Innovations

Footbridge Installation Across Creek

Published on 26 September 2018

Our Dormay street site is cut in half by Bell Lane Creek.  This meant the access route was via Causeway up and around to reach Dormay Street’s southern compound.  The site services also... Read more...

Reusable Boot Covers

Published on 26 September 2018
Pinched with Pride once

The motivation came from the amount of single use plastic being discarded in the form of single use plastic boot covers. Boot covers are required to protect clean areas such as welfare facilities and... Read more...

Geotechnical Resilience Enhancement Measures

Published on 24 July 2018
Pinched with Pride once

Severe weather events are widely recognised to impact the safety and performance of geotechnical assets (embankments and cuttings). Geotechnical assets on the Strategic Road Network (SRN) have been... Read more...

Strategic Road Network Simulation

Published on 24 July 2018
Pinched with Pride once

As part of our Innovation, Technology and Research strategy, Highways England have been looking for higher risk project with a low technology readiness level (TRL) to push the boundaries of the... Read more...

Intelligent Excavation

Published on 24 July 2018
Pinched with Pride once

Highways England aims to embark on developing a high-risk, low Technology Readiness Level (TRL) product that will enhance excavation activities, reducing the number of construction workers killed or... Read more...

Project Based Work Experience Programme

Published on 23 July 2018

It can be hard to create a week of activities for our work experience participants that enables them to leave with a sense of achievement and having learnt tangible things about the project and... Read more...