Nowadays, roads are the main means of land transport, both for goods and people. As a matter of fact, the construction of new roads, and the maintenance of existing ones, have become a global demand, which has led to the increasing need for professionals with training and knowledge for the construction, maintenance, and operation of roads, considering that the service levels for mobility infrastructure is increasingly demanding.
Objectives
This program has been designed to achieve the following goals:
- Gain a general understanding of road construction.
- Learn about the practical means and methodologies applied to earthworks during road construction.
- Learn the most important elements involved in structure construction from an operation- oriented point of view.
- Learn about bituminous mixes: Manufacturing and implementation.
- Quality control in road construction.
- Road maintenance methodologies.
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of road maintenance.
- Learn the use of organization tools for the maintenance of road elements.
Methodology
At Educa PHAROS, we use a highly practical methodology focused on the direct application of knowledge in the student’s professional environment, combining theoretical content with real-world case studies, digital tools, and the guidance of a specialized teaching team.
Program
Earthworks classification
Geotechnical materials and earthworks
Excavability
Surveying
Environmental impact and safety and health
Digging
Loading and hauling
Spreading, grading and compaction
Earthworks machinery productivity
Excavations below the water table
Basic concepts on blasting
Blast-holes drilling
Explosives
Blasting mechanics
Blasting vibrations and their control
Bench blasting: main variables
Bench blasting design
Tunelling blasting: general aspects
Tunelling blasting design
Practical aspects and common deficiencies in blasting
General concepts. Definitions
Maximum daily precipitation
Physical characteristics and intensity of rainfall
Runoff and methods for calculating flood flows
Application of SIG to hydrology
General concepts. Definitions
Transverse drainage works
Design criteria and calculation methodology
Energy dissipators
Erosion and sedimentation in the cross drainage system
General concepts. Definitions
Drainage in clearings
Slope drainage
Pavement drainage, structures, tunnels and sustainable drainage
Design and dimensioning criteria
General concepts. Definition
1D hydraulic modeling
2D hydraulic modeling
Erosion and foundation protection
Channelization and protection
Introduction
Materials
Prestressing force. Instantaneous losses
Prestressing deferred losses
Calculating prestressing force in hyperstatic structures
Underpass works (I). Types
Underpass works (II). Acting loads
Cylindrical shells. Concepts and behavior
Predimensioning of cylindrical shells (I). Concept and calculation
Predimensioning of cylindrical shells (II). Spandrels and edge beams
Concrete tank calculation elements
Concrete tank design elements. Principles applied to calculating rectangular reinforced concrete tanks
Calculating a rectangular reinforced concrete tank wall. Example
Principles applied to calculating cylindrical reinforced concrete tanks
Principles applied to analyzing a reinforced concrete tank floor slab. Example of how a rectangular reinforced concrete tank floor slab is calculated
Introduction. Design codes
Types of storage tanks. Materials, joints and welds
Design and calculation. Bottom and shell
Calculation of fixed roofs
Calculation by manometric pressure
Definition of road surface and pavement, and types of road surfaces
Main layers and materials composing road surfaces
Basic design of a road surface following Standard 6.1-IC
Influence of the road surface on the environment
Management systems
Hydrocarbon binders: bitumens and emulsions
ARID
Granular layers
Lime and cement-treated coatings
Concrete
Bituminous mixes: classification and characterisation
Design, testing and characterisation of bituminous mixes
Manufacture and laying of hot mix bituminous mixes
Cold asphalt mixes and surface treatments
Functional and structural properties. Auscultations
Mixture with rubber
Semi-hot and warm mixes
Ultra-thin mixtures
SMA mixes
Photocatalytic road surfaces
Introduction
Risk and opportunities in construction projects
Project design and development quality control
Construction project quality planning
Implementation resource organization
Specification, methods, and template development
Procurement control
Supplier and outsourcing control
Construction project monitoring and evaluation
Quality in urban development and urban construction projects
Quality control in residential construction projects
Quality control for non-residential social buildings
Quality control for non-residential industrial buildings
Quality control in the construction of water treatment facilities
Dam quality control
Roads and airport quality control
Railway quality control
Quality control in port and offshore construction works
Quality control in crossing construction works: Bridges, crossings, etc.
Quality control in crossing construction works: Tunnels
General concepts
Road assistance
Routine maintenance or unkeep activities
Activites to improve functional and safety condition
Road use and defence activities
Mowing, pruning and weeding
Maintenance of plantations
Roadway and shoulder cleaning
Road safety
Cleaning and repair of drainage
The management of conservation activities
Road and operational procedures
Routine maintenance operations (I)
Routine maintenance operations (II)
Machinery
Efficiency of heavy maintenance vehicles
Tunnel lighting
Control and management system for tunnel installations
Environmental management in integrated conservation
Indicators and exploitation
Competing factors. Accident rates
Road safety programmes. Audits and inspections
Analysis of accidents 'in situ'. Mobility restriction
Traffic engineering (I)
Traffic engineering (II)
Legislation. Public domain
Advertising. Authorisations and other elements
Access
Infractions and penalties
Arterial networks, crossings and urban sections
Role and purpose
Elements
Traffic management. Manual of examples
Installation and removal of construction site signs
Special cases, conservation, errors and developments
Function and purpose
Procedure
Equipment and marking of vehicles
Maintenance work with mobile signalling
Manual of examples. Evolution of the technique
Classification of Pavements
Pavement Monitoring
Surface Repair of Pavements
Deep Pavement Repair (I)
Deep Pavement Repair (II)
Pavement Management
Maintenance Activities
Studies of the Evolution of a Pavement
Operational Efficiency in Pavement Maintenance
Software for Road Management and Maintenance
Inspection of Structures
Monitoring of Structures
Maintenance Plan
Typology of Damage to a Structure
Repair Catalog
Slope Inspection
Anchors and Guided Meshes on Slopes
Landslide Barriers
Protection Ditches
Slope Control and Monitoring
Definition, design and characteristics of vertical signage
Retroreflection and criteria for vertical signage implementation
Vertical marking operations
Definition, purpose and characteristics of horizontal signage
Materials, selection criteria and application of horizontal signage
Definition, classification and beaconing elements
Installation and operations of beacons
Enclosure fencing
Vehicle restraint systems. Safety barriers and parapets
Arrangement of barriers and parapets. Other vehicle restraint systems
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Civil Engineering 
English 
Credits: 60 ECTS
Leadership and Management 
Spanish
60 ECTS