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Preparing for the e-scooter invasion
On 25 August this year e-scooter rental firm Voi celebrated three years in business. Since the company launched in Stockholm, Sweden in...
Aug 31, 20213 min read


Roads that fix themselves
Highways England, Costain and the University of Cambridge have recently been awarded funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences...
Aug 23, 20213 min read


Grow-your-own bitumen
Here’s an interesting way to reduce the carbon footprint of road construction: replace some of the bitumen in the asphalt with wood. That...
Aug 17, 20212 min read


How is graphene helping save carbon on UK’s roads?
At the heart of the Thermal Road Repairs system is technology that makes pothole and defect repairs permanent; that is, they will last as...
Aug 10, 20212 min read


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The challenges of Active Travel schemes
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, active travel schemes are coming to a street near you soon. The Government has made its policy on the matter very...
Jul 27, 20213 min read


Councils get ‘active’ on lumpy trench reinstatements
One of the most common causes of defects in roads and footpaths is the installation or repair of utilities. Although there are detailed...
Jul 20, 20213 min read


Reducing HAVS by process redesign
“It felt like my hands were burning. I wondered if I had somehow got acid on them.” This is how one worker remembers the first time they...
Jul 13, 20213 min read


Fighting potholes with AI
The last few years has seen an explosion of research projects, trials and new products which aim to spot potholes and other road defects...
Jul 6, 20212 min read


Noise pollution: Traditional versus Thermal Road process
Thermal Road Repairs is a green technology company which supplies systems to improve the quality, cost and time efficiency of road...
Jun 29, 20211 min read


Electric vehicles: five ways they could change our roads
In November last year the Government announced that it was pulling forward the date when the last petrol and diesel cars and vans could...
Jun 22, 20214 min read


Advancing solar technology
Solar technology is a vital element of the Thermal Road Repairs (TRR) system because it helps to reduce the carbon footprint of road...
Jun 15, 20212 min read


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Cycling strategy: let’s start with the basics
Did you know that the average value of a cyclist’s claim for a highway maintenance failure is 13 times higher than that for a motorist?1...
Jun 2, 20212 min read


Meet the team: Dean Birchall, operations manager
There is no such thing as a typical day for Thermal Road Repairs’ (TRR’s) national operations and delivery manager Dean Birchall....
May 25, 20213 min read


Troubleshooting trench reinstatements for Electricity North West
The Challenge After utility companies have carried out street works, such as trench excavation and reinstatement, they are liable to...
May 18, 20213 min read
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