Course Details:
Course Objectives
By the end of this road maintenance and infrastructure management course, participants will:
- Comprehend the importance of road maintenance management.
- Plan and prioritize road maintenance employing multiple criteria decision-making.
- Develop a comprehensive road management plan.
- Identify and recommend improvements for existing maintenance programs.
- Thoroughly evaluate complex road maintenance programs and plans.
Targeted Competencies
At the end of this road maintenance and infrastructure management course, the target competencies will be able to:
- Understand the lifecycle cost of the road network.
- Master the maintenance management planning and execution.
- Development of robust maintenance strategies.
- Expertise in maintenance prioritization.
- Manage budgeting and financial aspects related to road maintenance.
- Implement modern tools and technologies for road inventory management.
- Promote maintenance sustainability.
Course Content
Unit 1: Road Infrastructure as an Asset
- Introduction.
- Define the purpose of road maintenance activities.
- Manage road network inventory.
- Understand strategies for the prevention of road deterioration.
- Outline road maintenance management activities.
Unit 2: Monitoring and Actions
- Classification of road.
- Monitoring of surface condition.
- Variables in road condition monitoring.
- Recognizing factors affecting road lifetime.
- Learn about procedures for pavement rehabilitation and recycling.
Unit 3: Road Maintenance Project Management
- Overview of maintenance operations.
- Management of road surfaces.
- Shoulders and approaches.
- Maintenance of roadsides.
- Understand how to maintain bridges, tunnels, and drainage structures.
- Understand the implementation of traffic controls and safety devices.
- Control adverse weather conditions like snow, ice, dunes, and sand.
Unit 4: Road Maintenance and Construction
- Determine pavement condition.
- Strategies for pavement resurfacing.
- Manage work zones for minimal disruption.
- Structure a road maintenance program.
- Learn how to set road maintenance goals and performance measures.
Unit 5: Developing a Robust Road Maintenance Plan
- Road improvement project planning.
- Craft project strategies and proposals.
- Deliver project outcomes.
- Road survey overview.
- Conduct road surveys and preliminary analysis.
- Understand how to create an effective communication plan.
- Address road maintenance quality issues.
- Implement preventive road maintenance techniques.
- Learn about promptly addressing road emergency repairs.
- Plan for road rehabilitation.
- Road reconstruction.
Leveraging Engineers’ Tools for Road Maintenance
- Application of LIDAR systems.
- Capture road inventory through point cloud data collection.
- Employ traffic data collection and big data analytics.
- Conduct road safety audits.
- Incorporate road design innovations.
- Integrating Intelligent Transportation System (ITS).