Master road construction

1. MODULE 1. EXCAVATION, BLASTING AND EARTHWORKS
2. UNIT 1. EARTHWORKS
3. Earthworks classification
4. Geotechnical materials and earthworks
5. Excavability
6. Surveying
7. Environmental impact and safety and health
8. UNIT 2. OPERATIONS AND HEAVY MACHINERY
9. Digging
10. Loading and hauling
11. Spreading, grading and compaction
12. Earthworks machinery productivity
13. Excavations below the water table
14. UNIT 3. BLASTING EXCAVATION
15. Basic concepts on blasting
16. Blast-holes drilling
17. Explosives
18. Blasting mechanics
19. Blasting vibrations and their control
20. UNIT 4. BLASTING DESIGN
21. Bench blasting: main variables
22. Bench blasting design
23. Tunelling blasting: general aspects
24. Tunelling blasting design
25. Practical aspects and common deficiencies in blasting
26. MODULE 2. DRAINAGE IN LINEAR WORKS
27. UNIT 1. HYDROLOGY IN LINEAR CONSTRUCTION
28. General concepts. Definitions
29. Maximum daily precipitation
30. Physical characteristics and intensity of rainfall
31. Runoff and methods for calculating flood flows
32. Application of SIG to hydrology
33. UNIT 2. TRANSVERSE DRAINAGE
34. General concepts. Definitions
35. Transverse drainage works
36. Design criteria and calculation methodology
37. Energy dissipators
38. Erosion and sedimentation in the cross drainage system
39. UNIT 3. DRAINAGE OF ROADBED AND MARGINS
40. General concepts. Definitions
41. Drainage in clearings
42. Slope drainage
43. Pavement drainage, structures, tunnels and sustainable drainage
44. Design and dimensioning criteria

