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BYGT1102

Transport infrastructure

Choose study year
Credits 7.5
Level Foundation courses, level I
Course start Autumn 2024
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

Introduction to transport challenges,inclusive design, transport analyses, maps and terrain models, geometric design, materials for road construction, railway design, traffic safety and operation&maintenance.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

The students will get knowledge about how the need for transport arise and is controlled. They will learn how to describe the world using maps and terrain models and how to design geometry of roads and railways. The students will also get knowledge about materials like crushed rock and asphalt and how they are used in road construction. They will also get knowledge about operation/maintenance and safety in the transport system.

Skills:

The students get an introduction to digital tools for planning and gathering of terrain information by using GPS.

General competence:

The students will understand how the different phases of the life of a structure are dependent on each other. The students will get training in performing and interpretation of laboratory tests. They will also experience how people with disabilities can use infrastructure and buildings.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, assignments. Laboratory work and demonstrations. The assignments must be accepted to give admittance to exam. Lectures could be both physical in auditorium or digital.

Learning activities might be combined with TBA4204

Compulsory assignments

  • Exercises

Further on evaluation

The course assessment is a final written exam. In order to be eligible for the exam you must pass the compulsory assignments. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral.

Course materials

Lecture notes. List will be provided at start of the course.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
TBA4204 7.5 sp Autumn 2023
BYGA1102 7.5 sp Autumn 2023
BYGG1102 7.5 sp Autumn 2023
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Road, Transport and Geomatics

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2024

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code D Date 2024-12-02 Time 15:00 Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room for school exam

The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.

Sluppenvegen 14
Room SL415
43 candidates
Room SL311 orange sone
44 candidates
Room SL420
Room SL520
1 candidate
Room SL238
7 candidates

Re-sit examination - Summer 2025

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code D Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room
The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.