ICE manual of highway design and management / edited by Ian D. Walsh ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walsh, Ian D.

Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)

Series:

ICE manuals.

ICE manuals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Highway engineering.

Highway planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 698 p.) : ill.

Other Title:

Manual of highway design and management

Place of Publication:

London : ICE Publishing, 2011.

Summary:

The 'ICE Manual of Highway Design and Management' is a one-stop reference for all practising engineers working in the field of highway engineering.

Contents:

SECTION 1: Financial, legal and contractual framework

Chapter 1: Highway Legislation: England and Wales

Chapter 2: Highway Legislation: Scotland

Chapter 3: Highway Legislation: Northern Ireland

Chapter 4: Public procurement

Chapter 5: Funding the Highways Agency: estimates, funding, monitoring

Chapter 6: Major highway scheme finance

Chapter 7: Highway capital maintenance

Chapter 8: Revenue funding for maintenance activities

Chapter 9: Forms of contract for highway construction projects

Chapter 10: National specification and design documents

Chapter 11: Local specifications and design documents

Chapter 12: European Standards for products

SECTION 2: Transport planning

Chapter 13: Introduction to policy and practice

Chapter 14: Existing conditions and data

Chapter 15: Characteristics of transport and travel

Chapter 16: Estimating transport demand

Chapter 17: Traffic models for highway schemes

Chapter 18: Forecasting future conditions

Chapter 19: Scheme appraisal

Chapter 20: Public consultation

SECTION 3: Traffic engineering

Chapter 21: Introduction, history, definition

Chapter 22: Traffi c engineering legislation

Chapter 23: Traditional traffic management

Chapter 24: Capacity analysis

Chapter 25: Highway layout and junction design

Chapter 26: Vehicle parking, waiting and loading

Chapter 27: Modern traffic management

Chapter 28: Assisting public transport

Chapter 29: Road safety engineering

Chapter 30: Intelligent transport systems

SECTION 4: Highway design principles and practice

Chapter 31: Highway design principles and practice: an introduction

Chapter 32: Site investigation and foundation design

Chapter 33: Geometric design

Chapter 34: Drainage design

Chapter 35: Private developer projects

Chapter 36: Pavement design (highways)

Chapter 37: Pavement design (highways rigid)

Chapter 38: Pavement design (ancillary usage)

Chapter 39: Analytical pavement design

Chapter 40: Unsealed highway construction

Chapter 41: Surface characteristics (noise)

Chapter 42: Skid resistance

Chapter 43: Sustainability

Chapter 44: Environmental considerations

SECTION 5: Highway materials and recycling

Chapter 45: Highway materials: an introduction

Chapter 46: Unbound aggregates

Chapter 47: Hydraulically bound mixtures for local roads

Chapter 48: Roller compacted concrete

Chapter 49: Cold mix asphalt layers

Chapter 50: Hot mix asphalt layers

Chapter 51: Laying asphalts

Chapter 52: Small element paving: design and construction

Chapter 53: Surface treatments for highways

Chapter 54: Road markings

SECTION 6: Maintenance planning and techniques

Chapter 55: Introduction and scope

Chapter 56: Maintenance policies

Chapter 57: Maintenance types

Chapter 58: The maintenance organisation

Chapter 59: Politics and public

Chapter 60: The involvement and impact of the utilities

Chapter 61: Winter service and other weather emergencies

Chapter 62: Financial management

SECTION 7: Asset management

Chapter 63: An introduction to asset management

Chapter 64: Starting the process of asset management

Chapter 65: Levels of Service

Chapter 66: Valuation of the assets

Chapter 67: Lifecycle planning

Chapter 68: Asset management strategy and risk management

Chapter 69: Developments and conclusions

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780727741677 (e-book)

9780727741110 (hbk.)