4way Continue to Support Local Charities
After the success of our reverse advent calendar challenge in December 2021 where we filled Dry Bags with food and clothing to donate to local homeless charities, we decided to follow up with another 4way charity event this Christmas.
The highlight of the 2022 4way Christmas party was a raffle of some very tempting prizes to raise money for two local charities. The very generous attitude of all our colleagues resulted in £511 being raised, which was matched by the company to make a grand total of £1022. We were delighted to support the valuable work undertaken within our local communities by Bury Hospice and LWS Night Shelter. Both charities expressed their gratitude with Bury Hospice commenting ‘As a Hospice we are fortunate to have amazing support from our local community and none of our services would be possible without this support.’
4way Goes Back to School
A few members of the 4way team went back to school recently for two days of ITIL4 Foundation training delivered by The Knowledge Academy at our Leamington Spa office. For some, it was a useful update to our previous ITIL training but for others this was new territory.
Dusting off our old studying skills was a bit of a challenge but fired up on caffeine and biscuits, we soldiered on. The long-forgotten tensions caused by exams resurfaced soon afterwards but all attendees passed with flying colours.
Investment in training is just one feature of the routine ongoing investments we make in our people. It enables us to develop technical leaders, drive consistency in the way we deliver projects and enhance the value that 4way services create for our clients.
Creating a Better Future Together
4way is pleased to present our near real-time traffic monitoring service, which utilises floating vehicle data through our exclusive business partnership with mooven to bring their smart mobility infrastructure management platform to the UK.
Mooven was founded in 2018 with operations across Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Their floating vehicle data has been applied to many hundreds of individual projects to present rich insights into traffic conditions across a range of use cases including:
- Junction optimisation
- Network and route performance
- Construction programming
- Disruption management (incidents and events)
We’re excited to apply this innovative digital technology across our work streams; enabling informed decision making for our clients, towards better outcomes and experiences for their customers.
Our brochure below provides more information.
Supporting the Commonwealth Games
The City of Birmingham hosted the 2022 Commonwealth Games between July 28 and August 2. Various road closures were implemented to manage the surge in visitors and tourism, while Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) also aimed to promote the use of public transport to move 1.5 million spectators to each venue. Ground teams were organised and deployed by TfWM to manage traffic and implement mitigations at specific locations.
4way Consulting provided a team of on-site engineers to manage traffic at three traffic signal locations: Old Walsall Road/Hamstead Road and Old Walsall Road/Rocky Lane in Perry Barr during both the opening and closing ceremonies, and; Winding House Lane/Wheelwright Lane junction for events at Coventry Stadium. We implemented dynamic interventions at the traffic signal sites in response to increased traffic due to the Games. These interventions included the creation of traffic signal cableless linking facility (CLF) plans, validation of traffic signal control strategies, and manual control at the traffic signals if necessary.
Following the completion of the Games, TfWM claimed success in providing seamless and easy to use transport and achieving their aim to deliver a Public Transport of Games. The legacy of the Games leaves the West Midlands with an integrated and well managed transport system that delivers better environmental outcomes for residents. This is the second time that 4way Consulting has supported TfWM in managing major events or construction projects on their network, and we look forward to assisting them in the future.