Consulting Engineers
Providing client focused professional engineering services
Our Specialities
- Bridge Inspections
- Buildings
- Demolition
- Expert Witness
- Flood Assessment and Drainage
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Highway Structures
- Highways
- Historical Structures
- Industrial and Process
- Nuclear and Seismic
- Power, Energy and Waste
- Product Development
- Rail
- Roof Mounted Equipment
- Schools and Education
- Structural Surveys and Site Appraisals
- Traffic and Transportation
Highways
Wilde Consulting Engineers provide detailed highway design layouts ranging from minor residential estate roads to large highway improvement schemes.
We have worked closely with local authourities on many highway schemes and several of our specialist engineers work in close co-operation and seconded roles with local council highway departments.
Wilde Consulting Engineers have an established reputation for providing the following services to public and private sector clients: -
• Section 38/278 agreements
• Design, procurement and site supervision of highway schemes including bus corridor, cycle schemes, traffic calming and new roads
• Design and site supervision of highway maintenance schemes
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Relevant Case Studies...
Urban Traffic Controlled Junction Improvement
Client: Local Authority
• Design and implementation of improvements to a busy UTC junction in close proximity to a secondary school sited in a conservation area
• Introduction of controlled pedestrian crossing phase
• Swept path analysis
• Liaison with Local Authority and UTC engineers
• Introduction of controlled pedestrian crossing phase
• Swept path analysis
• Liaison with Local Authority and UTC engineers
Highway Improvements
Client: Contractor
• Design of new staff/visitor access road into a power station site
• Visitor car park
• Security and lighting equipment
• Traffic calming measures
• Drainage system with attenuation / soakaway design
• Visitor car park
• Security and lighting equipment
• Traffic calming measures
• Drainage system with attenuation / soakaway design
Car Park
Client: Private development
• Design of residents car park for new high rise apartments
• Access control facilities
• Disables parking provisions
• CCTV implementation
• Security fencing
• DDA compliance
• Access control facilities
• Disables parking provisions
• CCTV implementation
• Security fencing
• DDA compliance
Footway Build Out
Client: Local Authority
• Footway build out to narrow the carriageway locally to a crossing point along a route to school
• Swept path analysis to ensure the applicable vehicles can still manoeuvre safely at the priority junction
• Public consultation
• Swept path analysis to ensure the applicable vehicles can still manoeuvre safely at the priority junction
• Public consultation
Section 38 New build Highway
Client: House Builder
• New build adoptable highway
• Site investigation and approval
• Full construction drawing package
• Setting out and levels
• Geogrid reinforced embankment
• Drainage design
• Health and safety plan
• Site investigation and approval
• Full construction drawing package
• Setting out and levels
• Geogrid reinforced embankment
• Drainage design
• Health and safety plan
Footway Refurbishment
Client: Local Authority
• Refurbishment of existing footway in poor state of repair to shared cyclist / pedestrian standards
• Removal of trees causing damage to kerbs and footway surface
• Planting of new trees in protective tree pits to protect tree growth and surrounding infrastructure
• Regular footpath finish required to minimise trips and provide a comfortable cycle route
• Works adjacent to local school
• Removal of trees causing damage to kerbs and footway surface
• Planting of new trees in protective tree pits to protect tree growth and surrounding infrastructure
• Regular footpath finish required to minimise trips and provide a comfortable cycle route
• Works adjacent to local school
Reddish Integrated Transport Corridor
Client: Local Authority
• Coordination of utility service diversions
• Implementation of improvements to a 3 mile transport corridor for all users
• Design and upgrade of UTC junctions and crossings to satisfy BVPI criteria
• Upgrade of bus stops to Quality Bus Corridor standards
• Highway drainage improvements
• Carriageway resurfacing
• Surface dressing
• Implementation of improvements to a 3 mile transport corridor for all users
• Design and upgrade of UTC junctions and crossings to satisfy BVPI criteria
• Upgrade of bus stops to Quality Bus Corridor standards
• Highway drainage improvements
• Carriageway resurfacing
• Surface dressing
Section 38 New build Highway
Client: Local Authority
• New build public highway and adjacent car park
• Drainage Infrastructure design (new and connection to existing)
• Site investigation
• Drainage Infrastructure design (new and connection to existing)
• Site investigation
Controlled Crossing Improvements
Client: Local Authority
• Design and implementation of improvements to existing controlled crossing sites
• Work carried out to bring crossings into compliance with Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 5: Road Markings (2003)
• Site setting out
• Design of diversions during works
• Phased construction to maintain traffic flows
• Work carried out to bring crossings into compliance with Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 5: Road Markings (2003)
• Site setting out
• Design of diversions during works
• Phased construction to maintain traffic flows
Underground Services Investigations
Client: Various
• Desk study searches to collate statutory undertakers service records
• Designs carried out to avoid un-necessary diversion works leading to potential cost/time savings to projects
• Trial excavations to gain exact locations of services
• Communication with utility companies to gather C3 and C4 diversion cost estimates and durations
• Designs carried out to avoid un-necessary diversion works leading to potential cost/time savings to projects
• Trial excavations to gain exact locations of services
• Communication with utility companies to gather C3 and C4 diversion cost estimates and durations
Section 38
Client: Local Authority
• Carriageway resurfacing
• Site meeting / surveys to determine extent of works and finished levels
• Road marking survey and reinstatement
• Specification for carriageway surface
• Signage and routing of diversion of traffic during works
• TMA notifications
• Health and safety plan
• Site meeting / surveys to determine extent of works and finished levels
• Road marking survey and reinstatement
• Specification for carriageway surface
• Signage and routing of diversion of traffic during works
• TMA notifications
• Health and safety plan
Trans Pennine Trail
Client:
• Design and installation of signage along a greenway route
• Controlled access facilities
• Improvements to route infrastructure
• Budget led
• Controlled access facilities
• Improvements to route infrastructure
• Budget led
Highways Setting Out
Client: Local Authority
• Setting out of geometry and levels of new footway build out
• New tactile paved crossing and raised speed table throughout a four arm priority junction
• New tactile paved crossing and raised speed table throughout a four arm priority junction
Highways Setting Out
Client: Local Authority
• Site visits by design engineer to supervise and assist with setting out of new highway works
• Measures to check that site geometry allows the proposed design to work as proposed
• Any discrepancies can be quickly resolved
• Encourages effective designer / contractor communication
• Measures to check that site geometry allows the proposed design to work as proposed
• Any discrepancies can be quickly resolved
• Encourages effective designer / contractor communication
Brinnington Integrated Transport Corridor
Client: Local Authority
• Coordination of utility service diversions
• Design and upgrade of UTC junctions and crossings to satisfy BVPI criteria
• Upgrade of bus stops to Quality Bus Corridor standards
• Formalised parking lay-bys
• Junction design
• Design and upgrade of UTC junctions and crossings to satisfy BVPI criteria
• Upgrade of bus stops to Quality Bus Corridor standards
• Formalised parking lay-bys
• Junction design