Route Surveys

When it comes to finding the most innovative solutions in transport engineering, the diverse background of dteq’s employees build the perfect basis to support clients with tailor-made transport studies and best-in-class transport solutions.

One of dteq’s core areas are route, feasibility and infrastructure studies, which are performed for multiple industries. For a route survey, dteq looks at the project challenges from the transportation perspective and help clients to adjust their own engineering, with the aim to find optimized transport solutions and to reduce costs.

A route survey, performed with detailed Global Positioning Systems (GPS), covers a wide range of topics, including an overview of the routing and alternative routes, obstacles and the potential management of those as well as road conditions. It also includes solutions for critical cargo items (trailer proposal, including technical drawing) as well as suitable transport equipment, selected individually per market and availability in the respective country.

One of the biggest benefits of a route survey is the increased predictability through all project phases, meaning:

• Critical turns, elevations, vertical and horizontal curves, terrain conditions, obstacles and weather alerts are evaluated in detail (based on the cargo and trailer information received)

• Bridges and roadway structures are visually inspected to determine the necessity of further structural and engineering studies

• Any necessary route improvements are called out along the route(s)

• Rail siding and barge landing locations are also determined, if and when deemed feasible or requested

Relevant cargo (provided by the client) is drawn to scale on the proposed transport equipment to best determine clearances (all modes of transportation), turning radii and axle line loadings. Swept path simulations are provided (as required), showing transport envelopes in order to present future work required during transport along the predetermined route. Drawings are included as attachments to the route study.