Nowadays, road surface maintenance is crucial to ensuring safety and efficiency in transport. The course Road surface maintenance: Inspection, design and implementation of measures It is designed to equip you with the necessary skills in the field of manufacturing and installation, as well as in the rehabilitation road surfacing and the use of special mixtures. Demand for skilled professionals in this field is booming, given the expansion of infrastructure and the need for their maintenance. On completion of this course, you will be equipped to tackle challenges in road surface rehabilitation, applying advanced techniques in assessment and monitoring. What’s more, the online approach offers you the flexibility you need to balance your studies with other responsibilities. Make the most of this opportunity to excel in a growing sector, gaining knowledge that will put you at the forefront of the civil engineering.
Road surface maintenance: Inspection, design and implementation of measures
Civil Engineering and Structures
120 hours
Introduction
Objectives
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Understanding manufacturing and quality control techniques for stable on the roads.
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To analyse the procedures for rehabilitation of damaged pavements.
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Identify different types of mixtures specially designed for use on road surfaces.
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To assess the quality of the materials used in the construction of road surfaces.
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Designing road resurfacing projects tailored to needs specific.
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Implement methods for auscultation to detect defects in road surfaces.
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Apply criteria for sustainability in the maintenance of road infrastructure.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. MANUFACTURE, INSTALLATION AND INSPECTION. PART I
Introduction
Types of hot mix asphalt
Names of hot bituminous mixes
Types of shoe polish
Types of emulsions
Use of hot-mix asphalt
Road surface defects
Characterisation of a mixture for CE marking. Type test
TEACHING UNIT 2. MANUFACTURE, INSTALLATION AND INSPECTION. PART II
What are granular layers and what are they used for?
Manufacture of co-extruded material
Installation of the material
Testing and quality control
TEACHING UNIT 3. MANUFACTURE, INSTALLATION AND INSPECTION. PART III
What are cement-treated layers and what are they used for?
Production of soil-cement and gravel-cement at the plant
Transport, dumping, spreading and compaction
“In situ” stabilisation”
Control tests at the various stages
TEACHING UNIT 4. MANUFACTURE, INSTALLATION AND INSPECTION. PART IV
What are bituminous mixtures and what are they used for?
Manufacture of the material
Transport, spreading and compaction
Quality control
TEACHING UNIT 5. MANUFACTURE, INSTALLATION AND INSPECTION. PART V
Introduction
The importance of load transfer at the joints in concrete pavements and ways of achieving it
Construction of a concrete road surface
TEACHING UNIT 6. ROAD SURFACE REHABILITATION. PART I
Road Pavement Mechanics
Pavement design
TEACHING UNIT 7. ROAD SURFACE REHABILITATION. PART II
Introduction
Structural capacity
Coefficient of friction: microstructure
Determination of texture: macrotexture
Surface regularity: longitudinal and transverse
Monitoring road noise
Determining drainage capacity
Thickness measurement
TEACHING UNIT 8. ROAD SURFACE REHABILITATION. PART III
Introduction
Types of road surface
Acknowledgement
Guideline 6.3-ic on road surface rehabilitation
Service Note 3/2011, dated 4 October, on criteria to be taken into account in projects for the structural and/or surface rehabilitation of road surfaces
TEACHING UNIT 9. ROAD SURFACE REHABILITATION. PART IV
Introduction
The basics of adhesion
Basics of noise generation in the tread layer. Regulations
Treatment of superficial rehabilitation in 6.3-i.c
Special techniques
TEACHING UNIT 10. ROAD SURFACE REHABILITATION. PART V
Structural refurbishment
Cosmetic restoration
Traffic diversions during the works
Preventative conservation work
TEACHING UNIT 11. SPECIAL MIXTURES. PART I
Introduction
What are cold micro-agglomerates and what are they used for?
Construction, spreading and compaction
Control tests at the various stages
TEACHING UNIT 12. SPECIAL MIXTURES. PART II
Overview
Designation
Design of the working formula
Materials that make up the mixtures
Manufacturing
Installation
Compaction
Opening to traffic
Manufacturing and installation supervision
Maintenance of batch and drain-type mixers
Examples of the behaviour of wearing courses (crt) as a function of the type of aggregate used in the wearing course mixes
Examples of aggregates and quarries available for discontinuous and porous road surface mixes
TEACHING UNIT 13. SPECIAL MIXTURES. PART III
Introduction
In-situ recycling using bituminous emulsion layers
In-situ recycling of road surface layers using cement
On-site hot recycling of bituminous layers
TEACHING UNIT 14. SPECIAL MIXTURES. PART IV
MAM-type mixtures
SMA-type mixtures
Warm mixtures and mixtures at lower temperatures
Double-layer porous bituminous mixtures
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