National Highways, along with Galliford Try and Caterpillar dealer Finning UK & Ireland, have tested intelligent compaction technology on the A303.

National Highways, BAM Ritchies and Aecom are trialling Spot the robot dog, carrying geotechnical surveys across the South West.

Balfour Beatty Atkins pushed new boundaries in the handover of major highway projects to the maintenance contractor through its work on the A19 Norton to Wynyard improvement scheme in the North East. Its work secured the joint venture the Digital Innovation in Asset Management trophy at the Digital Construction Awards 2023. Denise Chevin spoke with AtkinsRealis practice manager Brian Russell to learn more.

Balfour Beatty, Kier and Costain will be working with National Highways to trial new AI-powered technologies to improve roadworks projects.

National Highways staff now have a real-time view of England’s Strategic Road Network (SRN) via a single digital model.

AtkinsRéalis is leading a project using sensors to determine whether bridge construction can evolve.

The first-ever 3D-printed concrete headwall is being tested as part of the construction process of the National Highways’ A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade in Cornwall.

An Atkins-Jacobs JV will lead trials this summer of new technology to enable the development of self-monitoring and self-maintaining bridges. Technologies likely to be tested include AI and machine learning.

National Highways has adopted a new drone flight management system, which it says will speed up the process for drone operators looking to fly near the agency’s roads and improve safety through better co-ordination and visibility of flights.

Colas is set to deploy its smart roads technology on its National Highways Area 9 motorway maintenance and response contract, covering the West Midlands and surrounding counties.

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National Highways has dismissed concerns about cyber security after it was revealed that that agency had misplaced 125 electronic devices, including hard drives, laptops and iron key storage devices.

National Highways is set to unveil a new industry-wide scoring system for connected and autonomous plant.

The wall-crawling robot from Hausbots has made it the final three of National Highways’ innovation competition tackling graffiti on bridges.

Intelligent street lights enabled with 5G, IoT sensors and cameras could form a part of National Highways’ digital roads plan following a successful trial by Kier on the M40.

National Highways is moving closer to a digital twin of the national road network with the appointment of Sopra Steria to implement a cloud-based National Traffic Information Service (NTIS).

National Highways is targeting the next generation of engineers with three real world schemes in the school version of the Minecraft game.

A commitment to digital rehearsals and the use of semi-automated plant are among the highlights of National Highways’ new Digital Roads 2025 strategy.