Altus to introduce Workzone Digitisation in long term deal with Highway Resource Solutions

Temporary traffic management in Australia is largely analogue.

Resources, in the form of people, plant and equipment are coordinated for supply prior to shift commencement. Once deployed the supervision of those resources is conducted in-situ, meaning that potential incidents and risks must be escalated manually and only after they have been observed.

Workzone Digitisation works differently, converting information regarding the operation of these resources into a continuous, automated and actionable format for multiple audiences.

Passive assets become smart and can be measured for real time performance. If/then logic can be overlayed onto the performance of these resources, liberating new use cases that solve for issues common to the analogue environment. When paired with external data, such as driver behaviour, new benchmarks can be realised in terms of safety, risk management and productivity.

The primary use cases of Workzone Digitisation are improved safety and productivity.

Smart assets such as signage, delineation, vehicles, boom gates, alarm units, lidar detectors and a growing number of new devices, can provide instant warning of workzone or exclusion zone incursions and incidents, providing valuable warning to people working onsite. Smart assets can also be deployed to reduce labour requirements across certain temporary traffic management scenarios.

Third party data sets including vehicle speeds, volumes and near misses, along with other relevant data such as weather and road conditions, offer the potential to facilitate advanced and active intervention based on evolving risk. If site safety has been established on the basis that vehicles should be travelling below a temporary posted speed limit for example, and real time data shows that they are not, then adjustments to set up can be made to manage that risk.

Device monitoring and reactions are governed through the MyWorkzone software application which uses geo-zones to automatically capture the performance of all devices attached to a workzone in a digital map format. Device status can be seen in real-time, as can alarms and notifications as well as historic information. MyWorkzone delivers complete transparency over site performance for anyone with access to the software.

Additional use cases of Workzone Digitisation revolve around environmental benefits, better contextualised risk planning, evidentiary support of site operations, maintenance of site integrity and the reduction of people working on foot.

Altus will be initially partnering with key customers for the introduction of Workzone Digitisation to the Australian market as it works to optimise all aspects of the solution, ensuring that this step-up in innovation achieves all that it promises for people and customers.

The long-term deal signed with UK company Highway Resource Solutions allows for Altus to invest significantly in this innovation over many years, as well as work with them in developing new use cases that can realise the full range of safety and productivity needs of Altus and its customers.

The Highway Resource Solutions technology stack is used in thousands of workzones across the UK and Europe and is endorsed by leading regulators throughout the region.