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Short Courses/Workshops
 

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Program


Pavement Design - Advanced - 2 Day

Fees: $
Course content will closely follow that of the Chapters in the Austroads Guide to Technology (2008) – Part 2: Pavement Structural Design which is used as the principal reference. The Materials session of the Course however covers more information than is in the Guide, as the selection of materials is critical to producing a pavement design that will deliver both structural and functional performance.

This Course is ideal for those involved in the design of road pavements, or those needing to understand design principles and related construction considerations.

The course is held over two days (see below for optional 3rd day on CIRCLY) with the first day providing background information to assist with selection of an appropriate pavement type and an understanding of the properties of materials used. The second day shows how the inputs are used to determine an appropriate pavement composition and overall thickness. Worked examples will underpin learning.


Pavement Design in Local Government - Principles & Practices - 2 Day

Fees: $
With a focus on the roads & pavements in local government, the course program will closely follow the content in the appropriate Chapters of the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology (2008) – Part 2: Pavement Structural Design, which is used as the principal reference.

The Materials sessions however covers more information than is in the current Guide, as the selection of materials is critical to producing a road/pavement design that will deliver both structural and functional performance.

The course is held over two days (see below for optional 3rd day) with the first day providing background information to assist with selection of an appropriate pavement type and an understanding of the properties of materials used. The second day focuses on Bound pavements and shows how the inputs are used to determine an appropriate road pavement composition and overall thickness. Worked examples will underpin learning.


CIRCLY WORKSHOP - 1 Day

Fees: $
CIRCLY Workshop is an independent full day workshop (also becomes day 3 when undertaken in conjunction with either of the CPEE two day Pavement Design course) which provides an understanding of the theoretical basis of mechanistic pavement design methods. This is a hands-on workshop with each student having access to a PC.
The CIRCLY Pavement Design software is the core of the flexible pavement design methodology defined by the AUSTROADS Guide to Pavement Technology (2008) – Part 2: Pavement Structural Design (the Guide) is regarded as a primary reference source. CIRCLY is a proven design tool used over the past two decades in thousands of design applications world-wide. CIRCLY aids those involved in designing, constructing and using pavements.

CIRCLY Version 5 has many time saving features such as an automatic thickness design capability that can save hours on a typical design job

Road & Public Space Lighting Workshop - 3 Day

Fees:
 $ / Discount (for 3 or more delegates) $.
This three-day workshop covers the latest practices applying to road and public space lighting design and practice. Used to support learning in the workshop is the Austroads’ Guide to Traffic Engineering Practice Part 12 - Roadway Lighting, a general guide to road lighting standards and practice applicable to traffic routes and to a lesser extent, to local collector and minor roads.

This workshop, however, is based on the Australian Standard AS1158-2005 and associated lighting standards. The workshop provides instruction on the basic principles and extends this instruction to lighting design from first principles through to a design completion for straight roads, intersections and bends in traffic routes, plus local roads and other public spaces such as: outdoor carparks; cycle and pedestrian pathways. Reference is included to other elements including subways; footbridges; ramps; steps; and other City and suburban public spaces.

Participants will have access to computer for significant interactive learning and case study use throughout the workshop.

Managing the Road Environment - 2 Day

Fees: $ (under development)
Over three days this targeted course will provide valuable practical knowledge on the key issues involved in the pavement selection and design. Encompasing sessions on materials, specifications, construction practices, QC/QA, maintenance and rehabilitation. Practical site visits and workshops will be indtructive components. 

Evaluating Pavement Surface Treatments & Workshop- 2 Day

Fees: $
The Course is primarily concerned with providing delegates with the knowledge, and practical understanding, to enable proper evaluation of various surface treatment options, and their application. A dedicated workshop will provide practical application of learning into typical construction scenarios.

Overall the Course will provide for understanding the fundamental types of flexible pavement wearing surfaces and their characteristics, functions and materials of construction. It will assist with the selection of an appropriate wearing surface and encompasses the theory and practice involved in designing a bituminous wearing surface. The importance and types of maintenance, pavement distress modes and evaluation techniques in respect of flexible pavements will be covered.



Understanding & Evaluating Pavement Maintenance & Rehabilitation Options- 2 Day

Fees: $ (under development)
The Course is primarily concerned with providing delegates with the knowledge, and practical understanding, to enable full evaluation of maintenance & rehabilitation options, and their most beneficial use Case vstudies are used throughout to facilitate practical learning.

This Course briefly reviews the importance and types of maintenance, pavement distress modes and evaluation techniques. Preventative and periodic maintenance options will be fully explored and detailed. Pavement Rehabilitation is often defined as “a process involving the application of any treatment which will overcome deficiencies in an existing pavement in order to provide structural and/or functional adequacy for a further analysis period”. Advice is given for the investigation of sealed road pavements, and the selection and design of pavement strategies/treatments specifically for roads carrying normal loadings with a specific focus on flexible pavements.

By using case studies the course will cover the rehabilitation “strategy” involving scoping the project, investigation and evaluation of the existing pavement, development of treatment options and the selection and implementation of the most appropriate of these options.



Insitu Stabilisation - 2 Day

Fees: $ (under development)
The use of stabilisation technology for stabilising and recycling of materials for pavement construction and maintenance is widely accepted as a cost-effective method of improving long term performance and reducing whole-of-life costs of modern, heavily trafficked pavements. This Course will briefly review the types of stabilisation before more detailed presentations on types of binders, material characteristics, design and mix detailing, with sessions on specifying and case studies for practical outcomes.

The Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology – Part 4D: Stabilised Materials, and Part 4L: Stabilising Binder, will be used as basic reference text in the Course which is primarily based on the CPEE Distance Learning Unit: “CPE 658 – Insitu Stabilisation

Overall the Course will include discussion on the types of various stabilising binders used in road construction, their properties, manufacture, chemical reactions during the stabilisation process and safety considerations associated with their use. The types of binders described are; lime, cement, cementitious pozzolans, bitumen, chemical and synthetic polymers.

Heavy Duty Pavement Design Workshop- 1 Day

Fees: $ (under development)
This Workshop introduces two major developments that facilitate heavy duty pavement design:

The software package HIPAVE (Heavy Industrial PAVEment). HIPAVE is a layered elastic software program that conveniently models the effects of detailed payload distributions (spectrum of container weights) by calculating axle loads from vehicle configurations and payloads. It also includes a provision for vehicle wander. HIPAVE handles the variety of equipment used in container facilities, such as forklifts, straddle carriers, gantry cranes and side loaders.

The Heavy Duty Industrial Pavement Design Guide. The Guide reflects best practice in the design of new construction and rehabilitation of industrial pavements. The Guide steers the designer through key design considerations and suggests external sources for research updates. It has been created as a ‘living document’ that will be routinely modified to reflect advances in pavement technology and made freely available via the Internet.

HIPAVE aids those involved in designing, constructing and using flexible pavements in heavy duty applications. Although the main emphasis of the workshop will be on HIPAVE and container terminal pavements, all of the concepts are directly applicable to the APSDS (Airport Pavement Structural Design System) software and Airport Pavement design.



Construction Contract Law- 2 Day

Fees: $ (under development)


Dispute Resolution & Construction Claims- 2 Day

Fees: $ (under development)










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