Tower Road South, Birkenhead, Merseyside – Public Realm scheme

November 9, 2021

Tower Road South, Birkenhead, Merseyside – Public realm scheme

The public realm scheme, which is located on Tower South Road, Birkenhead was completed in March 2021. The works were commissioned by a leading consultancy in transport planning, infrastructure design and flood risk. We were involved with all stages of the Road Safety Audit process to ensure proper safety procedures were undertaken throughout. A key objective of the scheme was to improve the environment for all road users, with wider high-quality pavements for pedestrians and cyclists, narrower carriageways to reduce traffic speeds, new crossing points to link existing and future developments at Wirral Waters and the surrounding areas. The scheme aimed to influence driver behaviour, which included reducing speeds but also providing awareness of a change in environment, with road safety in mind. The scheme had to have a clear perception of safety whilst maintaining the attractiveness of the area for students, employees, and visitors.

The public realm scheme is a hybrid style with separated footway/cycleway but with minimal signage and direction. Innovative and striking features including an imprinted ‘roundel design’ to replace the existing signalised junction, (this feature is the equivalent to an informal roundabout). Red and white ‘chevron’ footways were another unique feature. With the removal of conventional features such as signal control and standard footways, this can add an element of uncertainty and caution for users. Although this can be a positive for road safety improvements, if this is executed correctly.

Newly built roundabout and a small bridge that goes over a river.

Lee Williams, who was one of the auditors for the scheme, stated that “this was a good example of auditing a scheme with new and innovative elements, whilst keeping an open mind, but still ensuring good execution and road safety”. The audit process was followed from start to finish and as a result, safety improvements were made to the scheme following our recommendations.

The scheme has recently been featured in the local press and has been nominated for an award:

“We’re thrilled that the Tower Road Streetscape, our project to create a safe and attractive thoroughfare in #WirralWaters, has been shortlisted for the Liverpool Sub-regional Project of the Year in the NW Regional Construction Awards!”

Link: twitter.com/WirralWaters/status/1443535773077327873

Road Safety Audits

Macmillan Coffee Morning 2021

October 7, 2021

Macmillan Coffee Morning 2021

TMS Consultancy are proud to have hosted a Macmillan coffee morning in our new office space with the main goal to raise money for the cancer support charity.

TMS Consultancy are proud to have hosted a Macmillan coffee morning in our new office space with the main goal to raise money for the cancer support charity, while getting to know the other businesses around the Business Innovation Centre (BIC). Organised by our office manager Jan (left), she made sure the coffee morning would be a great success!

To make sure our cakes were the best TMS can offer, we had our own inhouse bake-off competition in which the TMS family and other businesses around the BIC participated by bringing their own cakes to be judged by the other businesses to come through our doors. Our very own Lorna (right) who is our Business Development manager won the competition having baked a white chocolate raspberry loaf cake (recipe here), which everyone loved and now currently holds the title as the best baker at TMS consultancy!

Two women standing next to a bake sale stand.

We are extremely thankful for The Business Innovation Centre in Binley Business Park for taking part in our coffee morning having raised £224.79 which TMS Consultancy will match, so that we can bring our total to £449.58 as we continue to actively support the Macmillan charity. We hope that everyone enjoyed the cakes we baked and hopefully we will have more organised soon!

Events

Road Safety Audits on the Strategic Road Network (SRN)

November 18, 2020

Road Safety Audits on the Strategic Road Network (SRN)

During 2020, TMS carried out numerous Road Safety Audits on the Strategic Road Network (SRN). TMS Engineers have a vast experience of auditing major road schemes across the UK, at all stages of the audit process.

During 2020, TMS has carried out numerous Road Safety Audits on the Strategic Road Network (SRN). TMS Engineers have a vast experience of auditing major road schemes across the UK and at various stages.

Birmingham road interchange, spaghetti junction.

Here is a quick summary of some of the audits we have carried out over the past year:

Preliminary Design Stage 1; A417 Missing Link, Gloucestershire. 5.8 km of new dual carriageway and grade separated junction, with new link roads and local road realignments
Preliminary Design Stage 1; A27 Lancing Improvement Scheme. Addition of fourth arm onto a new development roundabout
Preliminary Design Stage 1; A40 Penblewin to Redstone Cross Improvements, Wales. New relief road (2+1) with ghost island right turn lane junction and provision of NMU routes
Detailed Design Stage 2; A31 Ringwood Junction, Hampshire. Slip-road widening and alteration from taper merge to lain-gain onto A31 mainline
Detailed Design Stage 2; A27 East of Lewes NMU Route; 11.5 km of new NMU route along the A27(T) featuring footways, cycleways, and Toucan Crossings

Detailed Design Stage 2; M6 Junction 1 MOTO MSA. New service area with creation of “hamburger” roundabout, new traffic signals and amendments to slip-roads.
Post-Construction Stage 3; M5 Junction 12, Quedgeley, Gloucestershire. Slip-road widening and capacity improvements.
Post-Construction Stage 3; A45 Whitley Works, Coventry. New grade separated junction with link roads, roundabouts, signal junctions, toucan crossings and NMU routes.
Post-Construction Collision Monitoring Stage 4; M8, M73, M74 Motorway Improvement Scheme, Scotland. New motorway, improvements to interchanges, new all-purpose dual carriageway, new parallel link roads, improvements to existing motorways and provision of NMU routes.

Multiple vehicles driving down a newly constructed motorway that runs under a bridge.

If you require a Road Safety Audit on the SRN or on other major road schemes, please contact Lorna Styring on 024 7669 0900 or please email. We of course carry out audits on all other roads, no matter how big or small, so please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Road Safety Audits

TMS Launches Online Training Courses

June 19, 2020

TMS Launches Online Training Courses

We are very excited to announce that we will be launching our online training courses in July!

e-Learning Modular Courses

These modular e-learning courses are perfect for those who prefer to learn at their own pace. Split into days and individual sessions, you can do a full day of training or dip into your course for a few hours. These courses are still interactive like our face-to-face courses, with lots of workshops and topics to discuss with fellow delegates on the forum. Delegates will also be able to have access to Q&A time with trainer via email, phone or Zoom.

Online Courses via Zoom

Live training via a video call platform, you will meet your trainer and see the course materials on your own screen, so as long as you have access to a computer and internet you will be able to attend the course. You will join the training course via a link with step-by-step prompts of how to join, it’s easy we promise!