Highway and Transportation Design
Semester 2, 2018
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Economic and environmental assessments of transport projects. Land transport funding in NZ. Road safety engineering. Crash reduction and prevention methods. Pavement asset management. Pavement rehabilitation techniques. Heavy-duty pavements, highway drainage and chip seal design. Prerequisite: CIVIL 360Restriction: CIVIL 461, 661
Intended learning outcomes |
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Related assessments |
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Drainage: Students will be able to apply fundamental knowledge of hydrology and hydraulics, road geometry and surfacing properties to calculate highway surface drainage requirements. |
ENGA01: engineering knowledge (3) ENGA02: problem analysis (2) ENGA03: design and solution development (4) ENGA09: individual and team work (1) ENGK04: specialist knowledge (5) ENGK05: engineering design (5) ENGK06: engineering practice (5) UOA_1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice (5) UOA_2: Critical Thinking (4) UOA_3: Solution Seeking (4) |
Final Exam |
Pavement Design: The student will be able to apply fundamental knowledge of pavement properties to design pavement structures given various scenarios of traffic loading, subgrade conditions and pavement layer materials. The student will also be able to determine the most appropriate pavement design option based on life cycle considerations. |
ENGA01: engineering knowledge (3) ENGA02: problem analysis (2) ENGA03: design and solution development (4) ENGK04: specialist knowledge (5) ENGK05: engineering design (5) ENGK06: engineering practice (5) ENGP01: depth of knowledge required (3) ENGP02: range of conflicting requirements (3) ENGP03: depth of analysis required (4) UOA_1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice (5) UOA_2: Critical Thinking (4) UOA_3: Solution Seeking (4) |
Pavement Design Assignment Final Exam |
Economic evaluation of Transportation Projects: The student will be able to analyse and appraise a benefit cost assessment of a transportation infrastructure project and economically evaluate various improvement options. |
ENGA01: engineering knowledge (3) ENGA02: problem analysis (2) ENGA04: investigation (3) ENGA07: environment and sustainability (5) ENGA09: individual and team work (1) ENGK04: specialist knowledge (5) ENGK06: engineering practice (5) ENGK07: societal roles and obligations (2) ENGP01: depth of knowledge required (3) ENGP02: range of conflicting requirements (3) ENGP03: depth of analysis required (4) ENGP04: familiarity of issues (1) ENGP07: interdependence (4) UOA_1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice (5) UOA_2: Critical Thinking (4) UOA_4: Communication and Engagement (3) UOA_5: Independence and Integrity (3) UOA_6: Social and Environmental Responsiblities (5) |
Road Safety - Safe Systems Crash Reduction Project Final Exam |
Crash Reduction Study : The student will be able to describe and apply road safety principles and crash reduction methodologies and strategies to investigate, analyse and appraise road crash sites and economically evaluate improvement options. |
ENGA01: engineering knowledge (3) ENGA02: problem analysis (2) ENGA03: design and solution development (4) ENGA04: investigation (3) ENGA05: modern tool usage (4) ENGA06: engineering and society (4) ENGA07: environment and sustainability (5) ENGA08: ethics (3) ENGA09: individual and team work (1) ENGA10: communication (3) ENGK04: specialist knowledge (5) ENGK05: engineering design (5) ENGK06: engineering practice (5) ENGK07: societal roles and obligations (2) ENGP01: depth of knowledge required (3) ENGP02: range of conflicting requirements (3) ENGP03: depth of analysis required (4) ENGP04: familiarity of issues (1) ENGP07: interdependence (4) UOA_1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice (5) UOA_2: Critical Thinking (4) UOA_3: Solution Seeking (4) UOA_5: Independence and Integrity (3) UOA_6: Social and Environmental Responsiblities (5) |
Road Safety - Safe Systems Crash Reduction Project Final Exam |
Road Safety Engineering : The student will be able to describe and classify the nature of road crashes with respect to the human / vehicle / road environment interaction. |
ENGA01: engineering knowledge (3) ENGA02: problem analysis (2) ENGA04: investigation (3) ENGA05: modern tool usage (4) ENGA06: engineering and society (4) ENGA07: environment and sustainability (5) ENGA08: ethics (3) ENGA09: individual and team work (1) ENGA10: communication (3) ENGK06: engineering practice (5) ENGK07: societal roles and obligations (2) ENGP02: range of conflicting requirements (3) ENGP04: familiarity of issues (1) ENGP06: conflicting stakeholder requirements (1) ENGP07: interdependence (4) UOA_1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice (5) UOA_2: Critical Thinking (4) UOA_3: Solution Seeking (4) UOA_4: Communication and Engagement (3) UOA_5: Independence and Integrity (3) UOA_6: Social and Environmental Responsiblities (5) |
Road Safety - Safe Systems Crash Reduction Project Final Exam |
Design of at – grade Intersections : The student will be able to describe, apply and discuss safe intersection principles by evaluating various attributes and intersection design layouts, and sketching important plan features. |
ENGA01: engineering knowledge (3) ENGK04: specialist knowledge (5) ENGK05: engineering design (5) ENGK06: engineering practice (5) ENGP01: depth of knowledge required (3) UOA_1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice (5) |
Road Safety - Safe Systems Crash Reduction Project Final Exam |
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