OMG’s Yotta wins Carillion M40 contract

Contract with Carillion is worth £375,000 to Yotta DCL

OMG plc, (AIM: OMG), the technology group providing image understanding products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, announces that its highways technology arm, Yotta DCL has secured a contract to provide surveys for Carillion on the M40, worth £375,000.

Yotta DCL has been awarded the five year contract after being shortlisted based on experience and knowledge through an e-auction, which vetted survey providers bids. Carillion holds the Operation and Maintenance agreement with UK Highways, which is the M40 Design, Build, Finance and Operate company (“DBFO”).

The M40 DBFO is one of the most mature in the UK. It was established in 1997 and will run until 2027. UK Highways holds the concession for the M40 DBFO with Carillion being responsible for all operations and maintenance. 

Yotta will provide Carillion with Deflectograph a vehicle-based survey, CHART survey, High Speed Road Monitor (“HRM”) as well as Skid Resistance surveys and resulting quality data. The Group will survey 350km of carriageway, including slip roads, running between Junction 1 and Junction 15 of the M40. 
 
Deflectograph is a vehicle-based survey that measures the deflection of the road surface under a known load. The survey assesses the structural condition and provides a wide range of data to help assess the residual life of the carriageway together with detailed information that guides strengthening or reconstruction schemes. CHART is a walked survey that is performed simultaneously with the deflectograph; it picks up fine detail that may otherwise be missed by the survey vehicle.

Yotta will use one of its bespoke survey vehicles to perform the HRM machine survey. The survey collects a range of information such as longitudinal profile, texture, transverse profile, and cracking. Cracking data is processed from high-resolution images of the surface taken by a line-scanning camera. Skidding resistance surveys play an important part in helping Carillion tackle safety and inform policies going forwards to reduce road traffic incidents.

Commenting on the contract win Graham Farr, Asset Manager, Carillion said:

“To give us surety of service delivery, we took the decision to offer a five-year contract instead of the usual annual procurement. We are pleased that Yotta DCL won the e-auction as the company has provided surveys for us in previous years. Being a DBFO, it is an unusual contract to award because it runs much longer and so it is good to be working with a company that we trust. We have an excellent relationship with the company and it delivers its surveys and data on time. In addition, Yotta DCL’s after care is very good.” 

On securing the contract, Nick Bolton, CEO of OMG said:

“We welcome the opportunity to work with Carillion, having successfully completed a number of projects for them previously. This contract is particularly exciting for us as it is awarded over a five-year rather than one-year term. Yotta will be providing a number of surveying services as part of the contract and, having been won through competitive tender, this further highlights the strength of our diversified offering. We look forward to building on our relationship with Carillion as they work towards upgrading the M40 carriageways.”

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