Road engineering is now a complex discipline, where road safety, environmental and socio economic issues are as important as design and supervision of construction.
FOLKBRO co-operates with customers to develop optimal solutions based on our extensive worldwide experience of road projects, gained over a period of more than 20 years.
Experience
FOLKBRO’s experience of road design, construction and maintenance ranges from labour-based rural feeder roads in developing countries to complex multi-lane motorways with grade-separated interchanges, tunnels, bridges and advanced traffic information technology.
Our specialist design teams provide technically sound, economically feasible solutions using state-of-the-art computer-aided design tools. Staff skills are kept up to date with appropriate in-house and external training.
In relation to road engineering, FOLKBRO offers assistance throughout the project cycle in:
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Project and quality management
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project preparation and planning, including feasibility and road safety studies
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strategic and environmental impact assessments
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site investigations, including topographical, hydrological and geotechnical
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preliminary and detailed design and cost estimation
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tender document preparation and tender evaluation
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project implementation including construction supervision and management
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operation and maintenance,
technical, financial and road safety audits
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associated buildings (for maintenance and toll operations, etc), and
institution building and on-the-job training.
Staffing From a total staff of 1000, professionally qualified staff with working experience in road projects available within FOLKBRO A/S number more than 100. These are supplemented by further staff from FOLKBRO Group subsidiaries worldwide. Disciplines include:
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Civil/highway engineers
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Materials engineers/laboratory specialists
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Bridge engineers
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Hydraulic/drainage
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Transport economists/Traffic engineers
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Environmentalists and sociologist
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Contract specialists and surveyors
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Road safety specialists
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Traffic information technology specialists