Course - Planning and construction of roads - BYGA2227
Planning and construction of roads
About
About the course
Course content
Premises for geometric design of roads
- Road geometry and line construction
- Cross-sectional design and road side terrain
- Dimensioning of superstructure
- Load-bearing capacity, reinforcement
- Environmental-climate impact
- Aesthetics and adaptation to terrain
- Universal design
- The road in society
- Data basis; map data and area plan data
- Use of digital design tools
- Production of road models, floor plans and quantity calculation
Learning outcome
Students should have knowledge of:
- Basic principles of planning and design of roads.
- Alignment, road aesthetics and good adaptation to the surroundings.
- Basic knowledge of road construction materials.
- Loads on and dimensioning methods for road constructions.
- Laws, regulations and norms that apply to the subject area.
- The subject area's ethical environmental challenges.
- Understand the construction process within road construction within the framework of laws and regulations, and the role of stakeholders.
- That road planning contributes to achieving sustainable infrastructure and sustainable cities and communities.
Skills
Students should be able to:
- Construct a road line with good adaptation to the surroundings.
- Use the handbooks of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration within road and street design
- Implement road planning using various technical tools.
- Dimension road constructions against traffic and climate stresses.
General competence
Students will:
- Apply knowledge of basic principles for road design.
- Assess the environmental consequences of locating and designing roads.
- Carry out sensible choices of materials for the various layers / elements in a road construction
- Dimension road constructions to withstand current and future changes in climate and traffic load.
- Prepare detailed plans for roads/ infrastructure.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures and exercises with supervision.
Compulsory assignments
- Mandatory assignments
Further on evaluation
4 mandatory exercises. All exercises must be approved to be admitted to the exam.
Re-sit exam in August.
In case of a re-sit exam written exam may be changed into oral.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Civil Engineering - Engineering (BIBYGG)
Recommended previous knowledge
The subjects Geomatics and Geotechnics
Course materials
This will be informed at the start of the study.
Subject areas
- Highway Engineering