Lincolnshire County Council Research Articles

Increasing road network resilience to the impacts of ground movement due to climate change: a case study from Lincolnshire, UK

The UK road network is deteriorating due to ageing infrastructure, climate change and increasing traffic. Due to community and economic reliance on a functioning road system, there is an urgent requirement to build resilience. The roads of south Lincolnshire have high susceptibility to ground movement due to the underlying geology. Deposits such as peat, tidal flat deposits and alluvium have a high susceptibility to compress, particularly when loaded or through loss of water content driven by climate change or lowering of water in drainage channels. The shallow foundations of Lincolnshire's rural evolved roads, originating from old mud tracks, are poorly constructed, increasing their vulnerability to movement. Types of damage include longitudinal cracking, edge failure and uneven long-section profiles. Through knowledge exchange, data sharing and collaboration between the British Geological Survey and Lincolnshire County Council, a direct relationship between road condition and geohazard susceptibility has been demonstrated; showing compressible ground has a greater correlation with road damage than originally considered. This suggests improved understanding of the relationships between the geological, climatic and anthropogenic driving forces on ground movement and road damage enables more informed repair prioritization, decision support and improved bespoke road repair practices, increasing future resilience of road networks. Thematic collection: This article is part of the Climate change and resilience in Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/climate-change-and-resilience-in-engineering-geology-and-hydrogeology

When the Young Inspectors Call

Lincolnshire County Council's Young Inspectors programme gives young people the chance to help shape and improve services for them and their peers. Tom de Castella went to see how it works

Positive Relationships: Learning Together - Meet the schools

For parents unsure about the school application process, events offering guidance can be invaluable, says the Children Centre Teacher Team from the Birth to Five Service at Lincolnshire County Council.

Positive Relationships: Learning together - LEAPP

Nursery WorldVol. 2013, No. 8 FeaturePositive Relationships: Learning together - LEAPPLincolnshire County Council Birth to Five ServiceLincolnshire County Council Birth to Five ServiceSearch for more papers by this authorLincolnshire County Council Birth to Five ServicePublished Online:4 Mar 2014https://doi.org/10.12968/nuwa.2013.9.8.1119368AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextView EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View articleAbstractA project tailored to the needs of reception children is improving achievement and attainment, says the children centre teacher team from the Birth to Five Service, Lincolnshire County Council FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails 1 August 2013Volume 2013Issue 8ISSN (print): 0029-6422ISSN (online): 2059-9358 Metrics History Published online 4 March 2014 Published in print 1 August 2013 Information© MA Education Ltd

A-Z of fakes

In july last year, five men were incinerated in an instant, after the Lincolnshire warehouse where they worked exploded. Chemicals found inside the burnt out unit at Broadfield Lane Industrial Estate in Boston indicated alcohol was being produced illegally. Several months earlier, Trading Standards, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and police seized cigarettes and drink, including counterfeit vodka, from six shops in the town. Lincolnshire County Council said at the time that tests on the fake vodka showed it contained cleaning fluid and was unfit for human consumption. Before this high-profile incident, most people associated bootleg liquor with the prohibition era of the 1920s in America, which led to the rise of organised crime on an unprecedented scale to supply the seemingly indestructible public craving for alcohol.

Simplifying direct payments: How Lincolnshire County Council utilised risk management to deliver genuine improvement

AbstractThis paper describes how a project within Lincolnshire County Council used risk management as a tool to support the development of a simplified and flexible approach to direct payments, thereby improving take-up from level two to level five (best practice) on the Commission for Social Care Inspection's Performance Assessment Framework (PAF) national performance indicator, delivering a simpler and more effective service, and making both cashable and non-cashable efficiency savings. It describes how the consideration of risk played an important role both as a mechanism for supporting effective strategic decision making and in the design of a number of specific tools used as part of the new approach.

Building an Economic Development and Regeneration Future for Lincolnshire County Council

Building an Economic Development and Regeneration Future for Lincolnshire County Council

Repair and stabilisation of Trinity Bridge, Crowland, UK

In 2002, Lincolnshire County Council carried out works to halt long-term differential settlement to an unusual 700-year-old bridge, situated in the centre of the small market town of Crowland. The chosen solution, following site investigation, allowed the works to be carried out economically and quickly, with no damage to the historic fabric of the bridge or any surrounding archaeological deposits, and minimal disruption to pedestrian and vehicle access adjacent to the bridge. The scheme was recognised for its innovative method of protecting the ancient monument following an award at the Historic Bridge and Infrastructure Awards 2003.

Repair and stabilisation of Trinity Bridge, Crowland, UK

In 2002, Lincolnshire County Council carried out works to halt long-term differential settlement to an unusual 700-year-old bridge, situated in the centre of the small market town of Crowland. The chosen solution, following site investigation, allowed the works to be carried out economically and quickly, with no damage to the historic fabric of the bridge or any surrounding archaeological deposits, and minimal disruption to pedestrian and vehicle access adjacent to the bridge. The scheme was recognised for its innovative method of protecting the ancient monument following an award at the Historic Bridge and Infrastructure Awards 2003.

COMPETITIVE TENDERING AND THE LINCOLNSHIRE HIGHWAYS EXPERIENCE.

Lincolnshire County Council has adopted a strategy that exceeds statutory requirements for highway maintenance and construction, grounds maintenance, waste disposal and professional highway engineering services. In-house services are tested against reputable companies in the private sector which involves tailoring the contracts to encourage interest. The organisation has been changed to clearly separate client and internal contractor roles and semi-autonomous internal contractor units have been set up. The result has been to reduce the Highways and Planning staff from 950 to 298. Information Technology is used extensively in client job management and a standard document is used for the appointment of consulting engineers. The strategy has brought about savings partly by using less costly contractors and partly from an increase in labour efficiency within the internal trading units. Maintenance priorities are no longer determined by the need for a large DLO workforce; standardised specifications, drawings and work descriptions have improved and the increased share of the maintenance work by private contractor provides project management with more flexibility. However there is evidence that the quality of highway design has deteriorated over the last four years particularly from the private sector. More quality control measures are to be introduced to attempt to resolve this problem.