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Cold Comfort Scotland 2019
6th Annual Winter Maintenance Conference and Exhibition
25th April 2019 | Macdonald Inchyra Hotel, Falkirk
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Key topics for 2019 will include: Speaker organisations
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elivering technology and innovation to help with winter
include representatives
service efficiency in the Netherlands from:
• Scottish local authority case studies • Aberdeenshire Council • Amey
• L ive panel discussion featuring Transport Scotland, Highways • Argyll and Bute Council • Ayrshire
England and SCOTS representatives Roads Alliance • Heriot Watt University
• Highland Council • Highways
• Highways England on the A66 Winterpave trials
England • Rijkswaterstaat - Ministry of
• Effective winter service technology
Infrastructure and Water Management,
• Planning for more extreme weather The Netherlands • Tayside Contracts
• Transport Scotland and more
Supported by Media Partners
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Cold Comfort Scotland is the country’s only conference and exhibition dedicated to the winter
service sector.
The conference aims to increase the knowledge and improve the effectiveness of winter service
operatives in Scotland. Using best practice case studies, technical sessions and debate and discussion,
Cold Comfort Scotland considers every aspect of the winter service delivery sector as well as some of
the new products, concepts and innovations being used on the road network.
Combining research from both local and European winter operations, the sixth annual event will
detail how to successfully plan and execute your winter service strategies.
Who should attend: What you will learn:
The annual Scottish Cold Comfort conference and • Hear from industry experts delivering up-to-date best
exhibition would be of benefit to: practice from the sector
• Senior local authority • Highway managers • Share insight and opinion on the latest developments and
representatives shape the way the industry operates in the future
• Contract managers
• Private sector contractors
• Fleet managers
• Learn from other authorities from around the UK on their
• Winter maintenance
• Operations managers approaches to winter service delivery
managers
• Network managers
• Highway engineers • Participate in the most up-to-date technical sessions
• Resiliance/civil featuring the latest research and developments
contingency managers
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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
08:30 Registration and exhibition viewing 12:00 A66 Winterpave trials
• Report on the progress of the trial so far
09:30 Welcome and introduction • Expected benefits
Stewart Leggett, Head of Network Operations, • Future trials and development
Transport Scotland Steve Mason, Senior Project Manager – Cumbria &
North Lancashire, Highways England
09:45 Delivering innovation and new technology in winter
service plans 12:20 The development of 48 hour route based forecasting
• The challenges and opportunities of managing severe and data driven treatment decision making
weather in The Netherlands • Aberdeenshire’s approach to winter service and
• Incorporating change and new technology driving efficiencies
• Benefits and efficiencies and making winter service • The 48 hour route based forecasting plan
delivery plans effective • Implementing data driven treatment decision making
Rini Donker, Senior Advisor Winter Maintenance, Bill Lennox, Roads Quality & Resources Manager,
Rijkswaterstaat Aberdeenshire Council
10:15 Local authority case study: Delivering innovation and 12:45 Lunch and exhibition viewing
community partnership working as part of an
effective winter service plan 14:00 Implementing winter plans with the community in
• Part one: Winter Resilience community partnership mind
working arrangements • Planning and coordinating a community response
• Part two: Delivering innovative new customer- • Working with farmers
focussed services through web and voice activation, • The benefits and results and future work in this area
to provide 24/7 on-demand access to winter Nick Russell, Area Manager, STRU South East-
maintenance information Highways, Amey
Kevin Braidwood, Network and Operations Manager,
Ayrshire Roads Alliance 14:20
Planning and implementing for a new fleet
Theresa Mackin, Business Support Manager, Ayrshire • Highways England’s new winter fleet
Roads Alliance • Planning and implementing them on the network
• The challenges and opportunities of a new fleet
10:45 Local authority case study: Dundee residual salt
Jane Wilkins, Winter Fleet, National Depot Project
scanning trial Sponsor, Highways England
• Overview of the first residual salt scanning trial
• Results of the trial and future work 14:40 Managing winter - the challenges and opportunities
• Benefits of the work and development • Developing Argyll and Bute’s winter service plan
Ewan Macnaughton, Road Maintenance Partnership • Winter as part of delivering for the community
Manager, Tayside Contracts • Implementing change and new technology
Marc Desmulliez, Director/Founder, MicroSense Jim Smith, Head of Roads and Amenity Services,
Technologies, Microsystems Engineering Centre at Argyll and Bute Council
Heriot Watt University
15:00 Refreshments and exhibition viewing
11:10 Refreshment break and exhibition viewing
15:20 New technology for efficient delivery
11:30 Live panel debate: Winter 2018/19 review • Implementing new equipment over a period of time
• A review of the 2018/19 season-lessons learnt • Making the right choices for the right delivery
• Main challenges and opportunities in the sector • The challenges and opportunities with new
• Implementing new technology and innovation technology
• How is technology driving change on the network James MacDonald, Transport Manager, Highland
• How can we make the Scottish network more Council
resilient?
