Past Clients at Our Road Safety Consultancy

Client: World Bank

- Road Safety Expert to the National Highways Interconnectivity Project in India.

Role: Arena Associates provided advice and assistance to the Federal Government with regard to the massive network of rural roads across the continent. The project consisted of a review of current India Roads Congress (IRC) design guidance and a raft of recommendations for updating and improving these documents. Some of the current design guides go back to the 1940s and haven't been replaced since then.

Client: World Bank / Graham Group 

The Jakarta Urban Transport Short-term Implementation Project

Role: Arena Associates provided advice and assistance in formulating practical approaches to relieving Jakarta of the endemic congestion which had recently increased dramatically. 

Services provided consisted of analysing the main road corridors and proposing short- to medium-term schemes to promote easier movement for public transport in order to bring about a modal shift from cars and motorcycles. Preliminary designs were produced for the provision of dedicated lanes for buses through some of the grade-separated junctions

Client: Asian Development Bank / NTU International A/S 

- Team Leader on the Technical Advice Project for the Development of National Road Safety Plan for National Highways and Motorways of Pakistan

Role: Arena Associates provided the Team Leader for the road safety element of a general transportation Technical Advice contract. The project, over nearly 3 years, was to improve the road safety situation in the country by concentrating on the 5 Pillars of Road Safety as defined by the UN/WHO comprising - 

• Improving Road Safety management, including a Road Safety Observatory, a crash database and applying interventions based on crash data
• Improving Road user behaviour by means of publicity, improved training and education and increasing enforcement
• Improving Vehicles by means of increasing vehicle registration and testing
• Improving Roads by means of updating design standards and using Road Safety audit
• Improving the Post-Crash procedures by coordinating the Emergency & rescue services with hospital facilities.

Client: Asian Development Bank

Role: Arena Associates provided expert advice and assistance to the Sindh Government to establish a sustainable rural network with which to promote a more efficient agricultural industry and provide better lines of communication across the Province.

Work included

• The assessment of the situation on the rural network across the Province,
• The development of strategies to promote road safety including a draft programme and Action Plan,  
• Measures to restrict overloading of commercial vehicles, 
• Safety audits and assessments on proposed highway improvements and training of government personnel in applying road safety principles to development control and planning.

Client: Aramco / Eastern Province Municipality

- Road Safety Advisor to the Eastern Province Amana (Government), Saudi Arabia

Role: Arena Associates provided a traffic safety advisor to assist its Strategic Traffic Safety Signature Program (TSSP) to carry out its Road Safety Program and day-to-day activities at a strategic level. This involved the consultant working within the Eastern Province Amana (Dammam Municipality) and undertaking the following services -

• Assist in the Traffic Safety Engineering work and develop safety index program
• Assist the Road Directorate to analyze accident data to identify the black spots of high crash rate in order to develop road safety remedial measures
• Reassess and evaluate progress in implementing the Strategic Safety Plan and be involved in all day-to-day road safety activities within the Province
• Provide a strategic safety input into all urban planning activities proposed for the cities
• Assist in establishing an updated and uniform approach for designing roads
• Present road safety audit program as a way of ensuring that roads are designed and constructed safely
• Provide technical support to the stakeholders in developing the Terms of Reference for the technical projects

Client: Aramco / Al Blehed Consulting 

Role: As Lead Auditor, Arena Associates led the audit on all 130km of one of the Eastern Province's major routes to US FHWA standards which included

• A full assessment of the highway and roadside features, design elements and local conditions that would increase the risk of road traffic crashes
• Review and evaluate the highway access points, including all exits and intersections,
• undertake site visits during day and night conditions
• undertake 20 spot speed checks and assess drivers' behaviour at several designated locations,
• Compile a full road furniture and attribute inventory including signage, structures, drainage and landscaping
• undertake a full SCRIM test over selected sections of the highway,
• prepare a full list of recommended remedial measures and compile into a 3 year Action Plan of urgent, mid-term and long-term schemes.

Client: Transport for London

- Road Safety Audit Consultant and Practitioner to London Olympics Route Network, Cycle Super-Highways, and Capital Scheme Programmes.

• Selected Capital schemes for both TfL and London Boroughs
• Cycle Super-Highway schemes
• Olympic Games traffic management

Client: Egis BCEOM International / Suriname Ministry of Planning 

Road Safety Expert to the Meerzorg-Albina Corridor Rehabilitation Project in Suriname

• An assessment of the current situation, both relating to the highway and to Suriname as a whole
• a full-scale audit on proposed design features
• Recommendations with regard to improving design standards
• Proposals for improving the facilities for pedestrians and cyclists

Client: Egis BCEOM International / Jaffna Roads Authority

-Road Safety Expert to advise on A9 and A20 Remediation.

