Design & Geotechnical Division

The Design & Geotechnical Division headed by a Chief Engineer, involves planning, designing, and implementing road infrastructure projects, including conduction of geotechnical assessments, developing engineering plans, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

The following are the mandates of the Division:

1. Carry out sub-soil investigations for roads, bridges, and important structures.
2. Assist in conducting the feasibility studies for infrastructure development like roads/surface transport, bridges, and towns
3. Carry out detailed studies on unstable sections of roads and highways.
4. Carry out field and laboratory test of materials
5. Provide geotechnical services to the line departments within MoIT.
6. Prepare and execute site investigation programs, geotechnical analyses and slope stability analysis
7. Oversee monitoring and implementation of geo-hazard risk reduction activities in the department
8. Periodic up-date and maintain road slope inventory
9. Prepare technical documents, including technical specifications, geotechnical data reports, and design reports
10. Develop slope standards and guidelines for surface transport infrastructure
11. Develop standards for all types of surface transport infrastructure
12. Classify and declare the types of roads as and when required
13. Review reports related to geotechnical work submitted by the consultants
14. Compile road slope hazard zonation mapping of the country
15. Monitoring of critical road slope by installing instrumentation.
16. Carry out feasibility studies for road construction through desktop study and ground reconnaissance surveys
17. Carryout detailed topographic survey for design of road alignment and necessary data collection for pavement design
18. Prepare the geometric and pavement design drawings for different road categories;
19. Preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPR).
20. Prepare and publish guidelines and manuals for drainage and pavement design;