Expansion | TMO Highways

10x New Vans arrive at TMO Highways East Anglia

Last week saw the arrival of 10x new Ford Transit drop side tail lift flatbeds which we be distributed amongst our Traffic Management operatives across East Anglia and the East Midlands.

The latest batch of vehicles is yet another commitment to keeping our staff driving around in safe, compliant and smart looking works vehicles to ensure that we are keeping ahead of the competition.

This week saw an addition to the TMO Highways head office setup with us expanding our office space on top of our existing layout.

A recent expansion in our operational coverage, total number of depots and staff numbers meant the expansion was a necessary move to allow our people a practical and comfortable place to work.

With the recent growth across East Anglia as well as our new St Neots Depot opening in Bedfordshire our planning team has welcome two new starters into its ranks.

Joining the team is the highly experienced Ashley Varley who is stepping back into the traffic management industry having previously worked his way up from trainee operative to planning manager. Ashley’s knowledge and professionalism will fit right in with our existing planning team and we are sure he will be a hit with the clients. As well as Ashley joining we have promoted from within. Tom Godbold, our sign maker has long expressed an interest in stepping in to planning and will be starting his new role on Wednesday 11th October 2023.

Our new depot based at Little Staughton near St Neots has now opened its doors for trading. The first jobs left the yard officially on Monday morning and will help us serve our new contractual obligations in the Cambridgeshire & Bedfordshire region, as well as allowing us to continue to push further afield with our coverage.

The depot will host the latest in traffic light technology as well as our usual stock of traffic, pedestrian and event management equipment. This fifth operational location has opened due to our ongoing commitment to service to our clients who are increasingly asking us to cover other geographical areas of their business, with us often taking those areas from nearby competitors.

We are proud to announce that due to our excellent performance for UK Power Networks in Norfolk that we are now their primary supplier in Bedfordshire & Cambridgeshire for both planned and emergency works.

TMO and UKPN have long had a great working relationship and this has been further strengthen by the high quality performance levels we have provided them during year one for the latest contract award. Our daily strive for the highest quality service has facilitated the ability for us to expand our coverage area for their electrical works.

Credit must go to the entire operations and planning teams who have excelled when it comes to hitting UK Power Networks 2 hour emergency response KPI as well as our punctuality for their planned works. Our highly skilled planning team are often the first port of call when it comes to emergency works. They use their years of skill and experience to asses the traffic management required before providing a kit list or a CAD plan to allow our operatives to begin loading to ensure we get on site within the 2 hours. Our internal standards mean that any traffic management plan is doubled checked by a Lantra M7 qualified member of staff to ensure that our ‘right first time’ promise is met. Our commitment to efficient time keeping extends to our manual control requests, operative on site and planned works. We invest heavily in the last technology to accurately and honestly report our performance related data to our clients. This open and honest approach to our performance builds a strong sense of trust and allows us to take control of our own destiny within any contract framework. The entire team from office through to operatives understand the standards required to work at TMO Highways. The Directors are now working behind the scenes to secure a new depot in the area allowing us to bring our high quality of work to the streets of Cambridge, St Neots, Peterborough, Bedford, Ampthill, St Ives and beyond into the Midlands.