Overview:
Marlborough Highways has a long and proud history of supporting the Armed Forces community, celebrating the valuable contribution that they have made to our society and giving thanks for the service and sacrifice that they have made for others. On 13 November 2022, Marlborough’s Traffic Management division supported Southend-on-Sea City Council with three Remembrance Day Events on the Essex Coast.
The Challenge
Each year, Marlborough works with Southend-on-Sea City Council and local Armed Forces groups on the organisation of Armistice Day events. Commemorations take place in communities throughout the authority, with residents and military personnel given the opportunity to pay their respects to those who have served in the two World Wars and in more recent conflicts. In 2022, Marlborough was tasked with managing events in Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, and Leigh-on-Sea, with logistical support needed, including the management of road closures in and around the parade sites. While the safety and wellbeing of participants, spectators and the wider public was the number one priority, it was also important that traffic disruption was kept to a minimum, with streets and civic spaces needing to re-open quickly after the events.
The Solution
Marlborough conducted extensive pre-planning in partnership with the event organisers and Southend-on-Sea City Council before a strict programme of works was devised. The three communities were given advanced warning of road closures, with diversion signs placed in optimal positions to ensure the continued flow of traffic. Outdoor seating areas and stages for veterans and dignitaries were set up, and temporary crowd barriers were installed to ensure the safety of attendees. Operatives in high-visibility jackets directed cars and people with Marlborough representatives on hand to assist members of the public throughout. Despite the mixed weather, large crowds came out to honour those that have served, with all three events running precisely to schedule.
Fact File
Client Southend-on-Sea City Council
Date 13 November 2022
Duration One day event with one month planning
Project
- Strategic planning
- Managing road closures
- Placing diversion signs
- Installing crowd barriers
- Setting up seating areas, temporary stages, and flag poles
Team
- 1 Project Manager
- 1 Supervisor
- 5 Marlborough Operatives
Client savings
- Marlborough liaised with local stakeholders to ensure that the event ran smoothly and to a tight schedule.
- As the long-term contractor to Southend-on-Sea City Council, Marlborough had expert knowledge of the road network and traffic management system in and around the three event sites.
Quotes
“Please accept my sincerest thanks for all your hard work in ensuring the smooth running of the Remembrance Day Parade and Service. As always, your ‘can do’ attitude makes life so much easier and for this I am extremely grateful.”
Adam Tregoning JP, Mayor’s Officer & Macebearer, Southend-on-Sea City Council
“I just wanted to thank you and your team for the excellent delivery of our Remembrance Sunday event. Please pass on my thanks to everyone involved for their logistical support. We look forward to working with Marlborough again soon”.
Linda Elson, Deputy Events Manager, Southend-on-Sea City Council
“One of the things I value most is their very collaborative and transparent team culture. It makes a big difference to have a contractor that wants to work closely with us and is supportive and responsive. With Marlborough, I get a team who are attentive, work collaboratively and honestly with me and don’t lose focus on delivering first class communications and compliance.”
“From the design stage, Marlborough has been fundamental in delivering the Broad Lane Square improvements scheme. During the works, not only did the team manage to keep to the programme, but they went the extra mile to ensure attention to detail and came up with innovative solutions to address issues encountered on site. My thanks on behalf of Haringey goes out to Marlborough for their dedication to deliver.”
“Working alongside our Term Service Contractor Marlborough Highways, we successfully completed renovations to the Crowstone Footbridge. The designs were provided by Marlborough, and the work was unique. The scheme was completed to budget and ahead of its programme duration.”
“I would like to thank you and your team for your efforts, the Marlborough crews were professional, courteous, and hard working all day and ensured the event went without a hitch. You and the team were a credit to the company, demonstrating commitment and support to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.”
“I just wanted to say what a pleasure it has been to work with Marlborough Highways over the last six months. The quality of work is superb, and there has been some excellent collaboration between Milestone and Marlborough to complete, what at times, has been quite a challenging scheme. I hope to work with Marlborough on another project in the near future.”
“Marlborough worked with us in constructing a 1.3km cycle track. There were a number of technical difficulties to overcome, and their gifted foreman worked to propose some innovative solutions to the challenges we faced. The result is a facility that the locals are proud of, providing walkers and cyclists with alternative access to the hospital and nearby school. The scheme was a lot of hard work, but well worth it.”
“Marlborough attracts people who take care and have pride in their work. Several gangs of Operatives worked tirelessly for six months to reconstruct drainage networks, lay more than 3km of high quality bespoke granite kerbs and granite channels blocks to ensure positive drainage. The technical compliance, attention to detail and level of quality finish along the entire carriageway was exceptional”.
“We saw huge benefits in appointing Marlborough as our full service contractor and we’re impressed – they’ve delivered consistent high quality service and superior quality control across every project. Marlborough, provide us with a ‘one-stop’ shop solution – we get the same quality of service and better control across all aspects of the project.”
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