Traffic Facilities and Road Construction

44B0427

Bachelor

German

5.0

only winter term

1 semester

Traffic and path areas are a complex focal point in the field of landscape and open space construction. Very high demands are placed on both the standards and regulations as well as the technical planning content. The increased quality requirements and planning wishes of both public and private clients, as well as increasingly interdisciplinary construction tasks, presuppose a well-founded detailed knowledge and legally secure delimitation of one's own area of responsibility already in the planning phase.  
The professional implementation of the planning and, last but not least, the maintenance of the building form the basis of a permanently defect-free and long-lasting construction service.   
These requirements demand a sound knowledge of building materials and their specific properties, as well as the specific application of technical regulations and standards on the construction and drainage of pathways and traffic areas. Due to the high costs of constructing paths and traffic areas, planning decisions have far-reaching significance for the entire life cycle of the facilities, not least from the point of view of liability law.

Road traffic
  1.1 Categories of roads and traffic areas 
  1.2 Dimensioning and design of roads and traffic areas according to traffic volume
  1.3 Dimensioning and design of traffic facilities for stationary traffic
  1.4 Design of the superstructure, technical structure and construction materials (asphalt, road concrete, paving)
  1.5 Drainage of subsoil and surfaces
  1.6 Presentation and application of relevant standards and regulations 
2 Pavement design and surfacing
  2.1 Design of the superstructure, technical structure and construction materials
  2.2 Presentation and application of the relevant standards and regulations as well as their specific selection and delimitation in the concrete planning case 
  2.3 Subsoil drainage, drainage systems
3 Surface drainage, slab height planning
4 Detailed planning
  4.1 Facade and base connections 
  4.2 Crossings
5 Barrier-free construction
6 Areas for the fire department
7 Traffic facilities on structures 
8 Greenable pavements, infiltration-capable traffic areas and water-bound paths 
9 Typical cases of damage
10 Example projects

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

• oral exam or
• Written examination

Standard examination: two-hour exam (alternative examination form to be selected by the examiner and announced at the beginning of the course).

Written exam: 120 minutes

Students who have successfully finished this module have a basic knowledge of the different categories of roads and traffic areas as well as the relevant planning standards for road design. Furthermore, they have gained specialist knowledge of building materials and construction methods, their properties and their use in traffic and road facilities, as well as the applicable regulations.

Students who have successfully studied this module develop and describe standard and special construction methods, assess the advantages and disadvantages from a design point of view according to the requirement criteria.

Students who have successfully studied this module prepare construction drawings, calculations of superstructures, profile sections and elevation plans for path surfaces and traffic facilities. They interpret and check these for feasibility. They review their own and external design tasks, recognize design approaches and diagnose design problems.

Students who have successfully completed this module apply the skills gained in the planning process and object supervision in a planning office or in the course of construction management in a gardening and landscaping company.

Students who have successfully finished this module have a broad knowledge of the future-oriented, sustainable construction of paths and traffic areas. They are in a position to evaluate innovations on the construction materials market for use in future path and traffic area construction in compliance with regulations and to implement their application in relation to construction projects.

Students who have successfully finished this module are able to discuss and work on the complex tasks in a goal-oriented and interdisciplinary manner with other planning participants (e.g. civil engineering specialists) together as a team, to analyze problems that arise and to develop solution concepts. The basics for a factual and technical communication (e.g. with citizens, associations, etc.) within the framework of a planning process are taught.

Students who have successfully studied this module plan paths and traffic areas in open spaces responsibly and independently. In conflict situations, they can independently analyze problems, develop specific solution concepts and
and communicate them in a well-founded manner.

• Hornoff, Elke

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