Roads and Transportation

Howard Humphreys has an established Roads and Transportation Service Line and is a leading service provider in the region. The company has successfully completed various projects in the Eastern Africa region and has ongoing projects in Kenya, Tanzania and Sudan.

The company has carried out in recent years, the study, design, supervision of construction and maintenance of bituminous, concrete blocks, earth and gravel roads, in climatic and geographical conditions varying from mountainous and local geotechnical soil conditions.

Roads and Transportation Engineering services offered by the company include the following:

• Road feasibility studies, including environmental impact assessment and social impact studies.
• Road condition survey and materials investigation
• Transportation planning
• Traffic planning and management
• Engineering design for roads
• Contract supervision and administration
• Routine and periodic roads maintenance
• Technical and financial audits
• Special User Specific Studies (e.g. road user charges study)

Howard Humphreys has over the years adopted a ‘management-by-projects’ approach to running its business, which has enabled the firm to set up systems and build tremendous Roads & Transportation expertise in its staff compliment and operations.

In addition to the systems already set up as standard procedures for running, auditing, tracking, reporting and controlling projects, Howard Humphreys has invested in appropriate software such as Virtual Manager, Nova Point, Eagle Point, and various other roads design software. It has also several design manuals on different standards for road design and construction.

The Company employs professionals with diverse technical knowledge and experience in Road Engineering design, surveys, geotechnical investigations, road construction management and specialist road engineering services, Contractual Matters, Planning and Scheduling, Cost Management and Control, Construction Management, IT and Accounting, who form project teams for successful management and execution of projects.