See answers to previous information requests

Please could you respond to the following questions, regarding highways delivery.

1. Do you use contractors or self-deliver highways maintenance for your local authority?
Yes – VolkerHighways

2. If a contractor is used for a PFI contract, when did this contract commence and when does it end?
This is not a PFI contract

3. Have you considered using innovated materials to fix road defects?
Yes

4. Which highways maintenance contractors and sub contractors do you (or your wider main contractor) use and what activity are they responsible for?
Volkerhighways - VH
The following list of services are in the current contract scope:
• Emergency response to highway defects (24 hour) -VH
• Highway Safety Inspections -VH
• Reactive highway maintenance works -VH
• Planned & routine highway maintenance work – Various
• Planned Routine maintenance works, including those on the A329(M) & A33- VH
• Winter Maintenance service (October to March) -VH
• Structural Maintenance works- Various
• Surface Dressing & Surface treatment annual programmes – Hazel and Jefferies, RMS
• Drainage reactive maintenance works – Conways
• Drainage routine maintenance, e.g., clearing ditches & cutting GRIPS – VH and Conways
• Cyclical gully cleansing and jetting of highway drainage systems – VH and Conways
• Drainage schemes/improvements (where funding available) - VH
• Street Lighting reactive maintenance works - VH
• Street Lighting capital schemes (where funding available) - VH
• Highway schemes/traffic improvements - VH

5. What plant machinery is used in your highways maintenance, both yours and your contractors / rental partners?
Plant machinery for guidance but not limited to:
Fleet
Gritting Vehicles
Flat bed trucks
Hiab truck
Plant
1.5t Mini Excavator
2 MAN VAC. LIFT 12V 150KG
2 x 500W Th Tripod Light
2.5T EXCAVATOR STAGE V
20L Hyd Pack Petrol
28 Roller Breaker
28" Ped Roller Stage V
3.0 Kva Generator Petrol
30 ft ³ Rehandling Bucket
300mm Disc Cutter P2
350mm Disc Cutter P2
4/3 TIP UP MIXER - PETROL
5.7M Agr Tower E Dwx1.8M
710mm (28") RollerTrailer
7m Telehandler Stage V
AL 2 x Ladder 3.00-5.25M
Attachment rehires
Back Pack Blower 2/Stroke
Bat4 4-Way Battery Lights
Battery Charger
Brush Cutter Large Cless
Chain Pole Saw
GRND PRO-EUROMAT 2.4X1.2M
Hand Held Blower - Petrol
HEAVY BREAKER TWO STROKE
Hedge Cutters Petrol
Hyd. Breaker 0.8 - 1.5T
Hyd. Breaker 1.5 - 3.5T
Hydraulic Breaker
Hytera PNC370
Long Reach Hedge Cutter
P/Washer 1000H/Way Bowser
Pak Flat Podium SWL 150kg
Plant Trailer AD2800X
Plant Trailer Payload2000
Rammer Bs50-2 Two Stroke
Rite Lite K9 ( Standard )
Terex Hydraulic Breaker
Vib.Plate 300mm Hauc Spec
Vibrating Plate 300mm P
Vibrating Plate 350mm P
VM580D Body Camera
Water Tank For Disc Cutte

6. What measurement criteria is used to assess the contractor’s performance? How have they performed over a 12 month period?
We have a suite of performance indicators to measure performance.
Their performance has been satisfactory.

7. What is the spending and workforce associated to each of the following – planned highways maintenance, reactive highways maintenance, capital schemes?
The budget for Highway maintenance can be found on the borough website– budget book for both capital and revenue funding 24-25. https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g4260/Public%20reports%20pack%2016th-Feb-2023%2017.30%20Executive.pdf?T=10

8. Who is the individual(s) that assess the assets and machinery used in your highway maintenance?
There is not one individual - VolkerHighways

9. Do you provide your own PPE?
No – VolkerHighways

10. What measurement do you use to identify the longevity of the highways maintenance fix?
Performance indicators and cores.

11. What innovation have you trailed for highway maintenance?
Infra-red
Jet patching
Plastic kerbs.
Asphalt Preservation treatment
Slurry Seal
Temperature sensors in the roads