DE6202 – Highway Engineering 2
Module code
DE6202
Module title
Highway Engineering 2
Prescription
To develop knowledge of road pavement design, roading project evaluations, asset management, road maintenance and management.
Programmes
- SC1101
NZQA Level
Level 6
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Enhanced
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- On successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Evaluate the road transportation funding mechanisms and the feasibility of roading projects
2. Design the geometrical and structural components of a road.
3. Evaluate road maintenance solutions/techniques and develop a simple road maintenance strategy
4. Evaluate asset management and road maintenance management fundamentals. - Content
- - Funding source and mechanism, benefit cost ratio, projects costs, project benefits, time value of money, project evaluations and principles and factors to be considered for route location.
- Characteristics and applications of a range of wearing surfaces, design of sprayed seal surfaces, granular flexible pavement design by mechanical analysis, road geometrics, horizontal alignment, transition curves, vertical alignment, ancillary services (safety rails, pavement marking, signage, street lighting).
- Road condition monitoring, maintenance methods and strategies, life cycle, rehabilitation options, temporary traffic management requirements, safety
- Asset management fundamentals, road performance data acquisition and analysis, life cycle costing, maintenance management strategies. - Assessment Criteria
- Assignment 50%
Examination 50%
