Transportation Infrastructure
Transportation & Traffic Planning
Delcan advises clients on a wide range of transportation strategy issues. Our planning experts provide unbiased reviews of performance, analyze investment prioritization needs, and identify new strategies for delivering reliable, cost-effective transportation.
Delcan’s project planning phase services encompass corridor and network planning for all modes, including integrated land use/transportation strategic planning and multi-modal integration. In assisting agencies to select appropriate transit technologies, we provide objective system technology evaluation, cost-benefit analyses, urban integration options and ITS applications such as transit priority, vehicle location and passenger information systems.
Delcan’s Transportation Planning and Traffic Planning services include:
- Strategic Perspectives and Studies
- Transportation Master Plans
- Corridor and Area Assessments
- Feasibility Studies
- Site Development Requirements
- Traffic Modeling and Micro Simulation
Infrastructure Implementation
Our Infrastructure Implementation services cover all project phases from concept through planning and scheduling, design, value engineering, procurement, and implementation — with particular emphasis on Project Management, Architecture, Project Controls, Quality Management and Oversight, and Construction Management.
Environmental Assessments Preliminary and Detailed Design
Construction Administration Project and Program Management
Delcan’s services cover the life cycle of a project, from planning, design and construction, to operations. They include environmental assessments and public consultation, functional design, preliminary design, final/detail design, construction administration, and total project management for:
- Roads and Highways
- Urban and Regional Public Transit
- Railways
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities
- Bridges and Civil Structures
- Ports and Marine Works
- Inter-Modal Facilities
- Airports
Specialist Services
In meeting the needs of the increasingly popular public-private partnership (P3) initiative around the world, Delcan has been a leader in the innovation and development of unique services for privatization projects. We have extensive experience as Owner’s Engineer and Independent Agent and have developed unique Compliance Auditing and measurement services, which provide objective assessment of the work quality and adherence to requirements.
Our proven management expertise includes:
- Economic and Benefit-Cost Analysis
- Facility Architecture and Engineering
- Quality Oversight — Compliance Assessment Services
- Requirements Management
- Alternative Project Delivery — Design-Build, Design-Build-Operate-Transfer, P3s
- Owner’s Engineer
- Lender’s Technical Advisor
- Independent Agent
- Expert Witness Services
- Seismic Engineering and Retrofit
- Safety Assessments
Infrastructure Management & Operation
Delcan provides management consulting and professional services in the fields of infrastructure management as well as facilities management. Furthermore, in response to increased market demand, we have expanded our experience to the design and implementation of environmental monitoring systems for a variety of applications in the fields of Meteorology, Hydrology, Air Quality and Natural Resources.
Our specific management systems expertise includes asset management systems, bridge management systems, performance measurement and executive information systems. In addition, we offer professional services for:
- Operations and Maintenance
- Transportation System Management
- Traffic Control Systems
- Transit Systems Functional Design
- Environmental Impact Monitoring
Inter-modal Freight Efficiency & Security
As a multinational corporation with offices in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, Africa, and South America, Delcan has the worldwide reach to access global and local expertise related to trade transportation. These capabilities, combined with an in-depth understanding of freight security issues and initiatives, allow us to provide important services to our clients in this post-9/11 world.
Delcan is convinced that the challenges facing the freight transportation community, and its customers, can only be effectively addressed and overcome through new, innovative public/private joint ventures and partnerships that draw on the collective strengths of both. As a firm, we are committed to making these relationships successful in ushering in a new age of freight transportation.
Delcan’s Freight & Trade expertise includes:
- Intermodal Freight Operations
- International Borders
- Technical and Operational Evaluation
- Operational Modeling
- Process Analysis and Reengineering
- Coalition/Partnership Development
Demand Management & Sustainable Transportation
At Delcan, we recognize the need of our clients to make best use of their resources through cost effective and realistic traffic solutions aimed at improving pedestrian, cyclist and vehicular safety; reducing delays, fuel consumption and emissions; and enhancing traffic operations for all travel modes.
Our services include:
- Impact Assessments for Land Development Projects and Transportation Facilities
- Site Access, Circulation and Parking Studies
- Traffic Management/Calming Plans
- Operational Reviews and Traffic Simulation Studies
- Functional Planning and Design of Road and Transit Facilities
- Before-and-After Safety Studies
- Expert Testimony