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ANNOUNCEMENT: THERMAL ROAD REPAIRS BECOMES A CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE SUPPLIER
ANNOUNCEMENT: Thermal Road Repairs are delighted to announce that we have been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service's...
Mar 25, 20241 min read
Highway maintenance budgets up – but not in real terms
On Tuesday this week [19 March] the Asphalt Industry Alliance published its Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey....
Mar 20, 20243 min read
Mar 19, 20240 min read
Autonomous vehicles and potholes: it just won’t work
Earlier this month [March] there was exciting news from Sunderland. The city will be trialling three self-driving shuttle buses which...
Mar 13, 20242 min read
World first: highways SME Thermal Road Repairs gains PAS 2080 accreditation
Thermal Road Repairs, which manufactures and supplies low-carbon pothole repair technology, has become the first SME in the highways...
Mar 6, 20242 min read
Getting to grips with PAS 2080
The clock is ticking for National Highways’ supply chain. By the end of 2025, they must all have PAS 2080 accreditation to prove that...
Feb 28, 20242 min read
The cost of road closures – why speed matters
Local road networks are vital to both national and local economies. Almost every journey begins and ends on local roads. Hence any...
Feb 22, 20243 min read
Climate change: are our roads resilient?
Last week, the EU’s climate change service reported that for the first time, global warming had reached 1.52 degrees C for the 12 months...
Feb 14, 20243 min read
Payment practices – are they really sustainable?
On 1 February, Build UK published information about how good its members are at paying their invoices. The organisation provides payment...
Feb 7, 20243 min read
Carbon reduction and reporting: supply chains are key
Earlier this month [January], construction consultancy Akerlof published an analysis on how the UK’s 30 top tier 1 contractors are...
Jan 31, 20243 min read
The road to net zero: faster with AI?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already an everyday part of our lives, whether through social media, online shopping or simply a search...
Jan 24, 20243 min read
Five ways that potholes form
One of the biggest frustrations for road authorities and road users alike is for a pothole to be fixed, only to reform after it has been...
Jan 17, 20244 min read
Transition to hydrogen: we need good roads
On 14 December, the Government announced funding for 11 new green hydrogen plants around the UK. This is great news for the local...
Jan 10, 20242 min read
Here come the robots
Back in November 2023 came the news that a UK company would be the first to create an autonomous robot that will be able to detect and...
Jan 3, 20243 min read
Cash for carbon savings
Assuming that it gets the final go-ahead from the Government, the Lower Thames Crossing project will be an important one to watch....
Dec 13, 20232 min read
A permanent pothole repair
A pothole or asphalt defect is primarily caused by a seam allowing for water ingress. Traditional repair methods still produce a seam,...
Dec 7, 20231 min read
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