Iain McDonald, Network Resilience Manager, 16:00 Close of conference
Transport Scotland
Kevin Braidwood, Network and Operations Manager,
Ayrshire Roads Alliance
Theresa Mackin, Business Support Manager, Ayrshire
Roads Alliance
David Batchelor, Project Manager - Severe Weather
Plan, Severe Weather Research & Development,
Highways England
Disclaimer - The conference programme was correct at time of print, changes may occur on the day of conference due to unforeseen circumstances.
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SPEAKER PROFILES
David Batchelor Marc Desmulliez
Project Manager - Severe Weather Director/Founder, MicroSense
Plan, Severe Weather Research & Technologies
Development Microsystems Engineering Centre
Highways England at Heriot Watt University
David Batchelor currently holds the role of project manager for Prof. Marc Desmulliez holds 4 degrees in electrical Engineering (Paris),
Highways England leading on severe weather planning, as well as microwave engineering & modern optics (UCL), theoretical physics
severe weather research and development. (Cambridge) and optoelectronics (Edinburgh). After having spent
For more than 30 years David has been at the very forefront of winter some time in industry in charge of the electrical maintenance of the
service delivery, management and innovation. He is recognised as an steel factory Sollac (Dunkirk, France), he moved to the UK to pursue
expert in this field, and through his passion and commitment continues an academic career where he has co-authored over 470 peer-reviewed
to innovate and foster collaboration to deliver excellence in winter articles and holds 8 patents.
service.
Marc span two companies, MicroStencil Ltd (2003-2011) whose
Starting his career at Surrey County Council, David rose to become the technology was transferred to DEK, the world’s largest stencil printing
Winter Service Manager and led the implementation of a UK leading ice equipment manufacturer in the world, and MicroSense Technologies Ltd
prediction and weather forecast system into the County. During the late (microsensetechnologies.com) (2006-present) specialised in the sensing
90’s David orchestrated the trial and introduction of pre-wetted salting of materials. Marc currently acts as the CEO of this Company.
and brine application in Surrey. This system of salt application was a
first for the UK and built on the strong European and Scandinavian The company MicroSense Technologies Ltd has developed a unique,
exchange of expert winter practice that David was able to develop. patented sensing technology capable of reducing waste, increase
Moving into the private sector in 2000 David was a founding member of process efficiency and provide actionable data for stakeholders in the
the National Salt Spreading Research Group (NSSRG), later to become industrial sectors of food & drink, road maintenance, and oil & gas.
the NWSRG. This group of experts is now recognised as one of the
leading research bodies for winter service. David was later to become
the first Technical Consultant to the NSSRG as he formed his own winter
consultancy company in 2001. He now sits on the Steering and TAG
Groups of NWSRG as the Highways England representative.
David also has extensive experience in the commercial sector of winter
service, having worked with several leading companies in the fields Rini Donker
of ice prediction and RWIS, weather forecasting, winter research and
innovative salt application solutions.
