Theme : Road and Bridge Projects

Coverage of the course

  1. Planning and Development of Rural Roads (present status, strategy of State Government to develop rural roads with Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) and criteria adopted for selection of projects.
  2. Property of different soils involved in road construction.
  3. Pavement Design Criteria for Rural/Low Volume Traffic Roads.
  4. Geometric Design Standards and Drawings.
  5. Pavement Materials used for Rural Road Construction.
  6. Quality control aspects and maintenance.
  7. Cross Drainage Works.
  8. Protection Works (retaining walls, etc.).
  9. Road making machineries.
  10. Road Economics.
  11. Project Monitoring and Evaluation.

Bridge Projects

  1. Guidelines for the Design of Small Bridges and Culverts.
  2. Qualitative Aspect of Design of bridge components.
  3. Bridge economics.
  4. Non destructive testing and maintenance of bridges.
  5. Project Monitoring and Evaluation.

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Contents last updated on: 26th June 1999.