Highway Care assist with Olympic Route upgrade
Monday, 30 Jan 2012
Birse Civils Eastern region choose Highway Care Ltd to supply and Install 6.1km of BarrierGuard for their M4 Datchet project. BarrierGuard was installed to protect the workforce whilst work took place on upgrading existing drainage and safety barrie...
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BarrierGuard Wheeled perfect fit for tight squeeze bridge project
Friday, 09 Dec 2011
Highway Care’s BarrierGuard Wheeled seemed the perfect fit recently when EnterpriseMouchel – Highways Agency Area 13 were tackling the A66 Stainton Underbridge project. Barrier protection was required to protect scaffolding while copings ...
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Highway Care add two new standards to portfolio
Friday, 18 Nov 2011
In addition to ISO 9001:2008 Highway Care Ltd is pleased to announce that we have recently gained certification for both ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007.   Highway Care is committed to minimising the impact of it’s operations on the ...
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Highway Care launches Customer Survey and supports Road Safety Week
Wednesday, 16 Nov 2011
Highway Care are launching a short Customer Satisfaction Survey and for each completed survey, Highway Care have pledged their support to UK Road Safety Week and will be donating money to the charity. The survey will be sent to all customers within t...
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News

Highway Care assist with Olympic Route upgrade

Date: 30/01/2012
Birse Civils Eastern region choose Highway Care Ltd to supply and Install 6.1km of BarrierGuard for their M4 Datchet project.
BarrierGuard was installed to protect the workforce whilst work took place on upgrading existing drainage and safety b...
 

BarrierGuard Wheeled perfect fit for tight squeeze bridge project

Date: 09/12/2011
Highway Care’s BarrierGuard Wheeled seemed the perfect fit recently when EnterpriseMouchel – Highways Agency Area 13 were tackling the A66 Stainton Underbridge project. Barrier protection was required to protect scaffolding while copings ...
 

Highway Care add two new standards to portfolio

Date: 18/11/2011
In addition to ISO 9001:2008 Highway Care Ltd is pleased to announce that we have recently gained certification for both ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007.
 
Highway Care is committed to minimising the impact of it’s op...
 

Highway Care launches Customer Survey and supports Road Safety Week

Date: 16/11/2011
Highway Care are launching a short Customer Satisfaction Survey and for each completed survey, Highway Care have pledged their support to UK Road Safety Week and will be donating money to the charity. The survey will be sent to all customers within t...
 

Highway Care supply 7km of BarrierGuard on M23

Date: 14/10/2011
Highway Care Ltd has been chosen by main contractor Interserve to supply and install 7km of BarrierGuard to protect the workforce on a project to upgrade safety barriers on the M23 in West Sussex. 

A 2.2 mile section of the m...
 

M25 gets first ever TAU Crash Cushions

Date: 07/10/2011
Highway Care is pleased to have supplied the first ever TAU crash cushions for M25. Last week two TAU crash cushions were installed at Junction 29 in Essex on M25.

The TAU system of static roa...
 

Highway Care pledge support to Road Safety Week

Date: 23/09/2011
Higway Care are delighted to announce that they have pledged their support to Road Safety Week taking place 21-27th November.

Further details on how Highway Care are involved will follow shortly. Meanwh...
 

Highway Care supplies SAB gate on M4

Date: 12/09/2011
Highway Care are pleased to have supplied a 43metre SAB gate for the M4 in Wales. The gate was installed in August by Barrier Services

The SAB Gate is a modular ‘gate’ system for opening up the central reserve barrier ...
 

Passive Safety Crash Demo Day - 30th June 2011

Date: 12/05/2011

National Passive Safety Crash Demonstration Day - 30th June 2011


Organised by UK Roads

 

Introducing BarrierGuard Wheeled System at Traffex 2011

Date: 12/04/2011

Thank you to all those who visited our stand at Traffex last month at the NEC, Birmingham. Our clients and industry colleagues enjoyed the show and took advantage of the opportunity to view some of the latest road safety products on disp...

 

Sector Scheme Training Now Offered by Highway Care

Date: 31/01/2011

Has Your Workforce Undertaken National Highway Sector Scheme Training?

Highway Care now offers Highways Agency National Highway Sector Scheme Training for:

  •  2B...
 

New BarrierGuard Wheeled System to be launched at Traffex 2011

Date: 21/12/2010

Protect your road workers.  Now easier than ever to move barrier on site.

There is now the option of mobility as Highway Care’s BarrierGuard is now available on wheel-sets.  The wheels...

 

Road Safety a Priority for A500 Fencing Upgrade

Date: 16/12/2010

Over the last six months, Highway Care has supplied end terminals and crash cushions for use along the A500 (Stoke on Trent).  The Highways Agency is improving a stretch of the A500 between Etruria and Porthill.  Since the start of this ...

 

BikeGuard Protection for the Summer

Date: 24/08/2010

In light of the Department for Transport’s recent THINK! Campaign Named Riders, which encourages drivers to see the person behind the helmet and tackle motorcyclist road casualty figures, Highway Care is pleased to introduce its BikeGuard Mo...