Senior Advisor Winter Maintenance
David maintains strong links with best practice and research across Rijkswaterstaat
Europe and is looking to enhance knowledge exchange and
collaboration with other international road administrations as well as Rini Donker is a senior advisor on winter maintenance and responsible
academia, which is such an important part of continuous improvement for the winter maintenance at Rijkswaterstaat (highway agency of the
for winter service. Netherlands). Rijkswaterstaat is part of the ministry of waterworks and
infrastructure. Within Rijkswaterstaat Rini works at the department
of traffic and water management. At this department all winter
maintenance is organized for our highways and secondary roads and
also some bicycle roads. They also provide winter maintenance as a
service to some other road authorities such as for example the harbour
Main port Rotterdam.
Kevin Braidwood
Network and Operations Manager Rini studied civil engineering in ‘s-Hertogenbosch and has been working
at Rijkswaterstaat since 1992.
Ayrshire Roads Alliance
Kevin Braidwood is the Network and Operations Manager at Ayrshire
Roads Alliance a shared service between East Ayrshire Council and
South Ayrshire Council. He has over 30 years experience in Civil
Engineering, Housing, Architecture and Urban Regeneration within
Local Government. Kevin started his career with Strathkelvin District Bill Lennox
Council Architectural Services and thereafter to East Dunbartonshire Roads Quality & Resources Manager
Roads and Architectural Services. He spent several years with Raploch Aberdeenshire Council
Urban Regeneration Company before moving to South Ayrshire Council
as Roads Manager and was involved with the creation of Ayrshire Roads
Alliance. He is a graduate of Glasgow Caledonian University and the Bill Lennox has worked in roads construction and maintenance with
University of Strathclyde private contractors and Local Government for over 30 years. His current
role with Aberdeenshire Council includes responsibility for budget
setting and monitoring, developing the Winter Service Plan, maintaining
a Quality Management System and monitoring Service performance. He
is an active member of the SCOTS roads group and the APSE roads and
street lighting advisory group. Bill’s presentation follows on from the
one he made to Cold Comfort Scotland in 2017.
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Steve Mason
Iain McDonald Senior Project Manager – Cumbria
Network Resilience Manager & North Lancashire
Transport Scotland Highways England
Iain McDonald is currently Network Resilience Manager at Transport Steve Mason is a an experienced highway manager with over 30 years’
Scotland and has 25 years’ experience in Winter Service as well as Trunk experience in highways. Steve has operated in a range of highway
Roads Network Management, Operations and Maintenance. niches gaining experience in reactive works, road renewal projects,
asset management, traffic schemes and development control. Steve has
Leading on innovation, research and the development of Quality managed winter maintenance activities at varying levels, through direct
management in Winter Service, Iain represents Transport Scotland on labour operations, service providers and other delivery models. Steve’s
the National Winter Service Research Group (NWSRG) as well as the career has largely been aligned to highway maintenance activities
European Winter Group and the SCOTS Winter sub-group. gaining experience at Essex County Council, Cheshire East Council,
Northumberland County Council and North Yorkshire County Council. In
Combined with working with Transport Scotland’s 10 Operating his current role Steve is a Senior Project manager at Highways England
Companies and DBFOs units to deliver the Winter Service on 3,507km based in Penrith Area 13, Leading on a range of Improvement and
of Trunk Road Network and the development of Winter Service in the renewal projects.
