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Guide Rail Inventory & Condition Assessments

We inspect every guide rail system on your network in the field and return a verified inventory, a condition assessment, and a costed rehabilitation recommendation for each one.

Serving municipalities across Ontario from St. Catharines.

Guide rail along a County road in Dufferin County

What we deliver

  • Field-verified inventory of every guide rail system
  • Condition assessment and review against current standards
  • Rehabilitation recommendations with cost estimates, ready for capital budgeting
  • Delivery in individual PDF reports linked to GIS mapping

When to commission one

  • An asset management plan needs condition data for roadside assets
  • Before a resurfacing program, so guide rail work can be built with the road
  • Guide rail records need to be confirmed or brought up to date

Standards and references

  • MTO Roadside Design Manual
  • AASHTO Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH)
  • Ontario Provincial Standard Drawings, 900 series

Common questions

How is the data delivered?
In individual PDF reports linked to GIS mapping, with a summary report carrying the prioritized program.
How large a network can you assess?
Programs range from a few dozen systems to an entire county. For the County of Dufferin we inspected more than 300 guide rail systems, about 28 km of guide rail, and produced a ten year renewal program from the results.

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