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Bristol-based engineering company, W.D.M. Limited, has called on its unrivalled experience of testing the surfaces of UK roads to develop a specialist machine to check the safety of cycle ways. The Cyclopath uses tried and tested laser technology to scan the surface of cycle paths to check for rutting, texture depth, changes in the transverse profile and any...

Specially adapted Road Assessment Vehicles (RAVs) from W.D.M. Limited are using laser beams to record defects on roads throughout the UK – and identify early signs of potholes. W.D.M. Limited, the UK’s largest road condition surveying company, has been using the technology to identify surface cracking since the Millennium. If left unrepaired,...

W.D.M. Limited has been surveying the road network annually in New Zealand since 1995, helping deliver remarkable reductions in road casualty rates and resulting in further developments of its SCRIM^® vehicle through the addition of the latest ITS programming. Skid resistance of road surfaces is one of the primary factors that determine the safety...

Researchers at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) in America are evaluating the safety of highway surfaces in several US states using British technology. The Federal Highways Administration is funding a project to analyse continuous stretches of pavement in six US states to determine whether improving highway materials or design could reduce crashes and save lives. They’re using the...

The UK’s roads sector is at the start of a major transition with the government promising record levels of investment on the basis that the industry will deliver better value for money together with improved quality and a safer network. It’s against this background that the second Highways UK event will take place at the NEC...

The TM2 brochure is available in various languages, click on a flag to download your preferred choice: The TM2 surface texture meter with the latest electronics is the result of an extensive in-house research and development programme by W.D.M. Limited to provide all the functionality of a routine texture measurement instrument, coupled with extensive analysis tools.  ...

From its beginnings more than five decades ago W.D.M. Limited has focused on listening closely and responding to the needs of our customers. It’s a simple formula, but one that is all too often overlooked as companies evolve and expand. Today, the business specialises in designing equipment to monitor roads, highways and pavements and to...

W.D.M. Limited will be on the lookout for potential recruits at the University of the West of England’s ‘Meet the Employers’ Fair on October 12, 2016. The event, at UWE’s Frenchay Campus in Bristol, is the largest careers fair in the South West, delivering an opportunity to: Identify and recruit the very best...