new NMC (5G) Contracts, current projects include the ongoing research
and development of liquid brine treatments and the use of alternative
de-icers, the installation of a Winter Service RWIS trail site on the M8
at Duntilland and the evolution of the Winter fleet, and improvement in
logistics and communications in the delivery of Winter Service. Nick Russell
Area Manager, STRU South East-
Highways
Amey
James MacDonald Nick Russell is an experienced winter maintenance professional working
Transport Manager for Amey on the South East Trunk Road contract on behalf of Transport
Highland Council Scotland. He has experience in delivering winter services both on busy
motorways through Central Scotland and more rural upland areas in the
Scottish Borders. He has worked on various contracts for Amey including
James MacDonald Transport and Logistics Manager with Highland the South East in both the 2nd and current 4th generation contracts,
Council previously Transport Manager on a large Municipal Contract in the M8 DBFO contract and the Northern Ireland DBFO 2. Nick has been
Middle East- Bahrain. Senior Engineer by Highlands and Islands Airports the Winter Manager on the South East since its commencement in 2014
for 14 years before Bahrain. having previously been the Winter manager in Norther Ireland for 5 years
and a Winter Duty Officer from 2004. Nick is also the Area Manager
looking after the Motorways in the South East Unit, responsible for co-
ordination of inspections and Routine Maintenance.
Theresa Mackin Jim Smith
Business Support Manager Head of Roads and
Ayrshire Roads Alliance Amenity Services
Argyll and Bute Council
Theresa Mackin is the Business Support Manager at Ayrshire Roads
Alliance, a shared service between East Ayrshire Council and South
Ayrshire Council. Theresa has over 16 year experience in the private Jim Smith’s role is to ensure Argyll and Bute’s roads and marine
sector and 9 years in local government in the field of financial infrastructure enable the safe and convenient movement of people
management, Human Resources and IT. Theresa has worked in North, and goods across a geographically diverse area. In addition to this,
South and East Ayrshire Councils primarily in Roads and also a period of maintaining the physical appearance of Argyll and Bute by managing
time in Social Work and has led on many initiatives. She is a graduate of open spaces, cemeteries, street cleaning, refuse collection and waste
the University of Strathclyde. management in line within a changing landscape of legislation and local
authority requirements. Jim has previously worked for local authorities
in Manchester and Cumbria and has many years’ experience in local
government and civil engineering.
Ewan Macnaughton
Road Maintenance Partnership Jane Wilkins
Manager Winter Fleet, National Depot
Tayside Contracts Project Sponsor
Highways England
Ewan Macnaughton is a Chartered Engineer and leads the road
maintenance partnership between Dundee City Council and Tayside
Contracts which provides inspection, design and construction Jane Wilkins is a Project Manager within the National Winter and Severe
services to the Council. The Partnership has been involved in winter Weather Team in Highways England. Jane became involved in the winter
maintenance technology developments in recent years particularly maintenance service when she worked in the Midlands operational team
focused on route optimisation and automated spreading. Ewan is 12 years ago as a winter and depot Manager. She moved to the winter
also chair of the regions’ maintenance strategy group, which amongst team and has spent much of her time working with stakeholders and
other objectives has led a collaborative review of winter maintenance vehicles users to develop the justification and technical specification for
service provision across the Council boundaries to standardise service replacement of the company’s 437 winter vehicles as well as supporting
standards and operational delivery. other winter related activities and policies.
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EXHIBITION Vehicle Display Buffet
Multevo 2 MetDesk 14
Institute of Highway Engineers 4 RUD Chains Ltd 15
Exactrak 5 WinterTech Systems 16
Holder Equipment UK Ltd. 6 Stabilised Pavements Ltd 17
Peacock Salt 7 Archway Roadmaster (UK) 18
Findlay Irvine Ltd 8 True View Visuals 19
Eurodome Limited 9 Safecote Ltd 20
John Jordan Limited 10 StormGeo 21
Vaisala 11 Winter Service Solutions Ltd 22
Webaspx 12 ICL UK Sales 23
Compass Minerals 13 Campbell Scientific Ltd 24
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EXHIBITOR PROFILES
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Eurodome Ltd are the leading salt storage Holder Equipment UK Ltd the UK importer
Archway Roadmaster are the manufacturer
provider of sustainable timber salt barns in the for Holder Multi-use articulated tractors for use
of the Roadmaster® spray injection patching
UK to Local Authorities and Highway Contractors. all year round. The Holder range of tractors
equipment range and currently work with over
We offer a range of fully engineered timber are compact and robust with models from
50 local authorities in the U.K and Ireland.
