Highway Technology

TMS offers an extensive range of training courses in the field of Road Safety and Traffic Management.  All courses offer a 'hands on' approach to training and are recognised for CPD by the IHE and CIHT

Highway Technology

Course Information:

This course will be taught as 4 separate modules of 2 days duration, adding up to a total of 8 days. At the end of each module an assignment will be set. This should be completed by the student and submitted by the start of the next module. There will be around 6 weeks between the modules, which allows students sufficient time to complete the assignment and hand it before the next module commences.

Aims & Objectives:

The course will provide students with a comprehensive introduction to highway technology and will give students the confidence to do this type of work once back in the working environment. The course is valuable to students new to the subject matter or those with practical experience but lacking the academic background in the subject area. The qualification is a well respected demonstration of competence in this area of work.

Topics Covered:

HT1:

Responsibility for Public Highways

• Legal responsibility for highways
• Financial responsibility for highways

Investigation and Design of Highways

• The overall project
• Perception
• Investigation
• Preliminary design
• Final design

Ground Investigation

• Aims for ground investigation
• Methods of ground investigation
• Ground properties

Introduction to Safety

• Safety and highway technology
• Principles of construction safety
• Design and contruction of safe roads

HT2:

Planning and Design of Earthworks

• Earthworks
• Acceptable and unacceptable material
• Stability of cutting
• Safe slopes in cuttings
• Stability of embankments

Earthworks methods and plant

• Site clearance
• Topsoil
• Excavation, loading and hauling
• Spreading and compaction of fill
• Preparation of the formation

Principles of drainage

• Harmless water?
• Moisture and road construction

Sub-Soil Drainage

• Moisture in the subgrade
• Methods of sub soil drainage
• Disposal of sub soil water

Surface Water Drainage

• The need for a drainage system
• Surface topgraphy
• Channel types
• Spacing and location of gullies
• Detailed design of gullies
• Culverts, sewers, drains and pipes
• Manholes
• Connections

HT3:

Pavement Design

• Action of traffic on pavements
• Multi-layer pavements
• Properties of the subgrade
• Pavement design procedures

Sub-Bases and Roadbases

• Selection of materials
• Setting out
• Laying and compaction
• Quality control

Bituminous Materials

• The origin and composition of bituminous materials
• Production and transportation of materials
• The role of aggregates in skid resistance
• Selection of bituminous materials for surfacing
• Ordering bituminous materials from a supplier

Surfacing

• Laying organisation
• Surfacing plant

Quality Control of Surfacing

• Levels and riding quality
• Factors affecting durability
• Skid resistance

HT4:

Rigid Pavement

• Components of a rigid pavement
• Preparing to lay the concrete
• Laying the concrete

Footways

• Design considerations
• Structure and construction
• Kerbs and channels
• Street furniture

Signs and Markings

• Permanent signs and markings
• Signing of roadworks
• Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual

Certification:

This course offers a BTEC Level 4 Certificate of Achievement for students through completion of a series of assignments that will be assessed by TMS and City of Bath College. These courses can also contribute to the achievement of a Professional Diploma in Civil Engineering by further study of Highways and Transportation topics material from the TMS and City of Bath College training programme.

Students can attend the courses and not undertake the assignments if they wish and will receive a certificate of attendance (providing all the modules are attended).

A joint TMS / City of Bath College Certificate/Diploma will also be issued to students completing the course.

How much will it cost and what is included?

Fee for this course is £1,549 excluding VAT. This is payable in advance of attending the course (not on completion). This will include a course manual, additional notes and lunch / refreshments on the days of the course. The course will be run at a training venue in Coventry.

Course Dates:

HT1: 24th - 25th April 2012

HT2: 20th - 21st June 2012

HT3: 14th - 15th August 2012 - Cancelled - Re-Scheduled for 7th - 8th August 2012

HT4: 25th - 26th September 2012

Regional and In-house courses

TMS can also run this course on a regional and in-house basis. The courses can be run in-house for organisations or groups of organisations which can get together. This may be more cost effective for organisations where there are 6 or more delegates. 

Further Information

Please contact Gill Brooks at TMS or to book a place download course booking form (pdf format).