We have extensive experience in the design of highways and surrounding areas for tomorrow’s needs to improve connectivity, capacity, sustainability and accessibility. Our highly qualified teams have delivered many successful highway schemes from initial concept through to construction. We also undertake feasibility and detailed design studies including the assessment and inspection of existing carriageway and footway assets for maintenance purposes.
On many projects, we have helped from the conception of the scheme and have advised on feasibility and buildability to ensure a fully packaged suite of detailed designs, bills of quantities, cost estimates, and specifications are produced. We can also provide contract documentation, tender analysis, and contract administration procurement services. As part of our integrated design approach, we work to involve all the contractors who will be working on the scheme at an early stage. This means that many construction issues will have already been resolved and a close working relationship has been established with developers and contractors before construction commences.
We also provide a full construction stage package which could include site supervision, project management, cost analysis and review, and commercial support.At Project Centre, we have developed a methodology for highway engineering projects incorporating all the above services which supports our clients through every stage, including its implementation.
Highways design
Asset management
Material Bills of Quantity and Construction Cost Estimation
Construction Stage Support
Highways design
Project Centre are equipped to undertake the design and delivery of multi-disciplinary civil engineering projects. We deliver infrastructure projects by mobilising our integrated and collaborative team of design professionals, providing a hands-on service with added value.
Led by our experienced and accredited engineers, we design and manage infrastructure projects that range from fast turnaround requirements to complex and large-scale, high-risk projects.
Through forward thinking and challenging norms, we can effectively plan ahead to identify and manage constraints. This is key to our mitigation of delays, on-time delivery and alignment to budget. Where change occurs, we mandate a collaborative approach to find effective and appropriate resolutions.
We take effective communication seriously and embed an ethos of transparent and honest communication across all disciplines, client officers and stakeholders to provide the opportunity to inform and manage risk at all stages. We take a proactive stance on programme, risk management and health and safety through all the project stages.
Our services
- Highways detailed design – Concept through to detailed
- Vertical and horizontal highway alignment with full 3D capability
- Drainage design
- Full s278 and s38 design and support
- Site supervision and project management
- Traffic management phasing
- Bills of quantities and cost estimates
- Health and safety documentation (including CDM 2015 Principal Designer)
- Hostile Vehicle Mitigation design and support
- Full design & build service with trusted contractor partners
To add further value to our clients, our highways teams can draw upon inhouse services of traffic modelling, transportation, structures, landscape and urban design, lighting, health and safety, CDM, road safety auditing, procurement, communication and engagement and Construction Logistics Planning teams to support providing an end-to-end design solution.
Asset management
Project Centre’s highways team has extensive expertise in asset management and maintenance. We have a full understanding of the DfT requirements for asset management and reporting via RCI technical methods, future proofing for PAS2161 standards, developing capital expenditure programmes and design packages, delivery supervision.
We offer end to end asset management document preparation and asset valuations to inform asset management plans and strategies, utilising current guidance and standards., We also offer end to end procurement support for renewal or new term maintenance contracts with extensive experience in the development of tender suites, engagement, procurement and evaluation of TSC contracts for local authorities.
Our services
- Development and supervision of capital highway maintenance programmes and reporting
- Review of asset management database, policies and strategies
- Cost estimation and forecasting for capital expenditure and advice on DfT allocations and available additional funding streams
- Review, drafting, and development of asset management plans, valuations, strategies, and inspections regimes.
- TMC/TSC contract procurement support and management
Material Bills of Quantity and Construction Cost Estimation
Project Centre has a dedicated group of engineers committed to producing high-level cost estimates, bills of quantity and material take offs and support clients during value engineering stages of projects at all scales. We draw upon previous project experience, current industry rates, current material rates and global economic states to ensure we provide robust and purposeful construction estimations for budgeting purposes.
Our services
- Cost estimation of feasibility to detailed design (stage 0 – 4) as well as construction phases (stage 5)
- Preparation of bills of quantities and material take off documentation
- Value Engineering
- Scheme cost spend profiles and reports
- Estimation of risk value and optimism bias
- Measurement and surveying of the works to be certified for payment
- Support through construction phases to ensure correct applications of payment against works completed
- Commercial and contractual management support to guide and advise on commercial or contractual related matters which may result in project cost inflation and programme delay
- Scheme funding allocation support and identification – supporting bids for government funding and identifying suitable available funding streams
Construction Stage Support
Project Centre is able to offer full construction support in multiple forms, from site supervision to fully managing agent in a design and build capacity. We have trusted contractor partners and can offer build solutions or simply provide administrative support to client teams as well as technical and management expertise in a support capacity.
We can offer full commercial, contractual, project, and operational management or support services including early contractor involvement to procurement and mobilisation.
All health and safety requirements such as regulations under CDM 2015 can be managed as part of our support or managed services.
Our broad suite of skills ensures we provide a wide set of delivery solutions with a suitable option for all needs ensuring client projects are delivered in a cost efficient, sustainable, timely and structured manner.
Our services
- Quality assurance to ensure projects are delivered in line with any contract specific requirements and constructed in accordance with design specifications.
- Site remeasures to support application for payment review and commercial or contract related queries such as compensation events or additional scope proposals.
- Client support in the undertaking of their CDM duties with a focus on health and safety and environmental compliance and full record keeping and documenting under those regulations.
Testimonials
The entire LBHF team acknowledges Project Centre's role in making the delivery of Quayside Lodge S278
scheme a success. Your effort to deliver the scheme in short timeframe and quality did not go
unnoticed. We appreciate your tremendous work.
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 
“We were happy with Project Centre. Jonathan East and the team showed great communication and collaborative working.“
Volker Highways 
Good communication of the progress of the project, monthly meetings and
regular email and telephone correspondence We are very pleased with the professional attitude and expertise of your staff in
helping us to deliver this project.
Lambeth Council 
“Project Centre delivered quality designs and a complex engagement programme within time, and to budget. We were particularly satisfied with Rob and the Project Centre’s team ability to work collaboratively to the tight timelines and constraints of the Future High Street programme, and they were really sensitive to the needs of the local authority. Their timely responses as well as the successful public consultation that was undertaken enabled decision making.”
The London Borough of Harrow 
