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52 HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS • AUGUST 2015
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT & SITE SAFETY
In operation for the past 13 years in
Australia and nine years in the US, Altus
Traffic will now offer: trailer mounted VMS
(Message Boards), in both amber and
five colour; trailer mounted arrow boards;
portable traffic lights; and trailer mounted
lighting towers, for hire.
The company has plans in place to
increase its equipment range for hire range
over the next 12 months and beyond.
Altus Traffic’s core business is to provide
temporary traffic management/ control and
traffic management planning. Altus Traffic
works with road authorities, councils and
private entities on traffic management
planning requirements to ensure the safe
and controlled movement of motorists
and pedestrians around worksites.
Safe traffic management is provided by
using traffic management temporary
signage, arrow boards, accredited traffic
controllers and delineators. Altus Traffic
is ISO 9001 Quality Accredited and OH&S
AS4801 (Occupational Health and Safety)
Accredited.
As a supplier of traffic management and
engineering services, Altus partners with
organisations to design and implement
strategic traffic solutions for infrastructure
projects and can provide:
• Traffic management service 24 hours a
day, 365 days a year;
• Accredited traffic controllers;
• Traffic management planning;
• Hazard assessment;
• Planning and assessment approvals (from
main road authorities);
• Hazard and job safety analysis on all
sites;
• Equipment hire (arrow boards, VMS
boards, traffic lights etc.);
• Labour hire and accredited traffic
controllers.
“Altus Traffic has built a business around
controlling and managing risk. We deliver
safe and efficient traffic management,
traffic planning and traffic control systems.
"We meet with clients on site to review
the scope of works and assess the
risk and lead to advising on traffic
management, traffic planning and traffic
control requirements to best suit the site,”
Traffic controller moves into equipment hire
Anthony McDaid, Business Manager –
Hire, Altus Traffic said.
Altus works with stakeholders in major
construction, utility and infrastructure
projects to develop transport planning
strategies that will achieve integrated
and sustainable transport systems based
on the growing needs of the Australian
population.
Transport planning and traffic engineering
skills include micro-simulation modelling,
transport planning, road safety and signal
design for land use planning and public
transport projects.
Safety and risk assessment is a major
consideration in traffic management and
control. While the company ensures JSA/
SWMS site safety and site-specific hazard
audits are completed on all jobs, Altus
Traffic also offers complementary risk
assessment services including:
• Project Traffic Management Plans
(PTMP) – A detailed assessment of the
traffic risks associated with a project
including traffic management staging
or generics. A PTMP can have the
advantage of standardising project
particulars, specific procedures and risk
responses, which saves time and money
on implementation and future planning
activities.
• Complex Traffic Management Plans
(TMP) – Traffic Management Plans
which show the various stages of work,
including the signage and devices
required for each stage. Each ATMP can
be customised to go into the level of
detail required, from basic documents to
more complex multi-stage arrangements,
with site-specific risk assessments.
• Traffic/Construction Staging Plans – How
the construction should be completed
and staged to minimise impact on the
road network, reduce the number of
stages and amount of temporary works,
and make best use of traffic management
resources.
• Traffic Capacity Assessments – The
use of advanced micro-analytical traffic
evaluation tools to provide estimates
of capacity and performance statistics
(delay, queue length, stop rate), to
determine the impact of changes to
intersections or the network. This type
of modelling is done globally to provide
evidence to road authorities that new
or temporary arrangements will not
adversely affect network performance.
• Inventive Solutions – Altus Traffic is
equipped to produce or invent a solution
to meet requirements. Previous solutions
have ranged from noise management
overlays, to the unusual but effective 3D
generic traffic management diagrams.
Contact: 02 9674 1063 or visit website:
Temporary traffic management/control equipment and services provider, Altus Traffic
recently moved into equipment hire (as a division of its business), to provide a single point
of contact for clients’ traffic management projects.
Altus Traffic’s core business is to provide temporary traffic management/ control and traffic
management planning