Building rural roads / Bjorn Johannessen.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Johannessen, Bjorn.

Contributor:

International Labour Organization.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural roads.

Rural roads--Design and construction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (470 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bangkok : International Labour Organization, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The purpose of this manual is to provide technical staff ranging from site supervisors to engineers with a technical reference which details commonly used work methods and best practices for constructing rural roads. It describes all phases of works management from the initial stages of identification and design, through technical planning, work organization, works implementation procedures, site administration, to reporting and control.

Contents:

Cover; Half title page; Copyright information; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF WORKS; 1.1 Planning Framework; 1.2 Key Features of a Plan; 1.3 Road Selection; 1.4 Selection Criteria; 1.5 Design Standards; 1.6 Technology Choice; 1.7 Road Inventories; 1.8 Planning and Estimating Works; 1.9 The Design Process; 1.10 Road Alignments; 1.11 Quantity Surveying; 1.12 Time Management Planning; 1.13 Cost Estimating; 1.14 Tendering Stage; 1.15 Works Implementation; CHAPTER 2. SURVEYING AND SETTING OUT; 2.1 Selecting the Road Alignment

2.2 Tools for Surveying and Setting Out; 2.3 Horizontal Alignment; 2.4 Vertical Alignment; 2.5 Setting Out Cross Sections; CHAPTER 3. TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT; 3.1 Importance of Tools and Equipment; 3.2 Quality of Tools; 3.3 Characteristics of Suitable Hand Tools; 3.4 Maintenance and Repair of Hand Tools; 3.5 Construction Equipment; 3.6 Maintenance of Equipment; CHAPTER 4. CLEARING; 4.1 Site Clearing; 4.2 Bush Clearing; 4.3 Tree and Stump Removal; 4.4 Grubbing; 4.5 Boulder Removal; CHAPTER 5. EARTHWORKS; 5.1 Definition; 5.2 Construction Principles; 5.3 Calculating Volumes

5.4 Organising the Excavating Works; 5.5 Embankment Construction; 5.6 Side Drain and Camber Construction; 5.7 Transporting Materials; 5.8 Rock Excavation; 5.9 Slope Stabilisation; CHAPTER 6. GABIONS; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Size and Specifications; 6.3 Assembling the Cages; 6.4 Common Layouts for Structures Using Gabions; 6.5 Drainage Structures; 6.6 Bank Protection; CHAPTER 7. DRAINAGE; 7.1 Overview; 7.2 Road Surface Drainage; 7.3 Side Drains; 7.4 Mitre Drains; 7.5 Scour Checks; 7.6 Catch-water Drains (Cut-off Drains); 7.7 Culverts; 7.8 Drifts; 7.9 Vented Fords; CHAPTER 8. CULVERTS

8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Culvert Location; 8.3 Setting Out; 8.4 Setting Out Procedures; 8.5 Construction Operations; 8.6 Constructing Headwalls, Wing Walls and Aprons; 8.7 Culvert Approaches; 8.8 Concrete Pipe Manufacture; 8.9 Corrugated Steel Pipes; CHAPTER 9. PAVEMENT; 9.1 Function and Composition of Road Pavements; 9.2 Pavement Design; 9.3 Pavement Types; 9.4 Earth Roads; 9.5 Gravel Roads; 9.6 Soil Mixing; 9.7 Chemically Stabilised Soils; 9.8 Macadam Type Pavements; 9.9 Biturninous Pavements; 9.10 Surface Dressing; 9.11 Otta Seals; 9.12 Stone Pavements; 9.13 Concrete Surfaces

CHAPTER 10. SOIL MECHANICS; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Definitions; 10.3 Distinguishing Soils; 10.4 Simple Fields Tests; 10.5 Soil Sampling; 10.6 Laboratory Testing; 10.7 Applying Compaction to Various Soil Types; CHAPTER 11. COMPACTION; 11.1 Purpose; 11.2 Fundamentals of Compaction; 11.3 Compaction Methods; 11.4 Compaction Procedures; 11.5 Quality Standards; CHAPTER 12. CONCRETE WORKS; 12.1 Basic Features; 12.2 Materials and Storage; 12.3 Proportion of the Components; 12.4 Water to Cement Ratio; 12.5 Mixing Concrete; 12.6 Formwork; 12.7 Transport of Concrete; 12.8 Pouring Concrete; 12.9 Curing; 12.10 Quality Testing

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 464-466).

ISBN:

92-2-120978-4

OCLC:

780425676