Highway Planning, Pavement Design and Construction

The "Geometric and Traffic Aspects of Highway" course introduces Indian highway development and classification, covering highway alignment, cross-sectional elements, supporting facilities, and pavement layers. Learners will gain insights into the geometric design of highways, focusing on safety, driver comfort, and operational efficiency. Key topics include sight distance for road safety, horizontal alignment elements such as superelevation and transition curves, and vertical alignment considerations, including gradients and curve types like summit and valley curves. The course will also explore highway drainage, including catchment analysis, discharge calculations, and hydraulic drain design. Traffic engineering will be covered, starting with principles, characteristics, volume surveys, and studies on parking and accidents, followed by data analysis and road capacity planning. Additionally, learners will examine traffic control devices, including signs, signals, pavement markings, junctions, interchanges, rotaries, and road furniture. By the end of the course, learners will have essential knowledge in highway geometric planning, drainage, traffic engineering, and control devices. Target learners include civil engineering graduate and post-graduate students, as well as professionals in transportation and infrastructure development, with prerequisites in Concrete Technology, Geotechnical Engineering, Building Materials & Construction, and Construction Equipment & Methods.

The "Pavement Construction Practices" course provides a thorough understanding of highway construction according to IRC and MoRTH standards. It focuses on selecting essential plants and machinery for constructing rigid and flexible pavement layers, including asphalt mix plants, concrete batching plants, and earthmoving equipment. Learners will explore project planning, scheduling, and monitoring, as well as construction sequences and guidelines to meet quality control requirements in compliance with IRC and MoRTH standards. The course offers practical insights into constructing various pavement layers, such as embankments, subgrades, granular sub-base layers, wet mix macadam, bituminous layers (DBM & BC), dry lean concrete (DLC), and pavement quality concrete (PQC). By the end, learners will gain comprehensive knowledge and practical skills, making them proficient in planning, executing, and ensuring quality in highway pavement construction in alignment with Indian standards. Target learners include civil engineering graduate and post-graduate students, as well as professionals in transportation and infrastructure development, with prerequisites in Concrete Technology, Geotechnical Engineering, Building Materials & Construction, and Construction Equipment & Methods.