This course provides a practical, “hands-on” introduction to road building materials and road construction techniques. It introduces the terms, jargon and buzz-words regularly used in the road building industry and is aimed at enabling candidates to become familiar with what, where, and how materials are used in road construction.
The course includes a visit to a materials testing laboratory and extensive use is made of hand samples so that candidates are able to gain a better practical understanding of road construction materials. Comprehensive PowerPoint presentations are used to make information easier to digest.
The course covers:
Road pavement components
Most important properties of soils and aggregates
Materials aspects of road construction
Stabilisation
Basic bitumen technology
Introduction to surfacing seals
Basics of hot-mixed asphalt
Overview of materials investigations
Overview of pavement rehabilitation
design options
Basics of pavement design
Basics of concrete technology
This is not a high level course and is aimed at Engineers, Technologists and Technicians with up to 5 years post-graduate experience, who are involved in the design, supervision, and construction of surfaced roads
Delegates can claim 2 ECSA CPD points or SACPCMP 10 CPD hours allocated
Presenter: Mr. Ron Berkers
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