of which include speaking to customers for payment dates, answering the phone, purchasing items from suppliers, creating purchase orders and much more. Life at MVIS is always fulfilling, we are always busy and no day is ever the same.

I work closely with Anne Ashman who is the General Manager. I help Anne with many of the deliverables on our different accounts. I also work alongside other members of staff including  Warehouse & Manufacturing Supervisor Tom Hooton, who I order components for, as well as helping Operations and Customer Service Supervisor Dom Bridge and Admin ApprenticeTillie Wooliscroft. I also assist customers who are using MVIS’ Web Studio™.

Recent projects:
We currently gained our ISO Certification which has been a huge task. To assist with this process, I have been typing up processes and other documents for the office.How did you get into the industry

How did you get into the industry:
I came to MVIS as an apprentice in 2015, as I wanted to broaden my horizons with a change of career, and wanted something completely different to my previous career in childcare.

My family has their own haulage company and I grew up helping my mum in the office, so a career with a traffic management company seemed like a perfect fit. I was also in the process of buying my first house, which encouraged me to get a more stable and long-term position.

Most fulfilling part of your role:
I really enjoy working at MVIS, the atmosphere is great and everyone gets along. The most fulfilling part of my job is when everything is running smoothly and things are completed on time, as this makes me feel like I’ve done a good job.

Every day is different at MVIS and you never know what to expect from the day.

More about me:
I like to spend my spare time with my fiancé and my family. We are currently decorating our home and are planning our wedding which is in June 2018. I also enjoy going swimming at the local leisure centre, shopping, and cycling in the countryside when the weather is nice. We visit my fiancé’s family once a month down in London and spend time with our friends when we get the chance.

VMS Units in the Frame for an Overhaul

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Here at MVIS, we have been busy this week starting the grand task of reconditioning all of our variable message signs (VMS) – 150 of them to be exact!

This is in order to match the same specification and quality of our newly manufactured VMS units, so as not to distract from the message.

Previously, the MVIS frames were yellow to match the solar intelligent platforms and the trailers, but in order to help focus the road users’ attention, we are changing all of our frames to black in order to direct focus to our customer’s message, rather than the surroundings.

Now, all frames will be black to better focus on the message
Now, all frames will be black to better focus on the message

Fear not though – the screens themselves can still display up to five different colours, so your message will be seen and understood clearer than ever!

If you would like to talk to MVIS about your VMS needs, please don’t hesitate to get in touch on 01629 580570.

Best use of new technology in the highways industry

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Partners MVIS and HRS have created the first temporary road worker safety solutions which utilise variable message signs with modular electronic perimeter equipment.

It combines modular electronic perimeters and VMS, improving road worker safety costs effectively.

It is hoped that this will help reduce the number of road worker casualties as well as saving time and money, allowing road work projects to be completed on time and safely.

See more about it here >>

MVIS Sponsors Original Jesters’ Karl ‘Tinker’ Johnston

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Karl ‘Tinker’ Johnston
Karl ‘Tinker’ Johnston

MVIS is proud to announce their latest sponsored athlete as Karl ‘Tinker’ Johnston of Matlock’s Original Jesters club.

Karl, who currently holds the Professional English K1 title, made his boxing debut for the Original Jesters on Saturday last week with a new shirt featuring the MVIS logo.

Karl was up against Huddersfield’s well-known ‘Disco’ Dave Lowes who proved awkward during the first two rounds.

However, Karl quickly caught up and landed some powerful blows before winning by KO in the third round.

MVIS’ announcement comes weeks after they unveiled their first sponsor, John Mickel of Mickel Motorsports.

If you are interested in training alongside the Original Jesters, or would like to book a private session, please contact them on 07874 655146.

Show Business for MVIS

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Last weekend’s FA Vase final at Wembley marked the first in a long list of big summer events in which MVIS’ mobile and solar powered monitoring and visual information systems are being used to help keep traffic moving.

Our colour mobile variable message signs are a fantastic resource for organisers of large events, fairs and concerts, and are vital to manage the flow of people and traffic in a simple and safe manner.

Need to communicate vital information? With the ability to update the signs instantly with SMS text, event organisers can react quickly and efficiently to changing circumstances and provide up to the minute information to a large crowd.

Want to advertise a product or special offer? The colour matrix displays and sheer size of our boards are sure to attract attention, and can be programmed to display text, pictograms or logos.

