Standards Overview
- A brief summary of which highway design and line marking guides apply in New Zealand and in various Australian states.
Geometric Design Overview – Austroads Part 3 and NZTA SHGDM
- Design parameters
- Horizontal alignment design, super elevation design and application
- Spirals – when to use them and when NOT to use them; How to position them
- Vertical alignment design
- Co-ordination of horizontal and vertical alignments
- Speed Parameters
- Earthworks and mass haul diagram
- Pavement boxing and the volumetric effects on cuts within cuts and on fills within fills and why this matters!
Software demonstration and Q & A
Discussion topics
- How to avoid errors regularly identified by Road Safety auditors and fix them
- Understanding our limits. When to involve other professionals: Geotechnical Engineers, Traffic Engineers, Hydraulic Engineer and Structural Engineers
- What is a good highway design?
- Understanding road construction costs versus standards and the use of multiple minima
- Working together - Understanding the designers’ interface between engineers and cad team