About the Program
The objective of this course is to provide the candidates the Detail knowledge and skills in Highway & Roads Design to facilitate faster learning curves while on the job.
This course presents information on the gravel roads maintenance and design for the benefit of engineers, contractors, planners, managers, and grader operators. The contents cover routine maintenance and rehabilitation, drainage, surface gravel, dust control/stabilization, and innovations.
Learning objective
- Be familiar with the related terminology and acronyms
- Understand the proper road cross section
- Know the recommended crown
- Be familiar with routine shaping principles
- Understand the causes of corrugation
- Know how to deal with corrugation
- Understand the causes of high shoulders
- Know how to deal with high shoulders
- Be able to improve the roadway drainage
- Understand what is good gravel
- Know the process for obtaining good gravel
- Understand the need for testing aggregates
- Know how to calculate the volume of gravel
- Be familiar with the types of stabilizers
- Understand the benefits of stabilization
- Understand the concept of gradation
- Understand the material specification
- Know how to communicate with the suppliers
- Understand the function of culvert and bridge
- Know how to calculate the required thickness of gravel
- Learn the vital factors in the roadway design
- Learn how to decide whether to pave a gravel road and
- Be aware of the innovative equipment and methods
Program Highlights
About The Course
Course Modules
- Routine Maintenance and Rehabilitation
- Understanding Road Cross Section
- Routine Shaping Principles
- Operating Speed
- Moldboard Angle
- Moldboard Pitch
- Motorgrader Stability
- Articulation
- Windrows
- Crown
- Road Shoulder
- High Shoulders (Secondary Ditches)
- Causes of High Shoulders
- Recovering and Spreading on Roadway
- Breaking up Sod and Vegetation in Recovered Material
- Pulling and Covering
- Benefit of Mowing
- Drainage
- Ditches
- Culverts and Bridges
- Underdrains
- Surface Gravel
- What is Good Gravel?
- The difference in Surface Gravel and Other Uses
- Good Gradation
- Benefit of Crushing
- Recycled Asphalt
- The Benefit of Testing Aggregates
- Reasons for Testing
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- Sampling
- Sieve Analysis
- Dust Control/Stabilization
- Types of Stabilizers
- Chlorides
- Resins
- Natural Clays
- Asphalts
- Soybean Oil
- Other Commercial Binders
- Benefits of Stabilization
- Reduced Dusting
- Reduced “Whip Off” of Aggregate
- Reduced Blade Maintenance
- Application Tips
- Need for Good Surface Gravel
- Road Preparation
- Applying the Product
- Optimum Moisture
- Test Sections
- Section V: Innovations
- Changes in Gravel Maintenance
- Changing Conditions—Equipment, Trucks, Cars
- New Innovations
- Innovative Equipment and Methods
- Windrow Pulverizers
- New Cutting Edges
- Shouldering Disks
- Grader-Mounted Dozer Blade
- Grader-Mounted Roller
- Rakes
Course Certificates
SmartBrains is associated with The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) as the Training and Certification partner for various job oriented training programs across various sectors including Oil & Gas, Power, Renewable Energy, Hydrocarbon, IT & ITs, Electronics, Telecom, Agriculture, Life science etc. offering assessment based Training & certifications for a gamut of job profile.
Who should join?
- Working professionals in Domains: Site Engineering, Construction & Commissioning operation & Maintenance, Technicians in Civil & Structural Engineering Field.
- Students (Civil Engineering, Diploma in Civil Engineering) who want to develop their career in Design Engineering.
For Corporate queries
A-25, Sector-59, Noida (UP),India
Pin Code-201301
Connect with Program Advisor
training@smartbrains.com
+91 8955560560 | +91 9891108700
www.smartbrains.com
Nodal Centers
Noida, Dehradun
Guwahati, Pune
Course Features
- Lecture 0
- Quiz 0
- Duration 50 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
