Smart Closure

Smart Closure is a system that enables safer and more efficient road closures by:

Warning the workforce instantly in case of a forced entry at manned works access points
Alerting the workforce in case access is needed by authorised non-works vehicles such as emergency vehicles, gritters and escorted vehicles
Enabling full closure points to be alarmed and potentially unmanned
Allowing remote two-way communication with residents and road users requiring access to site

Smart Closure uses portable site alarms, customer information terminals and beacons equipped with technology that allows them to connect to the device management platform. This platform incorporates an intelligent rules engine, which tells the equipment how to behave under different circumstances, such as a when a road closure is being breached.

There are many benefits to using Smart Closure:

Increased safety. Workers are instantly alerted to an incursion, emergency, or escorted non- works vehicle accessing the site. They can get to a place of safety before the vehicle reaches their working area. In addition, in unmanned areas, it reduces the potential for confrontation with the public and the risk of injury as a result
Enhanced communication. Making it easier to communicate with road users reduces the risk of incursions, as help and advice can be provided remotely.
Better resource management. The ability to provide unmanned yet remotely monitored closures reduces the overall labour requirements for temporary traffic management, especially on large closures, providing a cost benefit.
Improved decision-making. Automated incursion logging enables the creation of hotspot maps, allowing the data to be analysed. As a result, future TM designs can be adapted to suit real-life site conditions.
Easy deployment. All equipment is simple to deploy, use and interact with. Our smart assets know how to operate once they enter a geozone, meaning that a worker can pick any device of the right type and it will work as required on site

"Intellicone enabled road closures provide a great deterrent to people attempting to enter the closure” - Kier Highways

"In a single month, we reduced incursions by 50%. This proves that by introducing Safelane, we were moving in the right direction to combat errant vehicles” - ChevronTM

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A-one+

"Our operatives report feeling more confident working on the network, knowing that there is an early warning system in place"

Highways England

“This highlights the importance of the Safelane system being deployed, and it may just be on this occasion that it helped send all contractors home safely to their families”

Chevron Traffic Management

“We received an alert that a taper had been severely damaged with over 30 cones hit enabling an instant response. This was imperative as a strike of such severity could have caused accidents and endangered the workforce”

Kier Highways

“The software is an amazing tool as I know what times the closures are getting installed and removed’’

CIHT

“The judges were impressed by the entry’s well thought through proven practical applications – enhancing safety for road users and road workers, especially through early alert systems. It addresses the riskiest elements of working on the highway by reducing human error throughout the traffic management cycle – deployment, operations and removal. It also potentially automates notifications, enabling rapid response to changing situations. There is clear potential for much wider application across highway related works. It also provides auditable assurance to clients, CDM holders and management.”

HW Martin

“All of the equipment was easy to use and could be kept in a small contained space, charging was never a problem and all systems were self-explanatory when charging and installing”

Chevron Traffic Management

“In a single month, we reduced incursions by 50%, which proves that by introducing Safelane, we were moving in the right direction to combat errant vehicles”