Independent analysis on street works, permitting, and network management.
Industry intelligence for highway network management professionals.
In-depth analysis on street works, permitting, utility coordination, and the operational realities of managing highway networks in England. Not sales material. Published twice monthly.
New: GEO.works Insights Series — Volume 1
Eight articles covering lane rental, D-TRO, utility coordination, permit delays, repeated excavations, Street Manager, the future of network management, and GIS. Download individually below or get all eight as a zip.
Available now — 8 articles
Network Management
Why Lane Rental Alone Won't Reduce Roadworks Disruption
Lane rental addresses one variable in a multi-variable problem. Timing, sequencing, and coordination between promoters determine the aggregate impact on the network — and lane rental touches none of those.
7 min read
Digital Infrastructure
Why D-TRO Is Not a Technology Project
The platform is ready before the data is. D-TRO is fundamentally a data remediation and organisational change programme. No system procurement changes the arithmetic of 152 authorities with unaudited TRO estates.
7 min read
Utility Coordination
The Hidden Cost of Utility Coordination Failures
Reinstatement damage, emergency works accumulation, business impact, highway asset deterioration. Most of these costs are real, attributable, and currently being absorbed by the wrong parties.
7 min read
Permit Management
Why Most Permit Delays Start Before The Permit
Works arrive in conflict with the network because that network was never checked at the point when the programme could still be adjusted. The delay is baked in before the application is submitted.
7 min read
Highway Asset Management
The True Cost of Repeated Excavations
Two excavations on the same section do not produce twice the long-term cost. They produce a larger degraded zone, a weaker structural system, and a maintenance liability that arrives sooner than the sum of individual works implies.
7 min read
Network Management
Street Manager vs Operational Coordination
Street Manager is the system of record for regulatory purposes. What gets built on it determines whether an authority is managing its network or just processing its permits.
7 min read
Network Management
The Future of Network Management in England
The permit scheme got the investment. The network management function got the cuts. Twenty years later, the gap between what the framework intended and what it is producing is the gap between those two choices.
8 min read
Spatial Data & Operations
Why GIS Should Be The Centre Of Streetworks Operations
The problem is not a lack of spatial data. It is a lack of spatial data at the point of decision, in the hands of the people making the decisions that most need it.
8 min read