Roads Construction
Internal roads, haul routes and heavy-duty paving — built for loaded trucks and tested to spec.
What roads construction covers
Internal roads, haul routes and yard paving carry loaded trucks every day, so they are engineered differently from car parking: formation, sub-base, base and surfacing are built to the axle loads you describe, with drainage set so water never stands under the pavement.
The service runs under civil works and roads beside civil works. Roads are typically finished last on a project, after heavy transport has stopped moving over them.
Pavement design starts from traffic: how many loaded axles per day, how slowly they move, where wheels stop and turn. A truck lane at a loading bay ruts long before a clear run does, and junction corners crack where brakes shear the surface. We build to that pattern — thicker where the wheels work, drainage at the low points — instead of laying one thickness across the whole yard because it was easier to draw.
Pavement built from the formation up
The formation is graded and compacted first, then aggregate layers are laid in controlled lifts and tested for density before the next one goes on. Skipping a test here is what potholes are made of six months later.
Asphalt is produced to the specified mix design and laid to thickness, with temperature recorded at the screed and density tested on the finished mat. Kerbs and channels follow, set to falls so stormwater reaches the gullies instead of the warehouse door.
Rehabilitating what exists
Not every job is new construction. Where the base is sound but the surface has failed, we mill or pulverise the existing asphalt, correct the profile and overlay — restoring ride quality without paying for a full reconstruction.
Patching handles isolated defects: the cut is square, the edges primed and the repair compacted to match the surrounding mat. Both approaches cost a fraction of replacement when they are done before water reaches the base.
Rehabilitation also covers joints and edges, not only the field of the pavement: crack sealing stops water reaching the base through the line cracks first, edge repairs keep the shoulder from breaking away under loads, and a thin overlay seals a surface that is worn but still true. Choosing between them comes from coring the pavement and seeing what is under it, not from the appearance of the top layer.
Coordinated with the rest of the site
Roads are sequenced against building works, steel deliveries and roof programmes so paving is never opened to traffic before it has cured. On operating sites, haul routes are diverted section by section with marshals at crossings.
Testing follows each layer: density on sub-base lifts, core thickness and content on finished asphalt, and level checks that keep falls running to the drainage. Tickets and reports are collected as work proceeds rather than reconstructed at handover, and the as-built survey records kerb lines, levels and utility covers for whatever comes next — a canopy, a pipe rack, or the next overlay.
Handover includes layer test results, mix records and as-built levels for future overlay work. Send the layout and we will price the pavement package.
What’s included
Order any item on its own or as a full package with our roofing and steel teams.
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We build new pavements and rehabilitate existing ones — milling, patching and overlays — to restore profile and stop small defects spreading.