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Building rural roads.
The purpose of this manual is to provide technical staff ranging from site supervisors to engineers with a technical reference which details commonly used work methods and best practices for constructing rural roads. It describes all phases of works management from the initial stages of identificati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Geneva :
International Labour Office; ILO's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half title page; Copyright information; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF WORKS; 1.1 Planning Framework; 1.2 Key Features of a Plan; 1.3 Road Selection; 1.4 Selection Criteria; 1.5 Design Standards; 1.6 Technology Choice; 1.7 Road Inventories; 1.8 Planning and Estimating Works; 1.9 The Design Process; 1.10 Road Alignments; 1.11 Quantity Surveying; 1.12 Time Management Planning; 1.13 Cost Estimating; 1.14 Tendering Stage; 1.15 Works Implementation; CHAPTER 2. SURVEYING AND SETTING OUT; 2.1 Selecting the Road Alignment.
- 2.2 Tools for Surveying and Setting Out2.3 Horizontal Alignment; 2.4 Vertical Alignment; 2.5 Setting Out Cross Sections; CHAPTER 3. TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT; 3.1 Importance of Tools and Equipment; 3.2 Quality of Tools; 3.3 Characteristics of Suitable Hand Tools; 3.4 Maintenance and Repair of Hand Tools; 3.5 Construction Equipment; 3.6 Maintenance of Equipment; CHAPTER 4. CLEARING; 4.1 Site Clearing; 4.2 Bush Clearing; 4.3 Tree and Stump Removal; 4.4 Grubbing; 4.5 Boulder Removal; CHAPTER 5. EARTHWORKS; 5.1 Definition; 5.2 Construction Principles; 5.3 Calculating Volumes.
- 5.4 Organising the Excavating Works5.5 Embankment Construction; 5.6 Side Drain and Camber Construction; 5.7 Transporting Materials; 5.8 Rock Excavation; 5.9 Slope Stabilisation; CHAPTER 6. GABIONS; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Size and Specifications; 6.3 Assembling the Cages; 6.4 Common Layouts for Structures Using Gabions; 6.5 Drainage Structures; 6.6 Bank Protection; CHAPTER 7. DRAINAGE; 7.1 Overview; 7.2 Road Surface Drainage; 7.3 Side Drains; 7.4 Mitre Drains; 7.5 Scour Checks; 7.6 Catch-water Drains (Cut-off Drains); 7.7 Culverts; 7.8 Drifts; 7.9 Vented Fords; CHAPTER 8. CULVERTS.
- 8.1 Introduction8.2 Culvert Location; 8.3 Setting Out; 8.4 Setting Out Procedures; 8.5 Construction Operations; 8.6 Constructing Headwalls, Wing Walls and Aprons; 8.7 Culvert Approaches; 8.8 Concrete Pipe Manufacture; 8.9 Corrugated Steel Pipes; CHAPTER 9. PAVEMENT; 9.1 Function and Composition of Road Pavements; 9.2 Pavement Design; 9.3 Pavement Types; 9.4 Earth Roads; 9.5 Gravel Roads; 9.6 Soil Mixing; 9.7 Chemically Stabilised Soils; 9.8 Macadam Type Pavements; 9.9 Biturninous Pavements; 9.10 Surface Dressing; 9.11 Otta Seals; 9.12 Stone Pavements; 9.13 Concrete Surfaces.
- CHAPTER 10. SOIL MECHANICS10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Definitions; 10.3 Distinguishing Soils; 10.4 Simple Fields Tests; 10.5 Soil Sampling; 10.6 Laboratory Testing; 10.7 Applying Compaction to Various Soil Types; CHAPTER 11. COMPACTION; 11.1 Purpose; 11.2 Fundamentals of Compaction; 11.3 Compaction Methods; 11.4 Compaction Procedures; 11.5 Quality Standards; CHAPTER 12. CONCRETE WORKS; 12.1 Basic Features; 12.2 Materials and Storage; 12.3 Proportion of the Components; 12.4 Water to Cement Ratio; 12.5 Mixing Concrete; 12.6 Formwork; 12.7 Transport of Concrete; 12.8 Pouring Concrete; 12.9 Curing.