In Touch Limited

Our key technical challenges have been identified through extensive engagement with rail infrastructure owners. During the TrackWater project we conducted workshops and interviews with Network Rail staff at a wide range of levels including the Head of Asset Protection and Optimisation, Drainage Engineers, Senior Asset Engineers, Route Asset Managers (RAMS...

The rail network relies on an extensive system of trackside drains to remove surface water and minimise the risk of flooding and damage to the network. Failure to maintain the drainage infrastructure can have significant cost and safety implications for the parent asset; such as delay minutes, poor track geometry, line closures and the likelihood of earth...

Awaiting Public Project Summary

Increasing levels of urbanization and climate change dictate that managing surface water in cities is an area of major concern. At present the maintainers of the surface water drainage infrastructure have a limited understanding of the way in which this network operates and how it should best be maintained to protect citizens from the risks of flooding an...

Traditionally transport maintenance activities are planned and implemented in silos based on the mode of transport (road, rail etc), the type of asset (e.g. motorways vs trunk roads) and the contractors involved. This silo-based approach has been compounded by the fixed maintenance schedules that have been employed on many transport assets. However, recen...

The Project is a feasibility study to determine how valid it may be to use environmental data combined with traffic volume and behaviour, in using this to reasonably predict potential 'hot spots' where water pollution may be likley to occur at problematic levels as a result of toxins from roads. Where toxins are forecast to cause a detriment to waterways ...

Awaiting Public Project Summary

In this project we will explore in detail the feasibility of connecting significant portions of the UKs highways assets to the Internet of Things – thus creating virtual representations of a very large number of key physical assets. The data will be provided by Carillion – one of the project subcontractors. Carillion have access to significant data relati...

'Faith is often described as being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. In this 2 year project InTouch Ltd, Carillion and Lancaster University are developing innovative trusted digital services that will enable citizens, local authorities and contractors to have the faith in each other and the systems they use to work in partnership...

The OurTravel project aims to support informed personal travel through the provision of real-time, multi-modal, context-sensitive travel information. OurTravel will explore the use of social networking and the notion of travel communities within the context of personal travel enabling users to become the primary source of travel information. Moreover, alt...