In memoriam: The 'legend' Norman Smith26/08/2025 It is with great sadness that Highways reports on the passing of Norman Smith, a ‘legend’ of the road markings industry and founder of the Norman Smith Group. |
RSMA praised for 'extraordinary leadership' on competency agenda25/02/2025 The Road Safety Markings Association has been praised for 'extraordinary leadership' in its contribution to raising levels of competence in the civil engineering sector. |
Munslow to lead new UKRLG sub-board24/02/2025 Roads consultant Jon Munslow has been made chair of a new UK Roads Leadership Group climate adaptation sub-board. |
'No excuses' for not adopting new TM safety guidance23/02/2025 One of the leading figures in the road markings industry has made a powerful plea for companies to adopt new guidance on temporary traffic management to keep workers safe. |
National Highways explores new markings profile for centre line safety17/02/2025 National Highways is considering bringing in new road marking profiles to raise the audible impact of crossing centre lines, as part of wider updates to the markings sector. |
RSMA releases landmark temporary TM guidance24/01/2025 The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) has published new guidance covering signing, lighting and the guarding of minor road marking sites. |
RSMA makes collaborative progress on NI procurement24/06/2024 Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure has revised its procurement strategy to include road markings as a specialist trade after lobbying from the sector’s trade body. |
RSMA signs 'Fairness, Inclusion and Respect' partnership20/02/2024 The RSMA has become the first highways trade association to sign a formal partnership with the Supply Chain Sustainability School under the industry-wide Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) programme. |
Unlock potential of frameworks, CECA boss says12/02/2024 The chief executive of UK’s Civil Engineering Contractors Association has warned that contract frameworks are not being used to their full potential to boost collaboration and productivity in the sector. |
RSMA and National Highways sign road trials MoU11/05/2023 The Road Safety Markings Association and National Highways have signed a long-awaited Memorandum of Understanding to enable on-road testing of new marking and road stud products. |
Former banking CEO takes over RSMA top job03/04/2023 The Road Safety Markings Association has announced that Rob Shearing will take over as CEO in May 2023 following the departure of Stu McInroy. |
Legal changes increasing risk for fleet operators28/02/2023 A lawyer specialising in motoring criminal law has warned the industry over the importance of driver training despite the exemption that allows a category B licence – a standard driving licence – to be used for construction and trade vehicles. |
Around a third of MRN road markings 'defective'28/02/2023 Around a third of lane one road markings on the major road network (MRN) could be classed as either defective or absent completely, a major new inspection survey has found. |
Top gun on the move: McInroy leaving RSMA04/01/2023 Road Safety Markings Association chief executive Stu McInroy is to leave the organisation to take up the equivalent post at the Construction Plant-hire Association. |
RSMA conference adapts to fit route ahead24/11/2022 The Road Safety Markings Association's Annual Conference and Dinner will take place on 2 February 2023 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, East Midlands. |
RSMA launches microplastic investigation 'to counter misrepresentation'02/08/2022 The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) has joined forces with the European Union Roads Federation (ERF) and road marking associations across Europe to generate 'robust evidence' on microplastic pollution. |
RSMA looks to autonomous future with local network survey22/07/2022 The Road Safety Markings Association has selected Reflective Measurement Systems Ltd to undertake an independent survey of more than 2,000km of England’s local authority roads this summer. |
The long read: Road marking research - the bad, the good and the controversial22/02/2022 The first large scale study of how modern road markings react with typical road surfaces has thrown up some bad news, some good news and some controversial issues. |
Line up, line up! It's the RSMA conference09/12/2021 Only the last few spaces are left for the RSMA Annual Conference and Awards dinner, which will take place on 3 February 2022 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, East Midlands. |
RSMA selects BBA to certificate road trials scheduled for 202209/07/2021 The Road Safety Markings Association has selected the British Board of Agrément as the preferred approved body for the certification of road marking products in road trials due to begin in July 2022. |
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