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1. UBGMRW-20-M
Project 2016
MODULAR PROGRAMME
ASSESSMENT SPECIFICATION
Module Details
Module Code
UBGMRW-20-M
Run
Jan 13 RE
Module Title
Highway Engineering
Module Leader
Nadika Keshan Jayasooriya
Module Tutors
Chamod Hettiarachchi
Component and Element Number
B
Weighting (% of the module’s
assessment)
25 %
Element Description
Project Report
Dates
Date Issued to Students
23rd
Feb 2016
Date to be Returned to Students
To be confirmed
Submission Place
Civil office
Submission Date:
04th
April 2016
Submission Time:
1.00 pm
Deliverables
 Individual Presentation – 10 minutes
 Individual report - 3000 words report
Module Leader Signature
Nadika Keshan Jayasooriya

2. UBGMRW-20-M
Project 2016
Project for Highway Design
(UBGMRW-20-M)
Academic Year 2015
Project – Designing a road section
Scenario
Government of Sri Lanka has shown a keen interest in improving the road network of Sri
Lanka, with the funds being available through various funding sources. With respect to a
mega scale project, some of the selected roads also needed to be rehabilitated.
PQR company, in which you are currently working as a design engineer, has been
awarded one of the phases of the rehabilitation project to develop a total of 7km long road
sections, around Mattakkuliya area.
The roads that are being awarded to your company has been indicated in the Figure 1.
Figure 1: Map with the selected roads (In blue colour) (Source: https://www.google.com/earth)

3. UBGMRW-20-M
Project 2016
The chief design engineer has approached you yesterday and asked you and your team
to design and detail part of the project. He has specifically asked you to identify the most
critical 1km section from the given roads and focus on the design of that particular road
section, so that he can allocate the rest of the road sections to other engineers.
Problem Statement
The roads that are to be rehabilitated are currently considered as accident black and the
condition of most of the roads are also poor.
You are supposed to design and detail the road including geometric design, capacity
design and pavement design. Further the estimated cost for the rehabilitation work is
required to be found out and proper solutions should be recommended for the identified
issues.
You may use Highway Capacity Manual 2000, Road Note 31 and AASHTO design
guidelines.
Learning Outcomes
This coursework is designed to assess whether you have achieved the following
1. Identify the principle of highway location and factors influencing highway design
2. Identify the improvements needed in existing roads and propose improvements
3. Follow appropriate design standards to develop suitable designs
4. Demonstrate critical understanding of the design principles in highway engineering
5. Designthe road section according to recognized international standards and effectively
communicate in the form of technical drawings

4. UBGMRW-20-M
Project 2016
Tasks
1. Choose the most critical 1km section of the road out of the total 7km section with proper
reasoning
2. Identify the existing condition of the selected road section including traffic demand,
geometry of the road, drainage structures and road safety issues
3. Detail designs for the rehabilitation work of the selected 1km section
Geometric design
Capacity Design
Pavement design
Detailed drawings
4. Prepare a discussion on the highway materials to be used
5. Compile the final report including the solutions recommended for the issues being
identified
Sources of information
Wright, P.H., Dixon K., (2004) Highway Engineering, 7th edition. John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Hoel, L.A., Garber, N.J. (2009). Traffic and Highway Engineering, 4th edition. Cengage
Learning.
Rogers, M. (2008). Highway Engineering, 2nd edition. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Salter, R.J. (1988). Highway Design and Construction, 2nd edition. Macmillan.
Watson, J. (1994). Highway Construction and Maintenance, 2nd edition. Longman.
Referencing
All documents used must be cited in the text and referenced using the Harvard
referencing style.
Submissions which are not fully referenced will be capped at 60%

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Project 2016
Submission format and Assessment Criteria
Individual reports on the individual contribution to the project should be submitted
before the deadline. Presentation will be based on your component but the question
and answer session will be based on other group members’ contributions as well.
Format requirements
Report:
Main body font Arial 11 point
Line spacing 1.5pt
Margins 2.1cm all round
Pages to be numbered lower right hand corner in footer (10pointArial).
Section headings Arial11point, bold, uppercase and Arial11 point, bold, lower case for
subheadings. If sub-subheadings are required use the same convention but reduceto10
point.
All graphs, figures and tables must be numbered and have a full caption. Table captions
are placed at the top of the table while graphs and other figures should have their
captions below
Clearly laid out title page.
Tables and lists may be used to illustrate aspects but must be accompanied by
explanatory text. You are encouraged to use diagrams and photographs but these
must be incorporated into the document, titled and annotated to clearly identify the
relevant content. Diagrams may be hand drawn and scanned in.

6. UBGMRW-20-M
Project 2016
Marking scheme
Project Report
This project report constitutes 100% of your mark for Component B of the module
assessment, equivalent to 25 % of the module mark.
o Identification of the critical section with justifications 10%
o Identification of existing condition of the road 10%
o Highway capacity design (existing and future condition) 20%
o Geometric design 20%
o Pavement Design 20%
o Material selection for new design 10%
o Cost estimation 5%
o Compiling of the report 5%
Presentation
This project presentation constitutes 20% of your mark for Component A of the module
assessment, equivalent to 15 % of the module mark.
o Technical content of the presentation 35 %
o Presentation Skills 25 %
o Answers to the questions by panel 40 %