Infrastructure Design

SCP offers a comprehensive design, contract-administration and site-supervision service for highway projects nationwide. We have considerable experience in all aspects of highway and infrastructure design and we can provide specialist advice at the outset of development proposals to enable clients to reach the most informed decision on the master-planning of a development site or on the size, type and location of site access junctions.

Our preliminary design solutions will be integral to resolving highways issues during the planning process and to guaranteeing a project’s design and sustainability objectives. As designers, we recognise our responsibilities under the CDM regulations and our expertise allows us to understand the relationship between a design and its construction and long term-maintenance implications.

Our services range from small access solutions to major junction improvements and link road design. We strive to be innovative in both design and specification to ensure the most cost-effective solution capable of being provided to adoptable standards. A brief summary of our services in this sector follows (download our Design services sheet for information):

  • Detailed Highway Design

    SCP offer a full detailed design service, helping to secure technical approval for highway schemes with the Local Highway Authority. All schemes are designed in accordance with Agreements under the Highways Act Sections 38 and 278. Our highway engineers work as part of a full design team and can undertake all pavement and associated infrastructure design using the latest state of the art ground modelling and highway design software packages. Uisng these allows us to model sites in 3 dimensions to accurately produce cut/fill volumes, contours, cross and long-sections as well as detailed setting out information. Our experience covers a range of sizes from major road schemes to an individual site access for both public and private sites.

  • Drainage Design

    Our design team can offer drainage design as part of the overall package of highway design. Our drainage design service will help to secure sewer adoption under Section 104 Agreements with the relevant body.

  • Swept Path Analysis

    As part of any development layout the ability for appropriate vehicles to manoeuvre is a key requirement. We can offer swept path analysis of any scheme with an extensive library of vehicles as well as having the ability to assess bespoke vehicles. Our preliminary and detailed design input to schemes includes checking of swept paths to ensure that our designs will accommodate vehicles satisfactorily.

  • Road Safety Audits

    SCP can undertake independent RSAs at appropriate stages of scheme development, design, implementation and operation. Our design team experts are qualified to audit highway schemes and we can offer this service as part of our overall design services package.

  • Scheme Costing

    Through our experience of supervising tender processes, SCP hold an extensive database of costs or highway schemes. This can be used to provide a detailed breakdown of the cost implications of highway scheme proposals at an early stage in the life-cycle of a project.