Market · NL
Road & rail design support for the Netherlands
Design and drawing capacity for Dutch ingenieursbureaus working on roads, cycle infrastructure, trams and rail – in Civil 3D or Bentley, to NLCS and your own templates, one to two hours ahead of Dutch time.
Standards
What we work to
| Document | Full title / edition | How we use it |
|---|---|---|
| Wegontwerp (road design) | ||
| ROA 2019 (v1.1) | Rijkswaterstaat – Richtlijn Ontwerp Autosnelwegen 2019 | National motorways: alignment, junctions, weaving, cross-sections |
| RONA | Richtlijnen voor het Ontwerp van Niet-Autosnelwegen (Rijkswaterstaat) | Historical guideline – in current practice replaced by the CROW Handboek wegontwerp; used only when a client still references it |
| Handboek wegontwerp | CROW – Handboek wegontwerp (wegen buiten de bebouwde kom) | Rural road categories, cross-sections, junctions |
| ASVV | CROW – Aanbevelingen voor verkeersvoorzieningen binnen de bebouwde kom | Urban streets, junctions and traffic facilities |
| Richtlijn EHK | CROW – Richtlijn Essentiële Herkenbaarheidskenmerken van weginrichting | Recognisable road layout per category |
| Bermen | CROW – Veilige inrichting van bermen; ROA Veilige Inrichting Bermen | Obstacle-free zones and barrier need |
| Fietsverkeer (cycling) | ||
| Ontwerpwijzer fietsverkeer | CROW – Ontwerpwijzer fietsverkeer (Design Manual for Bicycle Traffic) | Network requirements, cycle paths, crossings |
| Breedte fietspaden | CROW-Fietsberaad – Geactualiseerde aanbevelingen voor de breedte van fietspaden (2022) | Cycle path widths by peak-hour intensity |
| Tunnels | ||
| Warvw | Wet aanvullende regels veiligheid wegtunnels | Applies to road tunnels with an enclosed length over 250 m |
| LTS | Rijkswaterstaat – Landelijke Tunnelstandaard | Tunnel technical installations (with your tunnel specialist) |
| Spoor (railway) – ProRail | ||
| OVS | ProRail OntwerpVoorSchriften, e.g. OVS00056-4.1 Ontwerpvoorschrift Baan en bovenbouw – deel 4.1 Alignement | Track alignment, cant, platform interfaces |
| RLN | ProRail Richtlijnen (supporting guidelines to the OVS) | Applied with the governing OVS |
| Tram / metro | Operator and municipal design requirements | Street-running and metro track |
| CAD & BIM | ||
| NLCS | NLCS – Nederlandse CAD Standaard (managed by digiGO) | Layers, line types, drawing conventions |
| NEN-EN ISO 19650 | Information management using BIM | Model and document delivery |
| Contract & specification | ||
| Standaard RAW Bepalingen 2025 | CROW – Standaard RAW Bepalingen 2025 | Bestek structure and measurement rules |
| UAV 2012 / UAV-GC 2005 | Uniforme Administratieve Voorwaarden (traditional / integrated contracts) | Contract context for deliverables |
| Constructies (structures) | ||
| NEN-EN 1990 – 1997 | Eurocodes with Dutch National Annexes (Nationale Bijlagen) | Structural and geotechnical interfaces |
| NEN-EN 1317 | Road restraint systems | Barrier performance classes |
We design to the edition, amendments and national annexes named in your project's design basis, under your firm's design responsibility and checking procedures. Editions listed are those current at the time of writing.
Deliverables
Typical packages for the Netherlands
- Road and junction layouts (kruispunten, rotondes) to CROW
- Cycle path and street redesign drawings
- Plan & profile, cross-sections (dwarsprofielen) and setting-out
- Track alignment and cross-sections for ProRail or tram projects
- Quantity take-off structured for RAW bestek
- Drawings delivered on your NLCS template, in English or with Dutch legends and title blocks
Communication is in English. Drawings can carry Dutch titles and legends from your templates.
Türkiye is 1 h ahead of Dutch time in summer and 2 h in winter
Other markets:
Have a package that needs extra hands?
Send us the scope, standards and deadline. We reply within one working day with a resourcing proposal.