• A full road safety audit of the detailed design of just over 200km of reconstruction of A9 and other local Jaffna roads.
• The preparation of a fully-costed list of recommendations, incorporating road safety guidance for remedial works.
• A lengthy site visit so that the full extent of the proposed remedial measures could be appreciated

Client: Egis BCEOM International / Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils

Improving Connectivity with the new Southern Expressway

•  A review of general aspects of design; a total of 83km of local roads to be thus treated,
• The identification of particular characteristics and locations of Each route at which additional features were required,
• The development of an ETP package for implementing at rural locations affected by the Expressway,
• Opening and maintaining relationships with Provincial Engineers and Police who were able to assist in the identification of problems.

Client: Ramboll Consulting

- A Series of Road Safety Audits on M62, M56, A50, A494 and Wrexham's Gateway to Industry
- Winner of the George Gibby Major Project Award for Excellence in Projects over £3m, at the ICE Wales Project Awards 2013, in Partnership with PM Consulting

Role: Arena Associates provided specialist Road Safety Audit expertise over a period of two years undertaking a succession of audits from Stage 1 (preliminary design) through to Stage 3 (pre-opening) for the various sections of the access network in partnership with the Peter Monger Consultancy.

Access to the Industrial Estate was to be achieved from both north and south approaches all being designed by Ramboll Consulting and constructed by Birse. The estate, referred to by Wrexham Council as "Gateway to Industry" was subsequently awarded the George Gibby Major Project Award for excellence in projects over £3m at the ICE Wales Project Awards 2013.

Client: Ramboll Consulting / Highways Agency

Role: Arena Associates provided specialist Road Safety Audit expertise over a period of two years on a series at Stages 1, 2 and 3 on the M62, M56, A50 and A494 in partnership with the Peter Monger Consultancy.
The audits covered minor improvements and the installation of roadside communications equipment. 

Additional assistance was provided later for similar telecommunications renewals on the AI(M) between Stevenage and Hatfield

Client: NW Road Safety Group 

Role: Arena Associates' Director, Lance Fogg, facilitated and presented a one day course entitled "The Essentials of Road Safety Audit" to a gathering of NW road safety engineers and diverse practitioners including RSOs, Police and NHS Unit Trust personnel who were members of Road Safety GB. 

The course was designed to inform those who worked in road safety who may have heard about RS Audits but wished to know more and give them an insight into how the process worked and the advantages gained by auditing the design of highway improvements.
The course is accredited by CIHT and is available for any other groups wanting to know more about the process. Email lance@arena-associates.co.uk for more details.

Client: various

- A Series of Road Safety Audits on Urban Development Projects in North Wales, Lancashire, Cumbria, and Merseyside

Role: Over the past 6 years Arena Associates Ltd have forged an effective and efficient partnership with The Safety Forum to undertake Road Safety Audits across the country on all types of highway schemes at all Stages.
Much of the work has been on Section 38 and Section 278 work associated with major residential and commercial development in North Wales, Lancashire, Cumbria and Merseyside with some additional audits undertaken in Leicestershire and Yorkshire.

The two companies provide a cost-effective and efficient road safety audit service undertaken to the highest professional standards. The depth of experience available in undertaking audits is unmatched in the profession with most audits being carried out by Lance Fogg and Rob Westhead who have over 60 years road safety experience between them.

For more information simply email lance@arena-associates.co.uk or phone 01253 545829

Client: Kier Highways Ltd

Role: Arena Associates provided services at the Penrith office of Kier Design Services to augment the resources for this project. The project consisted of analysing collision data and developing appropriate concept designs for engineering interventions to reduce the likelihood of a re-occurrence. 

The work concentrated on the A31 which feeds traffic to the south coast in the Poole / Bournemouth area from the M27 and on towards Dorset and the south-west. Consequently a high proportion of the traffic is generated by holidaymakers. Collision data at major junctions and along specific sections was analysed showing many instances of shunts and loss of control crashes. Traffic control and management figured highly in the measures devised to reduce the number of future collisions.

- A Series of Road Safety Audits on Infrastructures Projects in Scotland, in Partnership with MHA Planning & Transport