Our VMS signs were crucial to ensure football fans were kept informed, and that the flow of traffic ran smoothly due to drivers knowing where to go.

We’ll also be providing VMS signs for more large events throughout the summer, such as the FA Cup Final, Hyde Park gigs for Ed Sheeran and the Foo Fighters, along with a large number of country shows and outdoor events.

If you are interested in purchasing or hiring a colour mobile variable message sign contact us today for a free no obligation demonstration. Call on 01629 580 570 or email us on sales@m-vis.co.uk

Darren Slater: North Delivery Supervisor

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As the North Delivery Supervisor, Darren has extensive knowledge of our traffic management products.

How long have you been with MVIS?:
I started at MVIS at the start of October 2014 and got promoted to delivery supervisor in December 2015.

Job role:
My day-to-day life at MVIS is based around delivering the signs to the site and maintaining the signs in the yard. I work closely with Tim Hill who is the other delivery and maintenance driver and we travel the country together to ensure the customers are happy with our products.

Recent projects:
I am involved in nearly every project in the north of the UK but recently I have done the M6 CCTV AT J22 and I am now doing the 26 VMSC for the A14 project.

How did you get into the industry:
I was told about the job by a friend and sent my CV into Anne Ashman, the general manager. I came in for a trial day and loved it and I was offered the job a couple of days later.

Most fulfilling part of your role:
The most fulfilling part of my role is delivering the VMS to customers who are happy with the product. I also like knowing the signs my team have put out on the network are keeping the roads safe.

More about me:
I’m a family man who likes spending time with friends and family. I also watch and play football for local teams.

 

 

MVIS AND MICKEL MOTORSPORT HIT THE TARMAC TOGETHER FOR 2015

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Temporary intelligent transport system (ITS) solutions provider, Mobile Visual Information Systems Ltd (MVIS), has been named as the 2015 sponsor of World Championship race team, Mickel Motorsport.

The sponsorship deal includes the use of MVIS’ high visibility solar powered variable message signs (VMS) at UK race paddocks at which the Mickel Motorsport team will compete, as well as branding on its vehicles.

Said Mickel Motorsport’s director, John Mickel: “It’s great to have a company that is at the forefront of the ITS industry forging a partnership with us. Their signs will make a great visual impact in the race paddocks.”

Added MVIS’ managing director, Pat Musgrave:  “We are delighted to support Mickel Motorsport.  So much of what MVIS does relates to the serious business of transport management, and it’s great to be able to promote the business within a more lighthearted context.”

MVIS’ VMS signs are manufactured in the UK by Bartco UK.  MVIS’ innovative, solar powered solutions incorporate ANPR and CCTV cameras and radar as well as VMS.

Event Buyers Live

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Event Buyers Live provides the events industry with a great platform to network and to do business.

The 2015 event is taking place in Bedfordshire at Luton Hoo Golf & Spa this week (4-5th March 2015), and MVIS will be there.

The show is a good opportunity for MVIS to showcase its events traffic management and crowd control solutions to organisers of live and outdoor events.

MVIS’ temporary, solar powered events solutions include high visibility variable message signs and CCTV.

The company boasts a strong events background, with contracts having included Royal Ascot, Goodwood Festival of Speed and of course the Olympics.

An introduction to Matt Felce

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Matt Felce: Technical Manager

What’s it like to work at MVIS?

Working at MVIS is very rewarding. I have seen the company grow enormously in the 3 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 8 signs around Tower Bridge 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: DEDICATED TO IMPROVING WORK-ZONE SAFETY IN 2014 AND BEYOND

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The average fatality rate for those maintaining the UK road network is one of the highest amongst employment sectors.  Highways Agency figures show that between 2009 and 2013, eight road workers died and 317 were injured while working on or near motorways and major A roads in England.

MVIS is dedicated to developing innovative new ITS solutions to help protect work-zone personnel, and is proud that in 2014, in partnership with Highways Resource Solutions Ltd (HRS), it launched its first collection of temporary road maintenance safety solutions.

Highways Agency statistics show that work-zone incursions are one of the most significant risks to road workers.

Road workers on BAM Morgan Sindall Joint Venture’s M62 and M1 junction 39 to 42 smart motorway project recently became the first to benefit from the safety credentials of MVIS’ and HRS’ pioneering temporary overheight detection solution.

One element of the M62 and M1 junction 39 to 42 smart motorway project involves the suspension of scaffolding beneath a bridge.  The road remains periodically open to road-users, and therefore personnel operating from the scaffolding require protection from errant oncoming high-sided vehicles.

