For a period of five years, one of our highway maintenance teams was responsible for the 620km Western Region Strategic Road Network in United Arab Emirates (UAE), equivalent to almost 2,300km of traffic lane. Their responsibilities included the continual status assessment of all highway assets, including road pavements, structures, drainage, and road furniture and 24 hour monitoring of Emergency repair and clearing works. We carried out road safety audits and produced all designs and documentation for repair and rehabilitation works and route re-alignments requested by the client. The team included designers for highway, electrical and structural works, a quality assurance expert, a traffic engineer, a scheduler and a full complement of highly experienced supervision personnel led by a Senior Resident Engineer.