Highway & Railway

Decades of Experience

By providing full-service engineering and architectural design, as well as construction administration, we have developed a trusted partnership with our clients. PSC enjoys excellent working relationships with local, state, and federal agencies and is intimately familiar with highway and railroad design requirements and criteria.

Scope of Services

• Highway / ThoroughfareSubarea/Corridor Planning
• Thoroughfare Master Planning
• Route Studies & Feasibility Studies
• Schematic Design
• Historic Surveys
• Pavement Analysis & Design
• Minor, Major & Complex Roadway Design
• Freeway Interchange Design
• Bridge Layouts & Design
• Highway-Railway Grade Crossing Studies
• Illumination
• Signing and Pavement Markings
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Development
• Hydrologic Studies & Hydraulic Design
• Pump Station Hydraulics
• Construction Management & Inspection
• Construction Phase Management & Observation
• Design-Build Services
• Right of Way Map Preparation
• RailroadAlignment & Feasibility Studies
• Rail / Industrial Park Design
• Spur Track Design – Loop and Stub Tracks
• Track and Roadbed Design
• Hydrology, Hydraulics & Drainage
• At-Grade Highway Crossings
• State DOT Coordination & Processing
• Signal & Communications Engineering
• Mainline Coordination
• Locomotive & Car Maintenance Facilities
• Trans-load Facilities

TxDOT Pre-Certifications

PSC is pre-certified in the following TxDOT categories:

• 1.3.1 Subarea/Corridor Planning
• 1.4.1 Land Planning/Engineering
• 1.5.1 Feasibility Studies
• 1.6.1 Major Investment Studies
• 2.3.1 Wetland Delineation
• 2.4.1 Nationwide Permit
• 2.4.2 Individual Permits
• 2.8.1 Surveys, Res. & Doc. Of Historic Build, Struct. And Objects
• 2.9.1 Historic Architecture
• 2.13.1 Hazardous Materials Initial Site Assessment
• 2.14.1 Environmental Document Preparation
• 3.1.1 Route Studies & Schematic Design – Minor Roadways
• 3.2.1 Route Studies & Schematic Design – Major Roadways
• 3.3.1 Route Studies & Schematic Design – Complex Highways
• 3.4.1 Minor Bridge Layouts
• 3.5.1 Major Bridge Layouts
• 3.6.1 Multi-Level Interchange And Exotic Bridge Layout
• 4.1.1 Minor Roadway Design
• 4.2.1 Major Roadway Design
• 4.3.1 Complex Highway Design
• 4.4.1 Major Freeway Interchanges And Direct Connectors
• 7.1.1 Traffic Engineering Studies
• 7.2.1 Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Studies
• 8.1.1 Signing, Pavement Marking And Channelization
• 8.2.1 Illumination
• 8.3.1 Signalization
• 8.5.1 Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
• 9.1.1 Bicycle And Pedestrian Facility Development
• 10.1.1 Hydrologic Studies
• 10.2.1 Basic Hydraulic Design
• 10.3.1 Complex Hydraulic Design
• 10.4.1 Pump Station-Hydraulics
• 10.4.2 Pump Station-Electrical
• 10.4.3 Pump Station-Structures
• 10.5.1 Bridge Scour Evaluations And Analysis
• 11.1.1 Roadway Construction Management And Inspection
• 11.2.1 Major Bridge Construction Management And Inspection
• 12.2.1 Plant Inspection And Testing
• 15.1.1 Survey
• 15.1.2 Parcel Plats
• 15.1.3 Legal Descriptions
• 15.1.4 Right Of Way Maps
• 15.4.1 Horizontal And Vertical Control For Aerial Mapping
• 16.1.1 Architecture – Buildings And Other Structures