Week 3 & 4

Road Design

Required Readings/Links

• Design Methods
• Design Process
• X-Section & Earthwork Computations
• Mass Diagram
• Schiess, P. and C.Whitaker, 1987. Road design and construction in sensitive watersheds
• FAO HB . Chapt 3.1.: Horizontal and Vertical Design
• FAO HB Chapt 3.2. Road Prism Design
• FAO HB Chapt 3.3. Ballast Thickness Design
• FAO HB Chapt 6. Road Construction
• Road Costing
• FERIC-Road construction paper
• Traverse Fieldnote Example A
• Traverse Fieldnote Example B

• Log Truck a typical "design vehicle" for forest roads ppt slides
• Critical Vehicle Examples
• Commercial Vehicles Overview
• Commercial Vehicles Guide
• Axle spacing-loads program

Traverse Entry in RoadEng

FE Handbook: Using RoadEng

HOW TO PUT PEGGED ROAD INTO ROADENG

Additional Links

• NZ Chapt 7. Earthwork
• Earth-Retaining Structures

Lab/Assignments
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