Eurodomes® designed to suit all sites and 45hp to130hp. With articulated steering for
budgets and to last for over 30 years with manouverability and stepless hydrostatic 4 wheel
The Company has developed innovative
minimal maintenance. drive, with 3 mounting points to accept a wide
solutions for the highways maintenance
range of attachments for all seasons use.
industry for nearly two decades and provides
Eurodome are also able to offer the full We are able to offer solutions for the winter
Roadmaster® technology to local authorities
Losberger range of fabric barns and sliding roof maintenance, including dry spreaders, pre-wet,
and contractors through machine sales and as a
solutions from Blommaert. and brine sprayers in comnination with Snow
maintenance contractor.
plows,Brushes and Snow Blowers. With over 100
www.archwayroadmaster.co.uk
We offer a full turnkey service from design, solutions they include attachments for patch
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through planning and installation including planning grass cutting, verge maintenace and
groundworks and electrics. more. Come and chat to us and our dealer for
Scotland Double A Trading to find out how a
We hold ISO9001/14001, CHAS and Holder can help in your application
Constructionline Gold accreditations. www.holderequipment.co.uk
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Campbell Scientific equipment is the trusted
heart of critical systems globally, transforming
accurate and reliable measurement data into
actionable insight. This data provides a platform
for decision makers to make fully informed, safety ICL UK Sales Ltd is a mining company based on
Exactrak provide real-time vehicle tracking and the Cleveland/North Yorkshire border Rock-Salt
critical decisions from positions of confidence
monitoring systems, accessible at the touch of a produced is higher in Sodium Chloride than any
across applications including road weather
button via a dedicated web portal. With over 19 other indigenously produced salt in the UK.,
monitoring systems and meteorological centres
years of experience in the winter maintenance which is beneficial to our customers and the road
globally. Campbell Scientific’s non-invasive RWIS
sector, Exactrak have developed systems to user. As an environmentally friendly company,
solutions are low maintenance, easy to install
specifically address the best practice detailed in our salt is delivered via our shipping terminal to
and provide a cost-effective way to supplement
the Winter Service Practical Guidance (Appendix coastal ports around the UK. Where this is not
existing measurements and increase operator
H), helping users achieve significant cost savings feasible we offer a first class road delivery service.
confidence in route-based weather forecasting.
for their operation. From basic route navigation ICL UK Sales Ltd is proud to be a major supplier
www.campbellsci.eu
to cutting edge systems to allow fully automated to the County Councils/Contractors and
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gritting, exception reporting and route based welcomes all opportunities to prove ourselves
forecasting, Exactrak can tailor products to both in Quality and Service.
meet your business requirements. Exactrak www.icl-uk.uk
solutions are compatible with all of major winter Stand 23
maintenance vehicle manufacturers.
www.exactrak.co.uk
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Our rock salt, extracted from our mine in
Cheshire, is used across the UK in the pursuit of LANYARD SPONSOR
safe, ice-free highways. By providing our salt to
local councils, highways authorities and private John Jordan Limited will once again be at the
contractors from all corners of the country, we Cold Comfort Scotland (Stand 10), focussing on
are ensuring safe winter conditions on everything AutoSock, the Norwegian vehicle tyre socks that
from large trunk networks down to private Findlay Irvine is an innovative manufacturing keep vehicles of all sizes moving safely in snowy
company car parks. company developing specialised safety systems weather and Polaire fast-fitting snowchains.
