Highways England – Off-Site VMS Installation
Integrated Transport Systems
Birmingham
Overview
Colas developed an innovative approach to installing Variable Message Signs (VMS) onto gantries in a warehouse, prior to the gantries being installed on the M42 for the client Highways England.
- Installation of up to two and a half times more VMS per shift.
- Work carried out with delays of just half an hour for road users, avoiding full road closures in both directions.
- Improved safety as engineers work no more than eight metres from the ground, rather than fifteen when on-site.
- In partnership with Highways England's, using their Lean Maturity Assessment (HELMA) framework.
30 minutes
Installation time
Challenges
- Installation of the AMI and MS4 message signs onto the M42 motorway Gantries.
- Deliver VMS signs with minimum disruption to traffic required.
- Provide safe, cost effective and speedy installation.
Solutions
- The VMS signs were installed on the gantries off site in the warehouse.
- The gantries with installed signs were transported to the motorway and parked in the Emergency Refuge Area.
- No requirement for Traffic Management, except for the final installation of the gantries.
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