 

Xtensions extend A14 safety barriers

Date: 14/07/2010

Highway Care has supplied 74 Xtension 110 P4 terminals for use on the A14.  The A14 is a key strategic route which links the port of Felixstowe in East Anglia with industrial centres in the Midlands; over the last six months ...

 

Be Safe, Be Seen: Visibility for Sweeper Vehicles

Date: 09/07/2010

Introducing the MLA15 Mini Light Arrow to the sweeper vehicle industry from leading road safety equipment suppliers, Highway Care.  The MLA15 is designed to dramatically increase visibility and therefore road safety for personnel who operate ...

 

Minimum Deflection Barrier (N2 W2) Installed on Construction of New A12 Junction

Date: 28/06/2010

BarrierGuard N2 W2 has been installed on the A12 (Colchester) as part of the new Junction 28 bridge construction.  Highway Care is pleased to have supplied and installed 288 metres of BarrierGuard N2 W2 to the hard shoulder of both the northb...

 

Crash Cushions Protect Toll Booths

Date: 24/05/2010

Ten TAU 80P crash cushion systems have been installed on the N25 Waterford Bypass Toll booths in Ireland.  The installation took place in October last year and was required by contractors BAM Dragados WJV who are managing the N25 Waterford By...

 

Is YOUR Equipment compliant with Chapter 8 - 2009?

Date: 11/05/2010

Chapter 8 - 2009 requires operators of vehicles equipped with mobile signing (including Impact Protection Vehicles) to ensure the signs are fully reflectorised using a micro-prismatic retroreflective material. All micro-prismatic signing must...

 

Introducing the new Xtension Double-Sided P4 Terminal

Date: 12/03/2010

Highway Care is pleased to introduce yet another ‘first’ - a double-sided P4 terminal specially developed for the UK road network:-

The Xtension 110 Double-sided P4 Terminal is the ONLY APPROVED double-sided P4 system available...

 

SAB Gate Crosses Over Emergency Point in Area 2

Date: 21/01/2010

Highway Care is pleased to announce the supply and installation of the first SAB-Gate in the United Kingdom in November.  Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald (BBMM), in partnership with the Highways Agency, required the SAB-Gates to be installed at...

 

First TAU Crash Cushion Protects M5 Slip

Date: 12/08/2009

Highway Care is pleased to announce the supply of its first TAU Crash Cushion within the Area 2 network in March 2009.  This is the first permanent installation of a TAU Crash Cushion in the UK, providing protection at an entry slip road alon...

 

First UK Install of New P4 Terminal

Date: 12/08/2009

Highway Care, working in partnership with InterRoute Area 2, has supplied the first UK Xtension 110 P4 terminal along the M4.  Installed by Barrier Services, the new P4 terminal was chosen by InterRoute Area 2 for use on a maintenance contrac...

 

TreeFend is Top of the Safety Tree

Date: 21/07/2009

The TreeFend tree and post impact protection system was the first product to be impacted during the two-day Passive Safety Crash Demonstrations which took place at MIRA last month.  A 1430kg Saab was propelled at the TreeFend system at 70kmh ...

 

Barrier Protects M25 Bell Common Tunnel

Date: 15/04/2009

Last October work began on the upgrade and widening of the Bell Common Tunnel between Junction 26 and Junction 27 of the M25.  Costain was awarded this highly prestigious contract last summer by the Highways Agency and it is expected to last ...

 

Highway Care has Successful Traffex 2009

Date: 24/03/2009
Highway Care has had its best exhibition yet at this year's Traffex which took place at the NEC in April.  

Visitors to our stand were introduced to many new and existing product ranges first hand.  Highway Car...
 

'TreeFend' Branches Out

Date: 17/03/2009

Highway Care is pleased to announce the first UK installation of its latest product TreeFend.  TreeFend is a tree and post impact protection system that has been installed in December 2008 along the A167 dual carriageway, Chester-le-Street by...

 

TAU Crash Cushion is 1st for UK Road Network

Date: 12/02/2009

Highway Care is proud to have supplied and installed the first UK installation of the TAU Crash Cushion along the M5 near Gloucester. 

Last month, the TAU Crash Cushion system was installed on the end of BarrierGuard and was required ...

 

BarrierGuard Protects Bridge Deck

Date: 06/02/2009
BarrierGuard steel safety barrier has recently been installed along the sides of a lifting bridge over the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. St Ann Way Bridge is part of the redevelopment taking place at the Gloucester Docks & Quayside.&n...
 

BarrierGuard Protects M27 Widening

Date: 02/05/2008
BarrierGuard 800 has recently been deployed along a busy stretch of the M27 between Junction 11 and 12 on both sides of the motorway.  BarrierGuard 800 steel safety barrier, specifically designed for use at road works on high speed roa...
 

BikeGuard Protection on the Right Track

Date: 01/05/2008
BikeGuard has been installed near Buxton, along the A54, Macclesfield Road in Derbyshire. The continuous barrier attachment, specifically designed to offer protection to motorcyclists, was requested by Derbyshire County Council to act as a ...
 

Award for Moveable Barrier

Date: 01/12/2007

The Quickchange Moveable Barrier (QMB) system has been awarded Highways Magazine’s Innovative Maintenance Product of the Year. The system was proposed by InterRoute for their joint collaboration with the Highways Agency and ...