Infrastructure – Planning, Design and Maintenance of Road Projects in Urban Areas

Code

BY-INF5

Version

4.0

Offered by

Civil Engineering

ECTS

Prerequisites

Main purpose

For the student to acquire knowledge of the processes and stakeholders involved in road infrastructure projects in urban areas, from initial ideas to operation and maintenance.

Furthermore, the purpose is to gain an understanding of the documentation required at each project phase, for projects such as parking spaces and traffic terminals in urban areas.

Knowledge

After completion of the course, the student must have the knowledge of:

• Workflows and roles of stakeholders involved in urban infrastructure projects, from initial ideas to operation and maintenance
• Project documentation for urban infrastructure projects in preliminary design phase
• Project documentation for urban infrastructure projects in detail design phase
• Project documentation for urban infrastructure projects in tender phase
• Project documentation for urban infrastructure projects in operation and maintenance phase

Skills

After completion of the course, the student must have the skills to:

• Identify which stakeholders are involved in an urban infrastructure project at each project phases
• Describe the roles of stakeholders involved in an urban infrastructure project at each project phases
• Plan and design urban infrastructure projects, such as parking spaces and traffic terminals and speed reducers

Competences

After completion of this course, the student must have the competences to:

• Manage a simple road infrastructure project in urban areas from initial ideas to operation and maintenance phase

Topics

Teaching methods and study activities

4 lessons per week for 12 weeks will be implemented, corresponding to a 137.5-hour workload for the student. Study activities are:

Lectures taught in class
Consultation
Excursions
Self-study
Group and course works

Resources

Danish Road Standards (Danish: http://vejregler.lovportaler.dk/; English: http://english-vejregler.lovportaler.dk)

Evaluation

Examination

Exam prerequisites:
None

Type of exam:
Ongoing tests in the form of four written individual/group assignments, each weighing 15% and an exam in the form of a written test, weighing 40%.
Internal assessment

Allowed tools:
Alle

Re-exam:
Individual oral exam without preparation based upon a subject found by draw.