Visit us at Highways UK

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We’re exhibiting at Highways UK from 7th – 8th November at the NEC Birmingham.

Highways UK is an annual event that brings together businesses involved in the planning, designing, building, operating and future-proofing of the UK’s road network.

As part of the event, we’ll be on hand to advise attendees about our extensive portfolio of traffic management systems and solutions and we look forward to meeting new and familiar faces at this landmark event.

Plus, our Managing Director, Pat Musgrave will be taking part in an innovation trail and 10 minute talk to help inform young people of the future of traffic management and the innovation that continues to be developed in the traffic industry.

To find out more about how you can benefit from MVIS’ practical and innovative traffic management solutions, come and see us on Stand C1.

If you’d like to find out more about the exhibitors and sessions available at Highways UK, or to book your place, take a look at the website: https://www.highways-uk.com/huk/whats-on

In the meantime, if you’d like more information about any of our products or services, contact the team on 01629 580 570 or email sales@m-vis.co.uk

Proactive innovation wins the day

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The 14th Highways Awards (formerly the Highways Magazine Excellence Awards) took place on Wednesday 18th October in the jubilant atmosphere of the Nine Kings Suite at the Lancaster London.

Thirteen winners were announced by the delightful celebrity guest, Julia Bradbury – star of ITV’s recent Britain’s Best Walks and Best Walks with a View travelogues –  along with representatives from each of the five platinum sponsors and eight award sponsors.

Attended by just shy of 500 highway industry professionals, the Awards once again reflected another busy year in the sector, with each winning entry showing a real proactive approach to change, innovation and collaboration.

The Official Charity Partner for the gala evening dinner was construction industry charity, the Lighthouse Club, and an amazing £4,769 was raised during the evening, which was gratefully received by the charity’s Chief Executive, Bill Hill.

Big congratulations to all those winners and highly commended entrants in each of the 13 categories listed below, along with special thanks to all the Highways Awards’ judges, supporters and sponsors:

 

Most Innovative Highway Authority Scheme of the Year                     
Sponsored by Tripod Crest

Winner
London Borough of Waltham Forest
Enjoy Waltham Forest
Judges’ Comment: “An excellent example of community involvement to regenerate and change an area that was infrastructure heavy.”

Highly commended
Kier Highways & Surrey County Council
S-Skills

 

Site Safety Initiative Award
Platinum sponsorship Dynniq

Winner
WJ Group
WJ Guardian Road Stud Installation System
Judges’ Comment: “A very innovative and safe solution to a dangerous operation, that keeps both operatives and the travelling public safe.”

 

Road Safety Scheme of the Year
Sponsored by Keysoft Solutions

Winner
Scotland TranServ, Clearview Intelligence, Coeval and Transport Scotland
A75 Speeding related accidents, route action Variable Speed/Vehicle Class Activated Signs
Judges’ Comment: “An innovative approach identifying the class of vehicle causing issues and specifically targeting that class.”

 

Award for Environmental Sustainability in the Highways Sector                   
Platinum sponsorship Total Bitumen

Winner
Carillion Morgan Sindall Joint Venture
A1 Leeming to Barton Improvements (A1L2B)
Judges’ Comment: “Really impressive saving with 100,000m3 of existing pavement and 97% of waste diverted from landfill.”

Highly Commended
GRAHAM Construction & Metrobus
Metrobus Contract D

 

Road Marking Project of the Year                                                                  
Sponsored by RSMA

Winner
Lancashire County Council, WJ North Ltd & Meon UK Ltd
Bank Bridge, Tarleton
Judges’ Comment: “Impressed by the performance of the scheme and the strong supply chain collaboration.”

 

Major Project Award                                                                              
Sponsored by Tarmac

Winner
Skanska, Jacobs, Highways England & AECOM
M1 Junction 19 Improvement Scheme
Judges’ Comment: “A very worthwhile project, tackling a highly congested section of the network.”

Highly Commended
Aggregate Industries UK Ltd  and Costain Ltd
A556 Knutsford to Bowdon Environmental Improvement

 

Highway Industry Product of the Year                                                         
Platinum sponsorship Shell Bitumen

Winner
Tensar International Ltd
Spectra Pavement Optimisation System
Judges’ Comment:“Impressed by the potential environmental and benefits to society.”  

 

Team of the Year
Platinum sponsorship MWay Comms

Winner
A14 Integrated Delivery Team
Procurement & Supply Chain Team
Judges’ Comment: “Impressed by the clear objectives of the team and how these were executed, with the potential to raise wider industry standards.”

Highly Commended
Suffolk County Council & Kier
Suffolk Highways Surface Dressing
Delivery Team

Highly Commended
A-one+ & Highways England
One Team Approach

 

Highway Partnership Award                                   
Sponsored by WJ

Winner
Hanson UK & Dorset County Council
The Dorset/Hanson Strategic Partnership
Judges’ Comment: “Good performance improvements, clear efficiency targets and excellent to see the partnership charter really working.”

 

Highways Maintenance Efficiency Award
Sponsored by Kier

Winner
A-one+ Integrated Highways Services
& Highways England
Area 12 ASC Programme Delivery
Judges’ Comment: “Very impressive lean initiative taking a whole life cost approach and saving £0.5m.”

Highly Commended
Galliford Try, Capita & Salford City Council
Urban Vision

 

Award for the Best Use of New Technology in the Highways Industry        
Platinum sponsorship MVIS

Winner
Department for Transport, Gaist Solutions, Soenecs, Thurrock Council, Wiltshire Council & City of York Council
Gaist Pothole Spotter
Judges’ Comment: “High quality and frequently refreshed information on potholes across networks providing great potential for development.”

