E1008 ROADS AND DRAINAGE

Examiner: Mr. Ernest Yoong

Assistant Examiner: Associate Professor Ron Ayers

Overview: The unit E1008 Roads and Drainage is offered in the Bachelor of Technology and Associate Degree in Civil Engineering courses in the Faculty of Engineering and Surveying at the University of Southern Queensland. The main campus of the USQ is in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The unit is offered by full time on-campus study and by distance education. Both full time and external students use the distance education Study Books as the text for the unit. All students undertake the same assessment scheme.

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Modules: (Click on to link to individual modules)

• 1 Road Systems and Design Standards
• 2 Rural Road Construction
• 3 Urban Road Construction and Reconstruction
• 4 Pavement Materials
• 5 Pavement Design
• 6 Soil Stabilisation
• 7 Pavement Construction
• 8 Bituminous Materials
• 9 Bituminous Surfacing Practice
• 10 Traffic Control Devices
• 11 Street Lighting
• 12 Traffic Studies
• 13 Traffic Management
• 14 Parking Design
• 15 Facilities for Pedestrians and Cyclists
• 16 Maintenance of Roads and Streets
• 17 Urban Drainage
• 18 Culvert Design
• 19 Construction of Drains

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Prerequisites: This unit has no formal prerequisites. However, as the unit occurs approximately three quarters of the way through the Bachelor of Technology and Associate Degree in Civil Engineering courses it is assumed that students undertaking the unit will have a basic understanding of engineering materials, soils, geology, surveying, hydrology and hydraulics.

The Web pages for individual modules contain some or all of the following:

• the headings and sub-headings of sections in the Study Books for the module
• a summary of material contained in the Study Books for the module,
• links to other Web based material regarding the topics of the module, and
• additional material not contained in the Study Books (non-assessable).

Page last modified 7 July 1999.