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Cardno offers wide-ranging engineering expertise relating to the planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation of roads.
Key Disciplines
Cardno’s consulting services cover all relevant disciplines including:
- Traffic and transport studies
- Road location and feasibility studies
- Geotechnical investigation and pavement design
- Hydraulics and drainage investigation and design
- Environmental impact assessment and management
- Public consultation
- Design from concept to final design, including design verification and design safety audits
- Design of utility relocation and protection
- Design of bridges and retaining walls
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- Preparation of technical specifications, contract documentation and estimates of cost
- Documentation of quality, environmental and OHSR management plans
- Quality audits of the contractor’s quality system and pre-opening safety audits
- Construction and maintenance performance reviews
- Maintenance control systems including road, pavement and bridge management systems
- Quality system documentation including maintenance procedures
- Safety audits of existing road
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Managed Processes
Cardno manages all aspects of road design from receipt and verification of survey, input to design systems including MX, 4D Model and CivilCad as appropriate, development and optimisation of schemes, and preparation of detailed design drawings.
Design verification is an important activity to ensure that road and bridge designs comply with current standards and practice. Quality system and compliance audits are also key features of the process to verify that methods, procedures and material specifications meet with full compliance.
Detailed Documentation
Cardno places strong emphasis on the preparation of detailed documentation as a key requirement for any successful project. Our staff are well experienced in preparing technical specifications, contract documentation, quality environmental and OHS&R Management plans, method statements and procedures which ensure that operations will meet the client's objectives.
Whole-of-Life Concepts
Cardno provides services in asset management, including pavement and maintenance management systems, documentation and review of quality systems and contract reviews. The firm has been closely involved in the development and implementation of performance specified maintenance contracts. Whole-of-life concepts for road management are incorporated into all asset management tasks.
Cardno has undertaken assignments throughout New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and overseas for national and state governments, aid donor agencies, local councils, private contractors and consultants.
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