The A63 acts as a barrier between the city centre to the north and the leisure facilities and dock areas to the south. The project set out to create a better connection between the two areas and to also improve safety for road users and the local community. This mile-long stretch of dual carriageway between Ropery Street and the Market Place/Queen Street junction carries around 45,000 vehicles per day. Highways England and Balfour Beatty are helping to relieve congestion and provide better access to the Port of Hull by improving the A63 Castle Street.
Maintaining visibility across the roadworks safely as they span across a mile stretch of road is a difficult task. With over 100 different subcontractors operating on the project carrying out varied tasks, disputes are inevitable and can be time and cost intensive to resolve. Keeping project teams, stakeholders and clients all in the loop with progress is another time-exhaustive mission the Balfour Beatty team had to deliver on in order to make the project a success.
To capture and monitor the works as they progress through the scheme, Lobster Pot cameras were installed to maximise visibility, record historical data and time-stamped evidence, for resolving contractual disputes quickly and effectively. The project team was able to easily add users to the Lobster Vision platform and present virtually to show progress, and share time lapse video reports showing progress to date during the project.
“I’ve used them on a couple of jobs and think they are worth every penny… all automated with photos directly from the site every fifteen minutes. Really builds up a great picture for potential commercial claims in the future. Everyone you want has access online. Good for planning, explaining, and recording the works. I use it in client meetings, stakeholder meetings, and progress review meetings.”