With a vast wealth of mining knowledge, for the transportation industry, providing
gathered since our initial mine opening in 1844, customised systems and products for over AutoSock are reusable tyre socks which are
we are leaders in winter highway maintenance. 50 years. Findlay Irvine pioneered and were pulled over the driving wheels of vehicles which
We work in direct conjunction with those instrumental in developing systems to help roads need extra grip. Vehicles which use AutoSock
agencies that treat roads during winter and are authorities manage winter conditions on the should never get stuck in snow or on ice.
always looking forwards in the pursuit of good highways and initiate correct safe action. These There are sizes for HGVs, vans, and cars.
customer service alongside high quality product. systems have been refined and developed over
www.compassminerals.com the years and now provide state of the art winter Many of our emergency services are using
Stand 13 monitoring systems. AutoSock - not only to do their job, but also to get
ICELERT is an internationally recognised brand their key people to work, and safely home again.
covering Findlay Irvine’s range of weather
stations, sensors and data management software. We will also be showing Polaire’s ‘Steel Truck’
FLOODALERT is a complete flood management snow chains for twin-wheeled trucks; they are
solution for roads or areas prone to flooding. faster, easier, and therefore safer to fit than any
www.findlayirvine.com other snow chain system on the market.
Stand 8 www.autosock.co.uk
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EXHIBITOR PROFILES
Peacock Salt are importers and distributors of
MetDesk provides fully supported quality- all varieties of road, industrial and food grade
salt. Established in 1874, we are a growing Stabilised Pavements Limited is a specialist
led forecasting services to weather critical
business supplying over 80 different types in-situ road recycling company based in The
businesses worldwide. In the UK, MetDesk has
of salt and related equipment to over 14,000 Midlands, working with highways clients
approximately 50% of the available highways
different customers UK-wide. This includes brine throughout the UK.
market and has enjoyed continuous, sustainable
growth since its formation. Acknowledged as the saturators, demountable and trailed spreaders,
snow ploughs and a wide range of grit bins, push Operating independently the business prides
agile forecast provider where quality comes first,
spreaders and other de-icing equipment. Many itself on delivering great customer service built
forecasting services are fully supported by a team
of our products are available to customers via the on decades of highway experience, technical
of experienced transportation meteorologists
Scotland Excel Framework at preferential rates. expertise and a highly trained workforce
who pride themselves on assisting clients arrive
Ultimately, we are ‘Serious About Salt’, serious operating state of the art plant and equipment.
at the most appropriate decision. If you value
about our customers and serious about everything www.stabilisedpavements.co.uk
quality and want a fully supported service built
that can combat or prevent ice and snow. Stand 17
around the way you work please come and see
us during the conference. www.peacocksalt.com
www.metdesk.com Stand 7
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As a global provider of weather intelligence,
StormGeo is a trusted partner for companies
who require decision support for weather
sensitive operations. We are one of the largest
and fastest growing providers of professional
RUD Chains manufacture and supply a wide weather services. Our customers operate in
range of snow chains suitable for passenger changing environments onshore, offshore, in air
Multevo Ltd have rapidly built a reputation for cars, 4x4’s, SUV’s, vans, trucks, buses, working and at sea. We staff seven 24/7 forecast centres
providing its customers with an innovative, robust machines, commercial and emergency services worldwide, including Aberdeen, so support is
and versatile product. Originally supplying vehicles. With over 140 years of experience always available. Over the past 2 decades we
Multihog vehicles & associated attachments, behind them, RUD snow chains ensure ultimate have earned a reputation in the industry for
Multevo has evolved to supply Europe’s safety and offer maximum traction on snow high-quality forecasts, commitment to innovation
leading chemical free weed control equipment, and icy roads. RUD ROTOGRIP automatic through extensive research and development,
and expanded into other markets, including snow chains can be used across a wide range and exceptional customer service. Our mission is
equipment and operator hire, complete of vehicles from road haulage, buses, public to provide the most innovative decision support
infrastructure renewal solutions & training. We transport and emergency service vehicles. The solutions and services for weather-sensitive
work with some of the UK’s largest private and automatic snow and ice chain is deployed with operations — helping our clients safeguard
public-sector organisations. Our customers just a flip-of-a-switch from the driver’s seat, while people, assets and profits while improving
are at the heart of what we do, and we have an the vehicle is in motion. business performance. We are passionate about
impressive track record developing innovative www.rud.co.uk the weather and put a heavy focus on R&D and
solutions to conventional customer challenges. Stand 15 technological advancement to continuously
The core aim is to maximise customer value improve our forecast solutions and services.
