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W.D.M. Limited was asked to travel across to the South Island in New Zealand in early May 2017 to carry out additional surveying on the diversion routes for the length of the SH1 closed as a result of the Kaikoura earthquake in November 2016. More about the Kaikoura earthquake from BBC news. The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) asked for...

A new online service has been launched by Cumbria County Council which will dramatically improve how the council manages and responds to highways faults. Whether it's reporting a pothole, a faulty street light or a blocked drain, the new system provides a seamless experience for all, whether you are a member of the public reporting the defect or highway...

The 5th International SaferRoads Conference will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, in May 2017. The Conference is run every three years, alternating between the northern and southern hemispheres, and provides a forum for road owners, practitioners and industry experts from across the globe to share ideas, experience and latest technological developments. Stemming from an idea between New Zealand Transport Agency ...

W.D.M. Limited has continued a tradition that started seven decades ago by taking on two new apprentices. The Company was founded in 1945 and took on its first trainee in 1946. The two latest apprentices are 18-years-old Samuel Belcher and Rhys Brooks, who’s just 16. Sam, who comes originally from the Reading area but now lives at Fishponds in...

A British-built highway survey machine that measures the skid resistance of the road surface has been rated as ‘exceptional’ by the Federal Highways Administration in America. The SCRIM® road survey vehicle manufactured exclusively by a road risk assessment and road survey company W.D.M. Limited at its base in Bristol, has just successfully...

W.D.M. Limited’s Head of Consultancy, Mark Stephenson, was one of the keynote speakers at the 2017 LJMU Annual International Conference on Asphalt, Pavement Engineering and Infrastructure, 22-23 February 2017. Mark, a Chartered Civil Engineer with more than 30 years’ experience in highway design and maintenance, spoke on the current practice and research into skid resistance...

A machine which revolutionised the way governments and highway authorities around the world monitor the safety of their roads is celebrating its 50^th anniversary. The SCRIM® road survey vehicle is manufactured by Bristol-based W.D.M. Limited and is an example of British engineering at its very best. The first machine, which measures the wet-road...

W.D.M. Limited exhibited at the Annual Bridges Conference, on the 16th March 2017 at Ricoh Arena, Coventry. Bridges is the leading event for highway authority bridge engineers and their private sector partners, and continues to act as the definitive forum for all issues relating to bridge management and maintenance, policy, strategy and funding. For 25 years, the Bridges conference...