TEMPORARY ACCESS ROADS
GET ON SITE FASTER
When your crews need safe, stable access through challenging terrain, Sterling delivers with expert temporary access road and work pad construction. Whether it’s wetlands, steep grades, or sensitive habitats, our turnkey solutions ensure you can reach the jobsite without delay or damage. We design and install access routes that support your equipment, protect the environment, and keep you in compliance—from initial site assessment to final restoration. Backed by decades of experience and engineered products like TerraLam® CLT mats, we help you move faster, safer, and smarter.
ENGINEERED ACCESS. DELIVERED FAST.
Mat Selection, Installation, and Removal
We’ll work with you to ensure the proper roadway mats are selected, taking into consideration the work to be done, equipment used, ground conditions, and other factors, such as environmental considerations and adverse weather conditions. Based on those factors, mat recommendations may consist of TerraLam® mats, timber mats, or a combination of mat types. Then our mat installation team will install your access roads and work pads efficiently, safely, and quickly, saving you time and money.
Temporary Access Road Construction
Our site access experts can provide end-to-end service to fully establish your site access or assist at any point along the way. Our installers can lay temporary access road mats and work pads with minimal impact, using specialty equipment including, grapple excavators, forwarders, skid steers with grapple thumbs, and similar machines. You’ll gain access quickly and safely so your crew can focus on the job at hand. Access road services include site access planning, logistics, delivery, yard management, traffic control, building access roads and pads, and mat placement to minimize impact.
Mat Placement to Minimize Impact
At times, unique circumstances require mat placement to allow for the passage of wildlife under mats, soil stabilization to transfer traffic loads on sensitive ground, or even to keep mats from floating downriver during the rainy season and flood conditions. Our installation team follows your customized plan and gives special consideration to schedule, construction limits, structure locations, environmental concerns, and safety and compliance requirements.
A Clean Exit™ from Temporary Access Roads
When you use Sterling’s Clean Exit mats at the exit point of your temporary road, vehicles leaving your jobsite will reduce the debris tracked onto the main thoroughfare. This effective, low-cost solution knocks dirt and debris off the bottom of vehicles before they drive onto public roads, reducing your cleanup costs.
OTHER RESOURCES
Ground Protection and the Environment: Holding Site Partners Accountable
Find out how your site access partner can improve Scope 1& 2 emissions and support your ESG initiatives.
Matting 101
Learn why matting decisions are a critical part of managing costs and get an in-depth look at the advantages and disadvantages of each mat.
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Learn how Sterling can help you at every stage of your project, from initial planning and delivery through site cleanup.