Overview
A two-day course that will assist attendees with the management and rehabilitation design of urban road pavements. Why Should an Individual Attend?
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Learn about road pavement deterioration and pavement life cycles
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Refresh your knowledge of road pavement materials and pavement design basics
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Understand how to optimally manage urban road pavements
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Learn about road pavement rehabilitation design processes and principles
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Master the DCP method for pavement rehabilitation design
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Understand the different management and rehabilitation design requirements of urban road pavements vis-à-vis those of rural and inter-urban roads
Program Outline
DAY 1
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Road Pavement Deterioration and Road construction maintenance
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Road Pavement Types and the Composition of flexible pavements
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Pavement Materials and their properties
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The Load Equivalence principles
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Pavement Design Principles
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Asset management basics
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Pavement Management Systems for the urban environment
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Condition assessments and the calculation of Visual Condition Index (VCI) and other indexes
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Compiling rehabilitation and resurfacing project lists
DAY 2
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Project level assessment and investigation
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DCP Tests
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Design Traffic investigations and calculations
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Rehabilitation design methods
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DCP design method, including Pavement Balance
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Remedial measures
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Present Worth of Costs analysis
Who Should Attend?
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Staff involved in the management and rehabilitation design of urban road pavements
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Staff employed in local government and involved in, or about to become involved in the field
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Candidate engineers, technologists and technicians
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Experienced personnel looking for a refresher in the management and rehabilitation design of urban road pavements
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