Roads and Highways

End-to-End Project Delivery

WSP provides innovative and sustainable solutions to reduce whole-of-life costs for road authorities and operators.

We have a strong history of providing innovative engineering solutions for roads and highways including urban and rural roads, and arterial and motorway networks. Specialist services comprise tunnel and bridge design, geotechnical engineering, intelligent transport systems, and long term asset management.

Our expertise extends to every aspect of a project’s lifecycle – from strategic planning to the detailed deployment of the latest technologies. We have a strong focus on design and construction, as well as environmental approvals, procurement, operations, and maintenance. Utilising our global resource network, we harness the latest solutions and methodologies to develop and deliver innovative technical solutions to our clients locally.  

Strategic Masterplanning

• Land use and transport planning
• Demand analysis
• Travel forecasts
• Multimodal studies

Feasibility Studies and Business Case Assessment

• Corridor studies
• Multicriteria analysis
• Economic assessments
• Network traffic modelling
• Environmental and planning assessment/approvals

Concept and Reference Design

• Option assessment
• Development of concepts
• Confirmation of scope
• Preliminary design
• Intelligent transport systems
• Digital engineering
• Program and project management

Services and Capabilities

• Automated and connected vehicle pilots and planning
• Asset and network performance management
• Bridges and retaining structures
• Civil and structural engineering
• Construction cost estimating
• Digital engineering including: integrated project delivery, BIM, GIS real-time interactive project visualisation and virtual reality
• Fire and life safety
• Geometric road alignment design (MX, 12D, InRoads, CAD)
• Geotechnical site investigation, design and engineering
• Hydrology and drainage design
• Integrated transport and land use planning, including multimodal facilities
• Intelligent transport systems, managed motorways, tolling
• Network and traffic modelling (strategic and simulation)
• Pavements and earthworks
• Pedestrian and cycle planning and design
• Public utilities relocation and design
• Road safety audits
• Road traffic noise and vibration assessments and modelling
• Sustainability and durability advice
• Traffic engineering and modelling
• Traffic signal and road lighting design
• Tunnel and system engineering
• Whole-of-life and life cycle assessments and adaptation advice