The LCRIG Innovation Festival will be a first of its kind for the highways sector. The event has been established to ‘make the case for innovation’ and will bring together local authorities, central government, the supply chain, associations and academia.
You can find out more about our Innovation Festival Partners and Sponsors below:
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GaistFestival Partner: Highway Defects Since 2007 Gaist have partnered globally across central and local governments on a mission to change how we understand and interpret the roadscape. Offering transformational roadscape intelligence and insights tailored to client needs, Gaist are at the forefront of providing solutions focused on delivering value to the highways industry. Gaist will be showcasing their newest data partnerships at the LCRIG innovation festival. Showcasing ground-breaking insights and datasets derived from vehicles on the road network to improve safety and winter maintenance provision, they will be present on stand 14 for the duration of the festival. |
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GallifordTryFestival Partner: Transport Technology Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction groups. Working across 11 sectors, such as Highways and Environment, we pride ourselves on being the trusted contractor of choice for many customers. We focus on using our values driven approach, innovation, and great service to deliver our projects and positively impact communities. We are passionate about what we do, our people genuinely care about our customers, and we constantly explore opportunities to improve what we do. |
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JCBFestival Partner: Health & Safety JCB has grown to become one of the UK’s most respected manufacturing companies since it was established in 1945. As a privately-owned family business, it remains committed to manufacturing a broad range of innovative products in the UK, including the JCB Pothole Pro. The award-winning JCB Pothole Pro is a unique 3 in 1 solution specifically designed to sort out any pothole repair or patching works, efficiently, economically and permanently. Because it comes with 3 dedicated attachments to cut, crop and clean, there’s no need for additional specialist equipment or extra manpower, saving you both time and money. |
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WJ GroupFestival Partner: Retroreflectivity WJ Group and TrafficPrinter WJ Group is the UK’s leading road marking and highway safety business, supporting the strategic road network, local authority and off-highway markets by providing solutions that create safe, sustainable journeys for everyone. We will be demonstrating the TrafficPrinter, a one-of-a-kind machine that is designed to save lives and revolutionise the road marking sector. |
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MultevoFestival Promotional Sponsor Multevo – turnkey in-house highways, civils, vegetation, arb and traffic management services. Multevo are the exclusive UK distributors for sale, hire and after sales for the innovative Multihog range of equipment and are also a Constructionline Gold and NHSS 12,16 and 18 accredited company. We self-deliver award-winning turnkey supply chain partnerships nationwide, including: highways, civils, vegetation, arboriculture and traffic management services. The latest innovation from Multevo is the Hydrohog – a low carbon dual fuel (hydrogen/diesel) multi-purpose highway maintenance vehicle available for trial. |
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Stabilised Pavements Ltd.Festival Evening Networking Sponsor IN-SITU RECYCLING Stabilised Pavements Limited is a specialist in-situ road recycling company based in The Midlands, working with highways clients throughout the UK We are excited to share our on-going progress at The Innovation Festival which highlights our ongoing commitment to provide our clients with low carbon maintenance options. These include the deployment of our latest generation high output Recycler as well as one pass installation of grids and geotextiles. Our design developments include delivery of In Situ Foamed Bitumen, the use of cement enhancements from Powercem and shallow treatments for both Trunk and Rural Roads.
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The LCRIG Innovation Festival will give qualifying innovators the chance to receive funding to develop an innovation or facilitate a trial of their product or solution on a local authority network.
A number of local authorities have committed to making their networks available for trials and a portion of all exhibition space and sponsor sales at the festival will be put into the LCRIG / Steve Berry Innovation Fund, to be distributed to winning innovators, or to contribute to the cost of a trial, for each innovation category.
The event takes place at Newark Showground from 6-7 July 2022.
You can find out more information and register for the event here.