With close to 2.5 billion passengers travelling from over 2,500 railway stations in the UK every year, the effective maintenance of this essential transport infrastructure, with minimal disruption, remains a key objective for the rail Asset Manager.
Much of this infrastructure, like car parks and platforms, is constructed with a bituminous bound surface material. [...]
Filed under Asset Management, Rail Infrastructure
The reported effects of climate change indicate rising ocean levels and greater strain on the nation’s sea defences. Many of these man-made barriers are formed out of concrete in the form of walling, promenades and deflectors. With a constant battering of both salt water and extensive natural elements, these fortifications are subjected to extreme [...]
Filed under Asset Management, Sea Defences
With over 600,000 Heritage listed buildings and monuments in the UK, and millions of other non-classified structures, there are vast surface areas of stone, brick, mortar and concrete façade which are constantly exposed to the elements. For the benefit of protecting the nation’s heritage, minimising disruption, cost and simple aesthetics, the maintenance and up-keep [...]
Filed under Asset Management, Buildings & Monuments
Whether it be in a town centre, airport, retail park or office complex, multi-storey car parks provide an essential addition to the nation’s infrastructure. Generally constructed out of inter-linked reinforced concrete sections, these parking assets assist with the accommodation of the 30 million vehicles in the UK whilst their owners are otherwise occupied through [...]
Filed under Asset Management, Multi-storey Car Parks
With nearly 15,000 bridge structures on the Highways Agency road network alone, and the vast majority of these formed with concrete material, there is an on-going need for maintenance to these essential infrastructure assets. By design, these maintenance requirements can result in significant disruption to road users and, in some cases, total road access [...]
Filed under Asset Management, Bridge Structures
With a population of over 60 million people in the UK, pedestrian surfaces are an essential part of the nations’ infrastructure. Ranging from footpaths, to town centres, playgrounds and any non-vehicular bituminous surface, it is vitally important that these assets are maintained in a safe and sustainable manner with minimal disruption to the general [...]
Filed under Asset Management, Pedestrian Surfaces
Spread between electricity, gas, water and communications, the UK has millions of kilometres of underground utilities servicing the nation. A large percentage of this pipe-work and ducting lays beneath our roads and footpaths where there is on-going disruption brought about by the repair, renewal or installation of these essential services.
Traditional utility reinstatement methods [...]
Filed under Asset Management, Utilities
Growing at an unprecedented rate, with the 5 London airports doubling their customers in the last 10 years, UK air passenger numbers have grown to around 250 million annually. Given these statistics, it becomes clear that the sustainable maintenance of this aviation infrastructure is fundamental to the smooth operation of these airports where any [...]
Filed under Airfield Infrastructure, Asset Management
With over 30 million cars on the UK roads, it is not surprising that surface car parks form an essential part of transport infrastructure. Ranging from long term areas at airports to short term parking at retail parks or town centres, users expect these facilities to be serviceable and freely accessible. Obviously, due to [...]
Filed under Asset Management, Surface Car Parks
With around 9,500 kilometres of Motorways/Trunk road and over 230,000 kilometres of secondary roads in the United Kingdom, it is little surprise that this essential infrastructure commands high recognition with regard to political bodies, funding, the environment and public opinion. Additionally, with 97% of all journeys made using this road network, disruption is often [...]
Filed under Asset Management, Roads & Highways
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