 

Apprentice of the Year 
Sponsored by the IHE

Winner
Lancashire County Council
Cameron Newsham
Judges’ Comment: “Cameron has gone beyond expectations and become a valuable contributor to the team.”

Highly Commended
Tarmac
Richard Denman

Highly Commended
Amey
Bradley Richardson         

 

The outstanding entry considered to be a ‘game changer’ by all the judges and awarded the Judges’ Special Merit Award, sponsored by Archway Products, was the A14 Integrated Delivery Team with their Procurement & Supply Chain Team.

The Highways Awards are independently judged by an esteemed panel of representatives from every corner of the United Kingdom, including the Department for Transport, Transport Scotland, the Welsh Government, Transport NI Eastern Division, Highways England and the Institute of Highway Engineers.

For more information, and for full details of all the shortlisted entries, please download a full copy of the Highways Awards 2017 Review document here, or visit the website here.

MVIS to Exhibit at Highways UK Event

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The Highways UK Event will return to the NEC in Birmingham on November 8 & 9 this year, and MVIS is proud to be exhibiting at this major traffic and roadwork show.

With a packed schedule of events and lectures across nine stages, the best minds in the industry will be present to discuss advancements and new technologies involved in the planning, designing, building, operating and future-proofing of the UK’s road network.

MVIS will be situated on Stand C06 and our team will be able to advise attendees about our extensive portfolio of traffic management systems and solutions and look forward to meeting new and familiar faces at this landmark event.

Download the programme summary here >

We look forward to seeing you there on Stand C06.  

Get Social with MVIS

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We’re always keen to hear from our customers and always look forward to what they have to say – which is why we’ve made it as easy as possible to get in touch.

As well as the 24/7 care line, MVIS customers can connect with us via email, or through social media, where we are active on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Here, you can ask us any questions about our products, staff or policies, and can also discover important product information, details of our recent work and projects, and information about upcoming exhibitions and where you can find us as well as links to corporate news, job opportunities and staff profiles.

If you have a question about any of our products, then please feel free to get in touch on social media where we will be happy to answer your query.

Find us on Twitter: @MVISLtd
Find us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company-beta/2941962/
Emails us: sales@m-vis.co.uk
Call us: 01629 580570

Specialised should not mean scarce

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Here at MVIS, we’ve always been keen to support local businesses and people wherever possible, and as such, have always welcomed apprentices and traineeships as part of our growing workforce.

MVIS, and its sister company Bartco UK have a long-standing partnership with local education provider Highfields School in Matlock, and we often run work experience programmes for the Year 10s. This sees them working closely with our technical team, and will hopefully inspire them to consider a career within the ITS industry – which is facing as a shortage of recruits.

The ITS industry requires highly-skilled workers who possess good technical knowledge, and to try to ignite a spark with younger students, this year MVIS has extended an invitation for Year 8 pupils to encourage them to think about the role that ITS equipment could perform outside the transport sector.

We hope that initiatives like this will inform youngsters of the varied roles available to them within the industry, and demonstrate the type of skills that are required.

MVIS will also welcome one of last year’s Highfields’ work experience students who is about to embark on a four-year apprenticeship with the company. He will join four other apprentices working across various departments, from administration to technical.

MVIS’ apprenticeship scheme has proved to be a storming success, and both the Operations and Service Coordinator and Administration Assistant began their careers at MVIS through apprenticeships and have grown in confidence and skills during their time here.

One of the reasons this initiative has worked so well is that the MVIS team always ensure that, however busy they are, that the apprentices are given adequate time to undertake all of their apprenticeship work within office hours. Not every organisation does this, and MVIS’ training provider advises that this can compromise the output, from the perspective both of the individuals concerned and of their employers.

And it’s not only the apprentices that are developing their learning, the rest of the staff regularly undertake additional training courses and exams to ensure that they are up-to-date with all of the new regulations within the industry. It’s never too late to learn!

If you are interested in a career in the ITS industry or would like to know more about MVIS, please email us on sales@m-vis.co.uk or call us on 01629 580 570.

MVIS Traffex success

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Easter or not, at MVIS we’ve been busy following up our success at Traffex 2017, Europe’s largest dedicated road, traffic, parking and transport event.

We exhibited in partnership with sister company Bartco UK – the only UK manufacturer of the innovative mobile and solar powered monitoring and visual information equipment we supply for hire throughout the UK. 

Held over three days at the beginning of April, Traffex was attended by 350 exhibitors and more than 10,000 industry professionals and was the ideal place to promote our market-leading products and solutions including mobile variable message signs, Solar Intelligent Platform (IP) and brand new innovation the Tom-Tom Journey Time Solution.

Meanwhile, Bartco UK took the opportunity to launch its first ever mobile variable message sign (VMS) and Traffic Light Integrated Solution. Built around the HD Quattro which can communicate small amounts of information, it’s ideal for temporary works.

The HD Quattro is available for hire from MVIS and was judged one of the winners of the Traffex Innovation Trail by an independent panel.

We are also thrilled to announce the lucky winner of our Traffex competition. Congratulations to Pat Kane of Morrison Utility Services who won a magnum of champagne. We hope you enjoyed it!

To find out about hiring traffic management products, either on a stand-alone basis or as part of an intelligent transport system (ITS) solution, call MVIS on 01629 580 570.

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

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.

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.

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

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

 

Join MVIS at SiB

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Don’t miss your chance to speak to the experts at MVIS and discover more about our range of innovative ITS hire solutions at this year’s Seeing is Believing exhibition.

Join us from November 9 on Stand 75 and the outdoor area where we will be on-hand to demonstrate to visitors the enhanced benefits and capabilities of our energy-efficient ITS products and solutions, including VMS, Solar IP, Web StudioTM and much more.

Seeing is Believing takes please at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Lutterworth, Leicestershire.

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

 

 

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