Balfour Beatty is rolling out automatic cone-laying machines (ACLM) across its highways operations.
The new Falcon ACLM, built on Scania’s low entry L-series truck chassis, can deploy or collect a cone in under 10 seconds. That removes the need for operatives to manually lift up to five tonnes of equipment per shift.
The machine has received regulatory acceptance and will operate across Balfour Beatty’s Connect Plus Services consortium, which operates and manages the M25 and its key arterial routes for National Highways.
The project received funding from National Highways’ Designated Funds for innovation programme. Highway Care and Switzerland-based technology partner SENN Engineering developed and supplied the machine.
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