UNSPSC 81101510: Highway engineering

UNSPSC 81101510 Highway engineering is a Commodity code that captures consulting and professional services for transportation infrastructure planning, design, and construction oversight—the full engineering lifecycle from concept through bid phase and construction administration. State and local governments use this code to solicit design engineers, construction inspectors, project managers, and multidisciplinary consulting teams for roadway, pedestrian, transit, and multimodal corridor work funded through federal grants, state transportation programs, SPLOST, and local capital budgets. Recent opportunities show a mix of issuing bodies: city transportation departments (Atlanta, Mableton, Peachtree Corners, Stonecrest, Locust Grove, Dalton, Union City, and Trenton, Georgia; Nashua, New Hampshire; San Antonio and San Marcos, Texas; Norwich and East Hartford, Connecticut); county commissions and boards (Collier County and Sarasota County, Florida; Columbia County and Forsyth County, Georgia; Gwinnett County, Georgia; Galveston County, Texas); state departments of transportation (Georgia DOT); and special authorities (California High-Speed Rail Authority, Harris County Toll Road Authority, Atlanta BeltLine, and UC Santa Cruz). Georgia dominates the recent activity, with at least fifteen active solicitations across multiple cities and counties, followed by Florida (Collier, Sarasota), Texas (San Antonio, Galveston), Connecticut, and scattered activity in California and New Hampshire.

Representative work includes the City of Atlanta's multimodal Lee Street Trail design (RFP, due July 31, 2026) covering 2.75 miles of pedestrian and bicycle connectivity with MARTA station access, requiring GDOT Area Class 3.13 prequalification and full design through construction documents; Collier County's Pine Ridge Road Corridor Improvements construction engineering and inspection (RFP, due August 5, 2026) with a jug-handle intersection design and 730-day construction schedule, estimated CEI budget of $20 million at 5–12 percent of a likely $167–400 million construction cost; Georgia DOT's US 19/SR 9 Bridge replacement over CSX Railroad using Construction Manager/General Contractor delivery (RFP due November 19, 2026, selection announced December 18, 2026) spanning existing tracks and the Atlanta Beltline trail with a virtual industry forum on July 28–29, 2026; Forsyth County's progressive design-build for Old Atlanta Road Safety Improvements (RFP, due July 9, 2026) with a 240-calendar-day completion stage and cost-plus-fee structure capped by guaranteed maximum price; and Sarasota County's CEI services for Fruitville Road widening (RPS, due June 16, 2026) requiring drone aerial photography, live-feed camera services, and materials testing. Across this body of work, GDOT prequalification in specific Area Classes (roadway design, traffic, environmental, utilities, bridge design, erosion control, and construction supervision) is a hard gate for Georgia solicitations, while Florida requires FDOT pre-qualification and professional engineering licensure. The code sees steady demand across the fiscal year, with Georgia representing the largest pipeline.