through our range of products and services. This www.stormgeo.com
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collaboration and after sales support; building
relationships that last with a reliable record you
can trust. We see ourselves as problem solvers
to help make your life easier – we go the whole
hog to ensure we provide a service that makes a
measurable difference. Safecote Limited supplies a number of
www.multevo.co.uk innovative winter service products that help the
Stand 2 practitioner to improve snow and ice removal.
Being founder members of the NWSRG we TrueViewVisuals are experts in real-
fully understand the challenges that decision- world visualisation, providing new ways to
makers face and are able to offer a wide range of communicate projects to clients and the
solutions to help you achieve the improvements public. This year we have created a service
highlighted in Appendix H. These products for local authorities, with The Ayrshire Roads
include Safecote treated salt, the GK5 snow Alliance (South and East Ayrshire) being the
plough blades, a range of high performance first to demonstrate the benefits of online and
low corrosive liquid & solid de-icer’s, de-icing voice-activated tracking. Live access to winter
applicators, mobile & wireless weather stations, maintenance vehicles helps engage better with
vehicle tracking & optimisation software, timber informed decision making by citizens, increases
constructed salt barns and salt saturators. and improves out of hours service for roads and
www.safecote.com saves help desk call time. Our services are mobile
Stand 20 friendly; designed for phones & tablets as well
as desktop web browsers and Amazon’s Alexa-
controlled speakers.
www.trueviewvisuals.com
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EXHIBITOR PROFILES
Vaisala is a global leader in environmental and WinterTech Systems design, develop and
industrial measurement. We are a reliable partner manufacture salt saturation and storage
for customers around the world, offering a This year we are excited to launch our gritter solutions. We have become established as the
comprehensive range of innovative observation mounted, dynamic salt salinity sensor. Able to premium supplier of the next generation of
and measurement products and services. measure the actual salinity on the road surface technology in this area. Some product features
Headquartered in Finland, Vaisala employs in real time allowing winter service practitioners include SMS messaging, remote access &
approximately 1,850 professionals worldwide. to decide if more de-icing salt is needed to control, Web based back-office status monitoring
Road weather technology has as many uses as be applied or not. We are the leading salt & ability to produce brine at any concentration
there are weather conditions, from having accurate pile sheeting provider in the UK to Local (0-26%) and the ability to store both driver and
data about the road surface, like snow and ice to Authorities and Highway Contractors. Offering truck details. Our prestigious clients such as Kier,
wind, sand storms or flooding. Vaisala road weather engineered options from SaltSaver sheeting to Aone+, BEAR Scotland, Colas cite the inherent
solutions monitor roadways for specific parameters the SuperSheet system for strategic stock piles, reliability, serviceability and on-line visibility
you need to know, to take action or warn travelers. designed to suit all sites and budgets. We also of our machines. We can provide you with the
All decisions, whether human or automated, are manufacture and supply PathWay KA, the unique, necessary 100% brine production resilience that
based on accurate and reliable measurement data, fast acting, low temperature, corrosion free, has not heretofore existed. With our saturators,
so ensuring your road weather data is key. potassium acetate liquid anti-icer for sensitive the possibility of 100% resilient pre-wet and
www.vaisala.com structures and cycleways. even full-wet treatments is now a reality. Please
Stand 11 www.winterservicesolutions.com come and see the future of brine manufacturing
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www.wintertechsystems.com
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Webaspx is the UK’s leading optimisation
company for municipal services. Our award-
winning software and services have been used
by over 200 local authorities and environmental
service companies to design and run
better routes and services. Using our winter
maintenance solution, planners and managers
can make existing routes more efficient by
maximising treatment time and reducing travel,
or quickly and accurately evaluate service
options, such as depot locations, changes
to climatic domains or the proportion of the
network treated.
