Balfour Beatty’s revolutionary Automated Cone Laying Machines and newly opened East Leeds Orbital Route project have both featured in this month’s ‘Future of Roads’ edition of New Civil Engineer magazine

Having launched earlier this year, Balfour Beatty’s new Automated Cone Laying Machines (ACLMs) have set a new standard for road safety through its unique pioneering technology to eliminate the risks associated with manual cone laying activities.

In the latest edition of New Civil Engineer magazine, Balfour Beatty’s Managing Director of Highways, Phil Clifton and Connect Plus Services’ Traffic Manager and Technical Officer, Dale Hicks share their thoughts on the machines whilst emphasising the need for collaboration, not only for innovations such as the ACLMs, but for safety across the industry as a whole.

In addition, the recently completed East Leeds Orbital Route project which opened to the public on schedule in August, has also featured in the ‘Future of Roads’ issue with key players from Balfour Beatty’s project team as well as Leeds City Council’s Group Engineer, Adam Neve, all giving an insight into the innovative solutions devised to circumnavigate the complexities of the project.

After 137 weeks of construction, Leeds City Council’s biggest infrastructure project for half a decade is set to reduce congestion in North-East Leeds through the construction of a 6.8km dual carriageway as well as cycle, equestrian and pedestrian routes, and will unlock significant development opportunities and stimulate economic growth in the region for generations to come.

Read this month’s edition of New Civil Engineer in full here.

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Notes to editors:

• Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with 24,500 employees driving the delivery of powerful new solutions, shaping thinking, creating skylines and inspiring a new generation of talent to be the change-makers of tomorrow.
• We finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of local communities.
• Over the last 113 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world including: the £1.5 billion A14 improvement scheme - Britain’s biggest road project; Hong Kong’s HK$5.5 billion world-class harbour theatre project for the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority; and the 12.5 mile $429 million North Metro Commuter Rail line in Colorado, US.
• Balfour Beatty’s highways business designs, constructs and manages many of the UK’s major highways, implementing innovative technologies and sustainable solutions to deliver the best results. The business also delivers complex Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Early Contractor Involvement schemes.
• Balfour Beatty’s UK Construction Services business delivers efficient and sustainable projects at the heart of local communities as well as those of national significance. We work closely and collaboratively with our customers to always leave behind a positive, lasting legacy and deliver benefit for the communities in which we operate.

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