What you'll learn
- Protection of existing underground services
- Field density test-cone method
- California bearing ratio test
- Road cross-section and profile
- clearing and preparing the area for road work
- Excavation for roadway
- Embankment for road
- Road subgrade
- Future utilities
- Pavement layers-Sub-base materials
- Aggregate base course
- Prime coat
- Tack Coat
- Asphalt mixtures
- Asphalt Paving Courses types
- Constructing of asphalt course
- Testing of completed asphalt courses
- Asphalt design-Marshal method
Requirements
- There is no requirement for this course
Description
This course designed to expand your practical side of engineering knowledge. This course is concentrating on the construction of roads. Here you will learn how the road constructed. The construction stages such as protection of existing services, clearing the area, future utilities, preparing the road subgrade, then placing different pavement layers such as sub-base, base course, and asphaltic courses. Also, we will discuss the types of asphaltic course and the common defects of asphaltic pavement, such as permanent deformation, fatigue cracking, and low-temperature cracking. Also, I will show a typical cross-section of road and road profiles.
Also, I will explain what the prime coat is, why the prime coat is used, and the proper way of applying, preparing the surface of the pavement layer before applying the prime coat, and the curing time for a prime coat. Tack coat, what is the Tack coat, why the Tack coat used, where the tack coat is used, and the proper way of applying of tack coat.
This course will explain the process of placing the various pavement layers, spreading of these layers, compacting then testing of the laid layers. Each layer will be tested to determine the in-situ density, level, thickness, and surface smoothness. Also, the course will discuss the various tests conducted on asphalt courses such as density, degree of compaction, stability, flow, and thickness. This course will discuss the Marshall method, Marshall method used to select the suitable bitumen content for a specific gradation of aggregates by testing specimens to assess their properties and suitability.
Who this course is for:
- People interested in construction work
Course content
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Instructor
My name is Mohammad Hamdan, and I am a Civil Engineer with extensive professional background and experience in the field of construction. I have 10+ years of experience in the construction field.
During my professional career, my emphasis has been placed on structural projects, mainly bridges and roads. Reading and practicing the design of structures is my passion.i was lucky to be a part of a big team that executed major highway interchanges.