Highway Construction & Engineering
Highway construction and engineering includes planning, designing, and building of highways. History…
Major/minor priority intersections
Introduction A priority intersection occurs between two roads, one termed the ‘major’…
The Design of Highway Intersections
Introduction A highway intersection is required to control conflicting and merging streams…
The ‘level of service’ approach
Introduction ‘Level of service’ describes in a qualitative way the operational conditions…
Highway CBA worked example
Introduction It is proposed to upgrade an existing single carriageway road to…
Economic life, residual value and the discount rate
A highway project is often complex and long term, with the costs…
Identifying all relevant costs and benefits
The application of cost-benefit for project assessment in the highway area is…
Cost-benefit analysis (CBA)
Introduction Within Europe, the method usually adopted for the economic evaluation of…
Scheme Appraisal for Highway Projects
Introduction Once a transportation plan has been finalised and the demand along…
