Highways

DfL work with several County Councils and Unitary Authorities on their highways lighting design and management of the street lighting assets.

The services include:

Lighting designs for all types of highway from motorways and trunk roads to city centres and rural villages. This can include the design of cable networks, feeder pillars, distribution boards etc. Lighting Design is normally to BS EN13201 and BS5489 but we are conversant with international standards.

SiteWork
DfL regularly carry out lighting surveys, marking out, supervision and commissioning of lighting installations. We are also competent and experienced in taking lighting measurements to BS EN 13201-4 and ILE Technical Report TR28.

Column replacement programme.
DfL have managed the design process for column replacement programmes for a number of authorities over a number of years. Most notably Hampshire County Council have utilised our services for many years.

Contract writing
DfL have managed the renewing of a Highway Electrical Term Maintenance contract for a unitary authority, including the re-writing of the contract, specification and method of measurement amendments. We are currently assisting another authority undergoing a similar exercise and working to the ICE Term Version contract.

Management
DfL have experience of managing Street Lighting departments on a temporary basis, and of secondment of lighting engineers for specific projects or to address resource issues.

Street Lighting Policy
DfL have created Street Lighting policies for a unitary authority and for the States of Jersey.

Lighting Masterplan
DfL are able to create a Lighting Masterplan and nightscape policy for any Urban Landscape. We have a partnership with an Urban Design consultancy to provide a complete service.

Asset Management
DfL have created an electronic inventory for States of Jersey. This involved a 100% detailed audit of the Street Lighting using a proprietary data collection system.
DfL are working with a number of local authorities to create verified inventory data to provide to the DfT for the LTP returns.