LOCATION: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

CLIENT: ETHIOPIAN ROADS AUTHORITY (ERA)

DATE: 2006-2009

The Addis Ababa- Adama Expressway is a new regime of roads in Ethiopia, and indeed in Africa, that represents the current boldness and commitment in upgrading the nation’s infrastructure to meet the current growing demand for road capacity required to support a growing economy.

The project comprises of a divided 6-lane new road with over 6 interchanges and link roads to all major towns along the road, over 60 bridges including Roads over Bridges and crossing of water structures, fencing throughout the length of the road, lighting and toll plazas.

Services included:

• Core drilling for interchange foundation designs
• Subgrade Sampling
• Laboratory testing
• Geotechnical analysis and reporting
• Geomorphological route assessment
• Existing pavement evaluation and testing