Bhardwaj Infrastructure
02 / Roadways

A road is judged in its third monsoon.

NHAI packages, state highways, municipal and rural roads. Earthwork through to bituminous concrete, flexible and rigid pavement, cross drainage, and the road furniture that usually gets left to the last week. The field lab travels with the crew, so a layer clears the day it is laid.

TendersNHAI, MoRTH, state and municipal
SpecificationMoRTH, and departmental specifications where they apply
PavementFlexible and rigid
PlantOwned rather than hired, schedule on request
NHAI

Every NHAI tender we qualify for, we look at.

National highway work is the spine of this desk. We track the NHAI bid calendar rather than waiting for somebody to forward us a notice, and the prequalification file is kept in the shape the authority asks for, not the shape we find convenient.

Project types

NHAI projects

Four and six lane widening, greenfield alignments, service roads, grade separators, structures and the maintenance windows that come attached to them. Bid on EPC or hybrid annuity where the operation period is one we can staff.

Bid calendar

NHAI tenders

Notices tracked as they publish, pre-bid queries drafted the same week, and a go or no-go call taken early enough that nobody is pricing a package on the last night.

Compliance

Built to MoRTH

Specifications for road and bridge works, with the quality control section treated as the contract it is. Test frequency, sampling and the register all follow the book rather than the site's mood.

Beyond NHAI

State and municipal roads

State highways, major district roads, municipal roads and junctions, and rural roads under PMGSY. Same crews, same lab, smaller packages.

Scope

The whole width, not just the black top.

Drainage, shoulders and compaction decide whether a road survives, so those get the same attention as the surfacing everybody photographs.

  1. A
    Earthwork and subgrade

    Clearing, cutting and filling, embankment in controlled layers, and subgrade brought to the density the design asks for rather than the density the roller can reach.

  2. B
    Granular layers

    Granular sub-base and wet mix macadam, plant mixed, laid to grade and rolled to refusal.

  3. C
    Bituminous layers

    Prime and tack coat, dense bituminous macadam, bituminous concrete and mastic asphalt, laid through a sensor paver with mix temperature logged at the plant and at the screed.

  4. D
    Rigid pavement

    Dry lean concrete and pavement quality concrete, with dowel bars, tie bars and joints cut on time rather than when the saw is free.

  5. E
    Cross drainage and structures

    Hume pipe and box culverts, minor bridges, retaining walls, side drains and catch pits.

  6. F
    Road furniture and safety

    Metal beam crash barrier, signage, delineators, kerbs, thermoplastic marking and road studs.

Cross section

Five layers. Each one signed off before the next arrives.

Scroll to build the section. Thicknesses come from the approved pavement design for the package, so the drawing below shows the order rather than the numbers.

  • SubgradeCompacted to design density
  • Granular sub-baseGraded, plant mixed
  • Wet mix macadamRolled to refusal
  • Dense bituminous macadamSensor paver
  • Bituminous concreteWearing course
Testing

The register stays on site and stays open.

An engineer in charge should never have to ask twice for a result. Our test register lives in the site office, results go in the day they are taken, and the client is welcome to read it without notice.

Modified proctorField dry densityCalifornia bearing ratio Aggregate impact valueLos Angeles abrasionFlakiness and elongation Marshall stability and flowBitumen extractionCore cutting Cube compressive strengthSlumpSieve analysis Atterberg limitsBenkelman beam deflection
Plant
Hot mix plantWet mix plantBatching plantSensor paver Motor graderVibratory rollerPneumatic tyred rollerTandem roller Bitumen sprayerExcavatorTipper fleetTransit mixer Concrete paverGroove cutter
Self-performed

We do not sub-let the part that decides the job.

The scope below is what our own crews carry, and it is the whole spine of a road package. Specialist trades go out to the table. The work that decides whether a road survives its third monsoon does not.

Survey and setting outAlignment, levels and cross sections re-taken before pricing and again before work starts.
Earthwork and subgradeCutting, filling and embankment in controlled layers, compacted to the design density.
Granular and bituminous layersPlant mixed, laid through our own paver, temperature logged at the plant and at the screed.
Rigid pavementDry lean and pavement quality concrete, dowels, tie bars and joints cut on time.
Cross drainage and structuresCulverts, minor bridges, retaining walls, side drains and catch pits.
Field testingOur own laboratory and our own technicians. The register stays on site and stays open.
Safety and traffic managementDiversions, signage, barriers and night lighting maintained for the length of the works.
Handover documentationCompletion drawings, the test file and the asset register, compiled as the work proceeds.
Sub-tenders

Running a road crew? Bid a package with us.

Bituminous work, structures, drainage, marking and plant hire all go out as separate packages on our running jobs. We are open to separate bids from people who want to be part of our tender.

How the table works
Next step

Tell us the alignment and the closing date.

Send the tender document, the bill of quantities or just the stretch that needs building. We will confirm what our plant and crews can commit to, and when they are free.

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