Signs in advance of the bridge direct high-sided vehicles away from the structure.  A sensor detects incursions by errant vehicles, activating a message on a VMS, alerting drivers to their breach and enabling them to turn round and find an alternative route.  Simultaneously, an audible alarm on the scaffolding warns workers of the breach, allowing them sufficient time to reach a position of safety.

According to BMA Morgan Sindall Joint Venture stores manager, Chris Hunter, who commissioned the solution in September:  “The new solution has quickly proved its worth; within the first week, there were three incursions, all of which were quickly remedied as the drivers were instantly alerted and able to turn around to find an alternative route.”

The role of ITS in improving road worker safety is not limited to helping to tackle incursions.  New solutions are being developed by companies such as MVIS and HRS to facilitate safer work zone traffic management by fewer personnel, allowing traffic management organisations to avoid the deployment of such high numbers of road workers in these dangerous areas.

MVIS and Intellicone look forward to launching new interpretations of their work-zone safety solutions in 2015.  While the UK has a long way to go before we fulfill the Highways Agency’s Aiming for Zero road worker safety target, there is no doubt that as an industry, we are taking huge strides in the right direction.

PIONEERING OVERHEIGHT SOLUTION PROVES SMART MOTORWAY SAFETY CREDENTIALS

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Road workers on BAM Morgan Sindall Joint Venture’s M62 and M1 J39 to 42 smart motorway project have become the first to benefit from the safety credentials of a pioneering temporary overheight detection solution.

The group leased the solution from temporary intelligent transport system (ITS) solutions provider, Mobile Visual Information Systems Ltd (MVIS), soon after its launch in September by MVIS and its partner, Intellicone temporary work zone safety system creator, Highway Resource Solutions Ltd (HRS).

The overheight detection solution is part of the partners’ work-zone safety portfolio, the first temporary road maintenance safety offer combining modular electronic perimeters and variable message signs (VMS).

One element of the smart motorway project involves the suspension of scaffolding beneath a bridge. The road remains periodically open to road-users, and therefore personnel operating from the scaffolding require protection from errant oncoming high-sided vehicles.

Signs in advance of the bridge direct high-sided vehicles away from the structure. An Intellicone Sentry Beam detects errant vehicles, activating a message on MVIS’ VMS-A variable message sign, alerting drivers to their breach and enabling them to turn round and find an alternative route.

Simultaneously, an audible Intellicone Portable Site Alarm on the scaffolding warns workers of the breach, allowing them sufficient time to reach a position of safety.

While the MVIS/Intellicone temporary overheight detection solution was originally designed to protect workers from errant vehicles in temporary ground based worksites, the customer identified its potential to protect bridge personnel from high-sided road user vehicles during its smart motorway project.

Said BAM Morgan Sindall Joint Venture stores manager, Chris Hunter, who commissioned the solution in September: “Historically, BAM and Morgan Sindall have warned drivers of overhead obstructions via goalposts or “hangman” and clatterboard constructions. Neither were as effective as the MVIS/Intellicone solution at halting errant high-sided vehicles, and neither simultaneously alerted overhead personnel of safety breaches.

“The new solution has quickly proved its worth; within the first week, there were three breaches, all of which were quickly remedied as the drivers were instantly alerted and able to turn around and find an alternative route.”

Said MVIS’ managing director, Pat Musgrave, on behalf of MVIS and HRS: “We are pleased that our new temporary overheight detection solution has been so quickly embraced by the transport management market, and that it is already demonstrating its ability to promote worker safety.”

The MVIS/Intellicone temporary overheight detection solution was launched alongside the Safelane automated traffic management system, combining Intellicone products with MVIS’ VMS to facilitate safer work-zone traffic management by fewer personnel. Further applications will be launched in 2015.

MVIS works in partnership with traffic management organisations, creating for them bespoke ITS solutions. MVIS’ innovative, solar powered solutions incorporate monitoring and visual information equipment, all featuring leading-edge technology: VMS, ANPR and CCTV cameras and radar. Its VMS signs are manufactured in the UK by Bartco UK.

For further details, please visit www.m-vis.co.uk or www.intellicone.co.uk, or visit stand 69 at Seeing is Believing.

To see the overheight solution in operation, please use the following link: http://youtu.be/TV1EBkEHtAs?list=UURkMLE1UTjrnCIEzQHwYFzA

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