www.webaspx.com
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Outside Vehicle Display
Keeping the frost off Footways
Cold Comfort Scotland Exhibitors Peacock Salt will be showcasing their market
leading Hilltip Spraystriker. On display will be a demountable de-icing sprayer used
to treat footways and cycle paths. Used widely throughout the UK roads network,
the sprayer can apply liquid up to a 5m spray-width and track the results on Hilltip’s
HTrack service. HTrack enables drivers to evidence their treatment activities by
reporting timestamped data such as location, spray width, application rate, vehicle
speed and volume.
Liquid de-icing is an effective strategy for footway and cycle path winter
management. Sodium chloride brine is typically used which strikes a good balance
between cost and effectiveness. By applying brine as a pre-treatment, it forms a barrier on the road surface to help prevent ice from
forming. As a reactionary treatment, brine immediately activates and begins to de-ice without the requirement of traffic.
Peacock Salt are a 5th generation family business established in 1874, headquartered in Ayr and with bases throughout the UK. They
are the UK’s largest importer and distributor of white marine salt and winter equipment. Peacock Salt became the sole UK importer for
Hilltip equipment. Hilltip is a leading European manufacturer of road maintenance equipment, based in Pietersaari, Finland.
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Confirmed 2019 attendees include representatives from:
AECOM | Amey | Angus Council | Archway Roadmaster (UK) | Autolink M6 | Ayrshire Roads Alliance | Balfour Beatty | BEAR
Scotland | Campbell Scientific Ltd | City of Edinburgh Council | Clackmannanshire Council | Compass Minerals | East Ayrshire
Council | East Dunbartonshire Council | East Lothian Council | East Renfrewshire Council | Eurodome Limited | Falkirk
Council | Fife Council | Findlay Irvine Ltd | Glasgow City Council | Hertfordshire County Council | Highways England | Holder
Equipment UK Ltd | Inex Works Ltd. | Met Office | Metdesk Limited | MeteoGroup | Midlothian Council | Moray Council |
North Ayrshire Council | Peacock Salt | RUD Chains Ltd | Safecote Ltd | Salt Sales Company | Scotland Transerv | Stabilised
Pavements Ltd | Stirling Council | StormGeo UK Ltd | Transport Scotland | True View Visuals | Turner & Townsend | Vaisala |
Webaspx | West Lothian Council | Wilson Salt Ltd | Winter Service Solutions Ltd | WinterTech Systems and many more
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28th Annual Winter Maintenance Conference
and Exhibition
15-16 May 2019
Harrogate Convention Centre, UK
A platform for driving technology and
change in the winter sector
Cold Comfort has been at the heart of the UK winter service sector for over 25 years and remains the only
conference in the UK focused on delivering insight and best practice in the winter service sector.
The discussions and debate at Cold Comfort 2019 will empower local authorities and their private sector
partners with an understanding and knowledge of all the latest issues affecting the winter service sector in
the UK. Hear the latest technologies and best practice case studies from as far afield as Finland and the US
at the 28th annual conference and exhibition.
Programme Highlights:
• Espoo Smart City - changing the game of street • A Winter 2018/19 review - live panel discussion
maintenance in Espoo David Batchelor, Highways England and representatives from
Toni Korjus, Head of Infrastructural Services, Public Works local authorities
Department, City of Espoo, Finland
• A66 Winterpave trials
• Dealing with the big freeze - the extreme cold of Steve Mason, Senior Project Manager, Cumbria & North
Lancashire, Highways England
winter 2018/19 in the US
Matthew Morreim, Division Manager, Street Maintenance, • Planning and implementing for a new fleet
City of St. Paul Public Works, Minnesota Jane Wilkins, Winter Fleet, National Depot Project Sponsor,
Highways England
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