In the realm of road infrastructure, maintaining safety and functionality is crucial. «Maintenance of road elements (II)» is an online course tailored to equip participants with vital knowledge and practical approaches in signposting and beaconing, improving road user safety. Engage with strategies to optimize vertical and horizontal signaling, ensuring these critical components meet stringent safety criteria. Delve into the intricacies of beaconing and protections, learning their implementation for enhanced road safety. Explore tunnel diagnostics and repair methods, critical for maintaining structural integrity against wear and tear. With a special focus on winter road management, the course prepares you to strategize against seasonal challenges using appropriate machinery and materials, taking meteorological influences into account. This course encapsulates essential skills for road maintenance, aiming to enrich your understanding of vital road elements across four key units.
Maintenance of Road Elements (II)
This course is designed for professionals involved in road infrastructure, such as engineers, architects, and maintenance staff, aiming to enhance road safety and efficiency. Participants will learn about signaling principles, understand beaconing and protections, manage tunnel installations, and plan winter maintenance. This practical training will equip them with updated tools and procedures to optimize road management.
40 hours
Civil Engineering and Structures
Course objectives
- To acquire the necessary knowledge about vertical and horizontal signaling, their role in improving road safety, and the characteristics that must be met to achieve their safety objectives.
- To apply signaling implement criteria and vertical signaling operation procedures.
- To implement horizontal signaling BEACONING AND PROTECTIONS.
- To acquire the necessary knowledge about beaconing and protections, their role in improving road safety, and the characteristics that must be met to achieve their safety objectives.
- To learn beaconing and protection operation procedures INSTALLATIONS AND TUNNELS.
- To acquire the necessary knowledge about tunnel diagnosis and interventions.
- To learn the necessary treatments applied on the damages to structural elements and tunnel linings. WINTER ROAD MANAGEMENT.
- To learn how to organize and plan winter road services.
- To learn about the machinery and materials used in the winter road works.
- To learn about the role of meteorology in road management.
What does it prepare you for?
This course equips participants with key insights into road maintenance, focusing on essential elements like signaling and beaconing for safety. You'll learn about tunnel upkeep and winter service planning, utilizing the latest management tools and operational procedures, while understanding the influence of weather on road conditions.
Teaching units
UNIT 1. SIGNALLING
Definition, design and characteristics of vertical signage
Retroreflection and criteria for vertical signage implementation
Vertical marking operations
Definition, purpose and characteristics of horizontal signage
Materials, selection criteria and application of horizontal signage
UNIT 2. BEACONING AND DEFENCES
Definition, classification and beaconing elements
Installation and operations of beacons
Enclosure fencing
Vehicle restraint systems. Safety barriers and parapets
Arrangement of barriers and parapets. Other vehicle restraint systems
UNIT 3. TUNNEL INSTALLATIONS
Diagnosis of the installations
Tunnel diagnosis and intervention
Tunnels - facilities
Tunnels - structural elements
Tunnels - state of the linings
UNIT 4. WINTER MAINTENANCE
General aspects
Organisation of winter maintenance
Fluxes and machinery
Performance techniques
Meteorology and management systems