UNIDAD 4. HYDRAULICS IN BRIDGES AND VIADUCTS

1. General concepts. Definition
2. 1D hydraulic modeling
3. 2D hydraulic modeling
4. Erosion and foundation protection
5. Channelization and protection
6. MODULE 3. CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURAL CALCULATION
7. UNIT 1. PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
8. Introduction
9. Materials
10. Prestressing force. Instantaneous losses
11. Prestressing deferred losses
12. Calculating prestressing force in hyperstatic structures
13. UNIT 2. UNDERPASS STRUCTURES OR BURIED WORKS
14. Underpass works (I). Types
15. Underpass works (II). Acting loads
16. Cylindrical shells. Concepts and behavior
17. Predimensioning of cylindrical shells (I). Concept and calculation
18. Predimensioning of cylindrical shells (II). Spandrels and edge beams
19. UNIT 3. CONCRETE TANKS
20. Concrete tank calculation elements
21. Concrete tank design elements. Principles applied to calculating rectangular reinforced concrete tanks
22. Calculating a rectangular reinforced concrete tank wall. Example
23. Principles applied to calculating cylindrical reinforced concrete tanks
24. Principles applied to analyzing a reinforced concrete tank floor slab. Example of how a rectangular reinforced concrete tank floor slab is calculated
25. UNIT 4. METAL TANKS
26. Introduction. Design codes
27. Types of storage tanks. Materials, joints and welds
28. Design and calculation. Bottom and shell
29. Calculation of fixed roofs
30. Calculation by manometric pressure
31. MODULE 4. ROAD SURFACES, PAVEMENTS, AND BITUMINOUS MIXES. BASIC CONCEPTS
32. UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT OF PAVEMENTS AND ROAD SURFACES
33. Definition of road surface and pavement, and types of road surfaces
34. Main layers and materials composing road surfaces
35. Basic design of a road surface following Standard 6.1-IC
36. Influence of the road surface on the environment
37. Management systems
38. UNIT 2. MATERIALS THAT MAKE UP ROAD SURFACES
39. Hydrocarbon binders: bitumens and emulsions
40. ARID
41. Granular layers
42. Lime and cement-treated coatings
43. Concrete
44. UNIT 3. BITUMINOUS MIXES AND SURFACE TREATMENTS
45. Bituminous mixes: classification and characterisation
46. Design, testing and characterisation of bituminous mixes
47. Manufacture and laying of hot mix bituminous mixes
48. Cold asphalt mixes and surface treatments
49. Functional and structural properties. Auscultations
50. UNIT 4. NEW PAVING TECHNOLOGIES
51. Mixture with rubber
52. Semi-hot and warm mixes
53. Ultra-thin mixtures
54. SMA mixes
55. Photocatalytic road surfaces
56. MODULE 5. QUALITY CONTROL IN PROJECT DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
57. MODULE 6. GENERAL CONSERVATION SCHEME
58. UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES
59. General concepts
60. Road assistance
61. Routine maintenance or unkeep activities
62. Activites to improve functional and safety condition
63. Road use and defence activities
64. UNIT 2. MAIN CONSERVATION ACTIONS
65. Mowing, pruning and weeding
66. Maintenance of plantations
67. Roadway and shoulder cleaning
68. Road safety
69. Cleaning and repair of drainage
70. UNIT 3. OPERATIONAL GROUPS
71. The management of conservation activities
72. Road and operational procedures
73. Routine maintenance operations (I)
74. Routine maintenance operations (II)
75. Machinery
76. UNIT 4. OPERATIONAL, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL
77. Efficiency of heavy maintenance vehicles
78. Tunnel lighting
79. Control and management system for tunnel installations
80. Environmental management in integrated conservation
81. Indicators and exploitation
82. MODULE 7. ROAD SAFETY. ROAD OPERATIONS
83. UNIT 1. ACCIDENTS ON ROAD NETWORKS
84. Competing factors. Accident rates
85. Road safety programmes. Audits and inspections
86. Analysis of accidents 'in situ'. Mobility restriction
87. Traffic engineering (I)
88. Traffic engineering (II)
89. UNIT 2. ROAD OPERATION
90. Legislation. Public domain
91. Advertising. Authorisations and other elements
92. Access
93. Infractions and penalties
94. Arterial networks, crossings and urban sections
95. UNIT 3. FIXED WORKS SIGNS
96. Role and purpose
97. Elements
98. Traffic management. Manual of examples
99. Installation and removal of construction site signs
100. Special cases, conservation, errors and developments
101. UNIT 4. MOBILE CONSTRUCTION SITE SIGNALLING
102. Function and purpose
103. Procedure
104. Equipment and marking of vehicles
105. Maintenance work with mobile signalling
106. Manual of examples. Evolution of the technique
107. MODULE 8. MAINTENANCE OF ROAD ELEMENTS (I)
108. UNIT 1. PAVEMENTS (I)
109. Classification of Pavements
110. Pavement Monitoring
111. Surface Repair of Pavements
112. Deep Pavement Repair (I)
113. Deep Pavement Repair (II)
114. UNIT 2. PAVEMENTS (II)
115. Pavement Management
116. Maintenance Activities
117. Studies of the Evolution of a Pavement
118. Operational Efficiency in Pavement Maintenance
119. Software for Road Management and Maintenance
120. UNIT 3. LAND AND STRUCTURES (I)
121. Inspection of Structures
122. Monitoring of Structures
123. Maintenance Plan
124. Typology of Damage to a Structure
125. Repair Catalog
126. UNIT 4. LAND AND STRUCTURES (II)
127. Slope Inspection
128. Anchors and Guided Meshes on Slopes
129. Landslide Barriers
130. Protection Ditches
131. Slope Control and Monitoring
132. MODULE 9. MAINTENANCE OF ROAD ELEMENTS (II)
133. UNIT 1. SIGNALLING
134. Definition, design and characteristics of vertical signage
135. Retroreflection and criteria for vertical signage implementation
136. Vertical marking operations
137. Definition, purpose and characteristics of horizontal signage
138. Materials, selection criteria and application of horizontal signage
139. UNIT 2. BEACONING AND DEFENCES
140. Definition, classification and beaconing elements
141. Installation and operations of beacons
142. Enclosure fencing
143. Vehicle restraint systems. Safety barriers and parapets
144. Arrangement of barriers and parapets. Other vehicle restraint systems
145. UNIT 3. TUNNEL INSTALLATIONS
146. Diagnosis of the installations
147. Tunnel diagnosis and intervention
148. Tunnels - facilities
149. Tunnels - structural elements
150. Tunnels - state of the linings
151. UNIT 4. WINTER MAINTENANCE
152. General aspects
153. Organisation of winter maintenance
154. Fluxes and machinery
155. Performance techniques
156. Meteorology and management systems
157. MODULE 10. MFP. MASTER´S DEGREE IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
158. TRABAJO FINAL DE MÁSTER.