by Robert Ball | Mar 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
The findings in the annual AIA ALARM “..survey make for a bleak if not unsurprising reading.” Why is it not surprising? Well one reason is obvious… “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got”...
by Robert Ball | Mar 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
It is two years since French road maintenance contractor Bitume Armé Routier (BAR), part of Groupe Sapiens, started working with Thermal Road Repairs’ (TRR’s) low carbon pothole fixing technology. We caught up with operations director Anthony Jacquier to ask him how...
by Robert Ball | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
On 1 April 2023, new regulations governing how local authorities inspect reinstatements carried out by utility companies will come into force. In a nutshell, poor performers will be inspected more often, with each inspection paid for, while good performers will...
by Robert Ball | Mar 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
We can’t keep building and building and expect materials to last forever. Resources are already running out. In Vietnam right now, sand shortages mean that construction projects are stalled and prices are rocketing, a problem that has been felt in Asia and Africa for...
by Robert Ball | Mar 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
If a pothole repair is classed as permanent, it should last for as long as the road surface it’s in, right? Well, not necessarily. The definition of a permanent repair seems to depend on the way that the reinstatement is carried out. Pothole repairs fall into three...
