Custom app for traffic management plans at roadworks
Appfront builds apps for traffic management companies and road contractors who must carry out the traffic management plan for roadworks in practice: the plan with its measures per phase, each measure placed reported with photo, position and time, the daily check recording what is missing or has been knocked over, and removal at the end, all recorded against the plan the road authority has approved. So that, after an accident or a complaint, it is clear how the road was laid out at that moment.
What is an app for the traffic management plan for roadworks?
The traffic management plan for roadworks sets out which temporary measures must be in place for each phase: signs, barriers, diversions, lane closures and traffic controllers, drawn up in line with the guidance for works on the highway and approved by the road authority. An app for the traffic management plan turns that plan into a checklist worked through on site: each measure is reported when placed, with photo, position and time, checked daily, restored if found wrong, and removed at the end of the phase, and all those moments together form the record of the works.
Without such an app, the plan lives as a drawing in the site cabin, the crew takes photos that stay on a phone, and the supervisor fills in a checklist that nobody compares with the plan. If a motorist claims after a collision that a sign was missing, the company must prove how the barrier was set out that evening, and that evidence then consists of an untimed photo and a tick on a list.
We build custom software because the execution has to match your plans and your clients: how your traffic management plans are drawn up, which measures you carry out in-house, which road authorities require which notifications, and how inspection rounds are carried out today. A generic inspection app knows nothing of phases, measures or approved plans.
Plan per phase
The approved traffic management plan as a list of measures per phase, with each measure's position on the map, its type and its requirements, so the crew knows what must be placed where and when.
Placing and checking
Each measure is reported on placement with photo, position and time, followed by daily inspection rounds in which the crew confirms each measure is in place or reports and resolves any deviation.
Dossier per job
All placements, checks, deviations and removals per job, checked against the plan, as evidence for the road authority, the insurer and your own quality assurance.
How we build your app for traffic management plans on roadworks
We start with a job where a complaint or damage claim came in: what the plan said, what was actually in place, what was recorded and what evidence was missing. The app is shaped by that.
How your traffic management plans are drawn up, which measures you place, how inspection rounds run, what road authorities ask for in notifications, and how a dossier is currently assembled.
The approved plan per job and per phase as a list of measures with positions, taken from your drawing set or entered manually, with the requirements for each measure.
The crew records placement, checks and removal of each measure on their phone, with photo, position and time, even without signal; deviations are logged with remedial action.
The file per job, notifications to the road authority, integration with scheduling and invoicing, and then ongoing management and expansion into equipment management.
What an app for traffic management plans on roadworks actually does
The components below come up at almost every traffic management company. Which ones you need depends on your clients and on how your plans are drawn up.
Traffic management plan per phase
The plan as a list of measures with position on the map, type and requirements, per phase, with the road authority's approval attached.
Placement report
For each measure, the placement with photo, position and time, recorded by the crew on their phone, and a comparison with the planned position.
Inspection rounds
Daily or shift-scheduled rounds in which each measure is confirmed or reported as a deviation, with photo and remedial action.
Deviations and remedies
A fallen sign, a displaced barrier or a missing measure logged as a prioritised issue, assigned to a crew and closed out with a photo.
Road authority notifications
Start, phase changes and completion reported to the road authority in the format they require, with the dossier attached.
Dossier and export
The timeline of all measures per job, with photos, positions and times, exportable for the road authority, the insurer or your own audit.
Who we build an app for traffic management plans on roadworks for
The app is intended for companies responsible for safety around a job, where the evidence of that safety currently sits on individual phones.
Traffic management companies
Placing, checking and removing for contractors and road authorities across many jobs at once. Placement reports and inspection rounds are the core.
Road builders with in-house traffic crews
Traffic measures as part of your own works. The plan per phase, linked to the construction schedule, matters most.
Road authorities
Municipalities and provinces that want visibility into how plans are carried out. The file per job and the notifications are what they need.
Companies with night work and motorways
Short phases, high requirements and many checks. Shift-based inspection rounds and prioritised deviations are the core.
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This page is about the traffic plan and its implementation. For the asphalt work itself, see our page on an app for asphalt status and daily production, for planning machines and people our page on an equipment planning app, and for the infrastructure contractor as a whole our page on civil engineering and infrastructure software. You can read about our approach at building software.
Why choose Appfront for your roadworks traffic management app?
A traffic management plan is a promise to road users; the app turns that promise into evidence. That is what we build on: every measure recorded at the moment it happens, with a photo and a timestamp.
The plan is the checklist
The crew works through the approved plan, measure by measure. What is listed is what was agreed, and any deviation is visible.
Every moment is recorded
Placement, inspection, repair and removal, each with a photo, position and time. When a claim arises, the question of how the road looked at a given moment can be answered within a minute.
The road authority can follow along
Reports and project files in the format they ask for. Confidence that you will win the next contract, rather than a folder of photos.
Security and privacy for a roadworks traffic management app
The app works with positions, photos and times that serve as evidence in a damage claim or an enforcement case, as well as with client data. Access is arranged by role and by project: the crew logs entries, the site manager manages the plan and deviations, and the road authority sees the file for its own works. Once a record is closed it can no longer be changed; photos carry the device's time and position.
The app runs in a European data centre, with encrypted storage and daily backups, and keeps records for as long as the liability retention period runs. Integrations with scheduling, invoicing and road authority systems use their own keys, which can be revoked per integration.
Frequently asked questions about a roadworks traffic management app
Questions that traffic management companies and road builders ask before getting started.
It turns the approved traffic management plan into a checklist of measures by phase, has the crew report every placement, inspection, deviation and removal with a photo, position and time, sends the reports to the road authority, and builds a file for each project showing how the road looked at every moment.
From the drawing package you use to make the plans, through an export of the measures with their positions, or manually by phase. The road authority's approval is stored with the plan, so the works are always checked against the approved version.
Yes. Reports are saved on the phone with the time and position of the moment and sent as soon as there is coverage. If a photo is unclear in the dark, the app asks for a second one.
For each project you set how often a round is needed, for example per shift or daily. The crew goes through the measures in order and confirms them or reports a deviation with a photo; a missed round triggers an alert to the site manager. This makes it provable that the inspection was carried out and what was found.
A deviation becomes a prioritised report assigned to a crew, and is closed with a photo once repaired. Road authorities that ask for it receive the report and the repair automatically. The file shows the deviation with the time between discovery and repair.
Yes. Works and phases come from your planning, measures placed and days go to invoicing, and the equipment deployed per job feeds equipment management. We connect to what you already use; the app doesn't become a second planning system.
Ask that first. An inspection app records what someone sees, and that's enough when there's no plan to check it against. Custom development makes sense when works must be proven against an approved traffic management plan per phase, when road authorities require reports in their own format, or when a file has to be complete within a day in the event of a claim.
Every measure proven placed, checked and removed?
Tell us how many works you run at once, which road authorities you work for, and how the last complaint or damage claim was handled. We'll show you what the plan, the placement report and the file look like.