Highway services and road maintenance

Highway services and road maintenance comprise third-party testing and quality assurance services crucial for a safe and stable road infrastructure.
Increasing urbanisation and traffic congestion have heightened the need for well-maintained roads and highways. Sustainability and minimising environmental impacts are also becoming key focuses in the construction and maintenance of roadways. Governments, developers, and authorities must address various regulatory and technical requirements to maintain effective transport infrastructure. Third-party testing and highway quality assurance assessments from experts like TÜV SÜD are more critical than ever.

Effective planning, timely maintenance, and compliance with complex regulatory standards are critical for ensuring long-term infrastructure stability and user safety. The entire lifecycle of civil engineering road projects must be managed effectively, from planning to maintenance. This will optimise maintenance and refurbishment costs without compromising on quality or the safety of road users. The early identification of any structural weaknesses helps to avoid costly repairs and reduces downtime.

TÜV SÜD has decades of road and highway infrastructure inspection experience and we are accredited by national bodies to provide third-party inspections. Our comprehensive services support civil engineering road projects through the entire lifecycle, from inception to completion, to ensure your compliance with all necessary standards. This helps you to guarantee the long-term road stability by reducing risks, lowering costs, and enhancing operational performance.

• Advisory – Our experts provide advisory services that cover feasibility/DPR studies, master planning, and management of road and highway projects. We also conduct contract reviews, design reviews and approvals, as well as technical reviews of construction plans for stability and construction physics.
• Inspection – We conduct technical audits and regular highway quality assurance inspections, throughout all stages of development and refurbishment, to ensure structural stability according to international regulations. Our experts also provide construction supervision services that include site safety inspections.
• Testing – We test construction materials and products used in the project at our laboratories and on site. Our tests cover chemical and physical analyses of materials, as well as destructive and non-destructive testing.
• Maintenance services – We conduct on-site visual checks for damage on existing roads and produce damage assessment reports. Our services also cover refurbishment proposals and repair recommendations that include cost estimates and planning reviews. In addition, we conduct special inspections and tests after flooding, fire, road accidents, and other special conditions.