Beschreibung:
This book gives the essential information needed by every road worker, highway technician, incorporated, graduate or chartered engineer, not only by explaining the theory of road construction and its associated activities, but by illustrating its application with practical working methods that are in use in everyday engineering practice.
Preface. Highway development. Maps, drawings and surveying. Earthworks. Drainage. Flexible and composite pavement. Rigid pavements. Kerbing, footways and paved areas. Ancillary construction work. Safety at work. Materials and testing. Highway plant. Street furniture. Bridgeworks: construction and maintenance. Highway maintenance. New Roads and Street Works Act. Site organization. Answers to revision questions. Suggested reading list. Index.