Infrastructure
General and Special Civil Engineering

What is ‘infrastructure’?

HOP’s definition of ‘infrastructure’ is anything to do with:

• public and private roads
• drainage
• services such as water, electricity, telecommunications, gas, and sewers,

Projects involving infrastructure can be divided into three distinct stages and HOP can offer help and expertise within any of these:
At the Planning stage…dealing with such things as:

• service enquiries and capacity checks
• flood risk and contamination assessments
• site investigation
• highways and transportation planning
• environmental considerations
• service co-ordination

 

Through to Design & Approval stage…..dealing with such things as:

• highway and drainage design
• local authority and other statutory approvals
• sustainable design
• innovation and buildability

To Works on Site stage….dealing with such things as:

• detailed construction drawings
• contract administration and project management
• temporary and other enabling works
• alternative contractors’ designs
• diagnosis of existing problems and solutions
• site attendance and certification