Transportation

Expertise

Travel allows us to visit nearby communities or see the world. Reliable transportation systems connect us. They are vital to putting us in touch with one another, emergency support, jobs, goods, and services. You are tasked with building safe, dependable, future-ready systems, but not all topography is the same. We specialize in getting you from here to there in some of the harshest climates and roughest terrain across the country and beyond.

RESPEC helps you deliver transportation networks that keep communities and economies moving. Our engineers and planners look far beyond the pavement, understanding how roads, runways, and rail lines shape growth, access, and quality of life. From long-range planning and permitting to design, materials testing, and construction oversight, we guide the entire process, so you get infrastructure that performs today and stands strong tomorrow.

Where Design Meets the Road

Roadways

With so much riding on our roadways, every decision matters. Our engineers plan and design transportation networks across urban, rural, and industrial settings. Whether designing safer intersections in dense city corridors or stabilizing highways across permafrost and flood-prone terrain, we deliver roadway solutions that balance constructability, cost, and community impact.

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Driven by Know-How

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Traffic Analysis

Ever-changing communities may outgrow the original layout plan. Developers ask: “How will a new development impact the existing traffic network, and how may we mitigate any concerns?” We collect and analyze traffic data to study your traffic needs now and into the future. RESPEC provides seasoned engineers who regularly analyze traffic patterns. Collaborating with you, stakeholders, and the community, we model a right-sized traffic solution.

See Our Work in Action

  • Angoon Airport Design Services

    Angoon Airport Design Services

    Infrastructure Resiliency and ModernizationLand DevelopmentTransportation
  • The Alaska Aviation System Plan

    The Alaska Aviation System Plan

    Infrastructure Resiliency and ModernizationLand DevelopmentTransportation
  • Manh Choh Access Road

    Manh Choh Access Road

    Transportation
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Solutions That Clear the Road Ahead

From Arctic permafrost to dense urban grids, every project faces constraints. We anticipate them early, drawing on decades of experience, technical know-how, and innovative tools. By doing so, we deliver transportation systems that are practical, fundable, and built for the long run.

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From Nothing to Something

Our experts in rural transportation regularly create designs that start from raw, untouched land. These engineers and surveyors are accustomed to taking a four-wheeler, snowmachine, plane, or helicopter to work. Whether you need to design a remote mining camp, haul road, wind farm, or gravel airstrip, we’ll make getting there easier.

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Better Together

Transportation challenges rarely fit in a single lane. RESPEC brings together in-house civil engineers, planners, surveyors, geotechnical experts, and environmental specialists, working as one from the start. You get fewer surprises, smoother approvals, and solutions designed to perform as an integrated whole.

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    Land Development

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    Facilities

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    Water

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    Data & Technology

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  • A large mining dump truck drives across a dusty, rocky surface in an open-pit mine, with steep, layered earth walls rising in the background under a clear sky.

    Mining

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    Environment

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    Energy

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    Solid Waste

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    Government

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    Senior Vice President, Transportation

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Impacts

Strategic Advisory and Risk Planning

Guiding early decisions with risk-informed insight grounded in technical, regulatory, and financial realities.

Energy Transition

Digital Transformation

Natural Resource Protection

Asset Management

Infrastructure Resiliency and Modernization

Strategic Advisory and Risk PlanningEnergy TransitionDigital TransformationNatural Resource ProtectionAsset ManagementInfrastructure Resiliency and Modernization
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    University Avenue Rehabilitation and Widening

    Where Daily Travel Meets Safer Design University Avenue carries the daily rhythm of Fairbanks, Alaska, linking neighborhoods, schools, and commercial centers across a 2-mile, north-south span. Working with the Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF), RESPEC designed comprehensive roadway and infrastructure upgrades for this…

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