Highway Maintenance (24/25)

This Highway Maintenance course objective is to provide a comprehensive study of all aspects of the maintenance of highways, including the inspection and measurement of the conditions of roads, the maintenance of flexible roads, rigid roads, footways, signs and marking, highway structures and the problems of cyclic maintenance and emergency works.

Topics include: Maintenance codes of practice Designing for maintenance Carriageway assessment and condition surveys Maintenance rating systems Maintenance personnel Asset Management Flexible roads Faults, causes and remedies Planning and organisation of surface dressing The process of surface dressing Treatment of faults in surface dressing Resurfacing Recycling Patching and reinstatement Reconstruction Rigid roads Inspection Surface repairs Joint repairs structural repairs Routine maintenance Footways Defects and repairs of signs and markings Highway structures Components construction and major maintenance Cyclic maintenance Emergency works Winter maintenance