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Overview of Services
As roadways across Canada become increasingly busier and at times congested, Universal Group has a menu of traffic control services to support your roadway construction or infrastructure project, special event, television or movie production project, or emergency incident management.
Beginning with Traffic Management Plans, our designers ensure your plan adheres to regulatory, ministry of transportation or Worksafe requirements, including permits and engineered stamped plans where required.
Training Programs to support your workforce
Through our Academy, Universal Health and Safety based in Burnaby, BC, Universal Group can support your company with a suite of 45 courses to choose from including First Aid to Traffic Control, Construction Safety Officer and anything in-between.
Courses are hosted at the Burnaby academy and a selection of our locations across BC. Click Find A Course to find the course you are looking for.
Our Process
Once the Traffic Management Plan is approved, our 24/7 Dispatch team and Operations team will ensure your construction or infrastructure project, or roadway incident is managed safely and effectively.
Our highly trained Flagging teams, consisting of Traffic Control Persons (TCPs) and Lane Control Technicians (LCTs), are equipped with all the temporary signage and traffic equipment your Traffic Management Plan requires. This ensures workers are well protected and traffic can safely approach, move through, and exit the work zone.
Additional services include Lane Closures designed to support high traffic roadways, highway and freeway networks.
Traffic Sign Manufacturing
Our state of the art sign manufacturing facilities in BC, Ontario and Quebec allow us to serve Canada with your traffic sign needs for rent or purchase. We partner with Avery and 3M, providing you with the highest quality traffic signs to fit your specifications. Need traffic sign installation? We’ve got you covered through our installation partnerships.
The goal of effective traffic management is to protect workers and accommodate road users while work is underway on roadways.
Industry experts agree that the traffic industry is getting more complex as our roads get busier and construction projects expand. A professional traffic management plan (TMP) is imperative for any company doing work that impacts traffic configurations.
At Universal Group, we’re passionate about traffic management planning.
Universal Group’s TCPs are provincially certified and receive specialized training from our in-house traffic control experts. Our hired Traffic Control Persons must complete the following training after being hired:
This extensive training process prepares our TCPs to manage every situation and all projects they will encounter throughout their careers. The Universal Group is proud to offer the highest caliber of TCPs in the industry.
Interested in traffic control opportunities? Check out Universal Group Traffic Career Postings.
Universal Group’s LCTs devise, implement, and manage the traffic services for work areas and road closures. Our LCTs allow clients to focus on what they do best, while we take care of the traffic control logistics.
TCPs with over 700 hours of road experience are eligible to become a LCT, but first they must complete the following training:
Furthermore, we can provide lane closure trucks for your work site. Each lane closure truck comes stocked with the following equipment:
With over 500 trucks in our fleet we are ready to handle your lane closure needs.
Our highway technicians are the best in the business. Universal Group is proud to have the equipment and personnel needed to conduct high-speed closures in a safe and efficient manner. We go above the Ministry of Transportation’s standards to ensure both our workers’ and our contractors’ safety.
Each highway truck comes stocked with the following equipment:
When you’re installing a lane closure on a highway, you need the confidence that comes with knowing no one will get hurt. Universal Group has several MASH-certified crash trucks that we deploy when installing high-speed road closures. Our truck mounted crash attenuators will give you peace of mind by protecting drivers and workers from hazards on and around the roadway.
Did you know that the Ministry of Transportation requires that you appoint a qualified Traffic Control Supervisor to oversee all traffic control and this person cannot be the site superintendent, site supervisor or foreman?
Universal Group has qualified the largest quantity of Traffic Control Supervisors in the Province and are ready to coordinate your traffic control needs. In general Traffic Control Supervisors are responsible for:
The ability to integrate our Traffic Management Planning department with our Traffic Control Supervisors sets us aside from the competition and ensures you can rely on us to handle all your traffic control needs.
Effective flagging keeps your work zone safe and dynamic, while protecting workers and safely guiding motorists and pedestrians according to your traffic plan. Safety must always come first: all required construction and traffic signs must be in place before you start flagging operations, and must be ordered in conjunction with lane closure technicians.
Lane closures are a key part of your traffic control project. They keep your dynamic work-zone safe, protect workers and move motorists according to your traffic management plan. A key lane closure component is appropriate traffic signs that clearly indicate where motorists and pedestrians must proceed. Safe lane closures are essential to all types of construction sites and other projects.
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