Roads and highways serve as crucial transportation infrastructure that facilitates travel and connectivity between communities. They play a significant role in supporting local economic activities. In order to minimize road closures and disruptions caused by maintenance work, it is imperative to enhance the overall quality of road construction.

Course Objectives:

The training course studies all characteristics of asphalt technology, design of roadway pavement, hot mix design, maintenance and rehabilitation. It illustrates in detail the Superpave system for choosing the appropriate materials and designing the mixtures of asphalt to satisfy weather and traffic conditions of specific roadway paving projects. Moreover, it studies reasons for the deterioration of roadways and the method of maintaining roadways.

At the end of this training course, participants will learn to:

· Distinguish between different types of pavement

· Classifying the soil according to AASHTOO

· Design the hot asphaltic mixture

· Manage the program of pavement maintenance and rehabilitation

Who Should Attend?

This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

Civil Engineer
Civil Technician
Structural Engineer
Geo-technical Engineer

Course Outlines:

Flexible and Rigid Pavement Structural Design

Introduction to the Basics of Pavement and Good Review of Pavement Background
The Soil Classification AASHTO for Existing Sub-grade Soil with Suitable Examples
The Difference between Flexible Pavement and Rigid Pavement
Design of Flexible Pavements
Design of Rigid Pavement

Design of Hot Asphaltic Mixture

Physical Properties of Hot Asphaltic Mixture - Aggregates and Asphalt Cement
Preparing the Asphaltic Samples
The Method of Extracting the Asphalt Samples to be Tested
The Test of Sieve Analysis
Different Types of Hot-Mixes with Different Methodology of Design
Marshall Mix Design with Solved Examples
The Stages of Constructing Pavement
The Effect of Recycling Loads on Pavement

Superpave Asphalt Volumetric Mix Design

Terminology, Equipment Used
Methods of Mix Design to Get Durable Pavement
The principal of Choosing the Appropriate Materials
Determination of a Design Aggregate Structure
Determine of Design Asphalt Binder Content
Type of Superpave Mixes
RAP in Superpave Mixes
Superpave Mix Design Improved with Solved Examples

Pavement Soil Mechanics

Properties of Soil Mechanics
Classification of Soil according to AASHTOO
Roughness Evaluation
Structural Capacity Evaluation
The Cost Analysis of the Life Cycle of the Pavement for both of Flexible and Rigid Pavements
Programming of Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Pavement

Reason of Roadways Deterioration

Cracks in Roadways and Rutting
Detection Tests of Roadways
Precaution for Saving the Paved and Unpaved Roadways
Maintenance Scheme Method of Roadways
Advanced and Up-to-date Technology of Pavement Maintenance

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