Course Outline

Road Design and Traffic Management

CIVE 2012 Study Period 5 - 2014
Internal - Mawson Lakes Campus - Intensive

Introduction
Welcome
Welcome to Road Design and Traffic Management. This course is designed to teach you some of the
fundamental knowledge and skills that you will need in your career as a Civil Engineer. The main focus of the
course is on road design and traffic management and you will learn how to design typical rural roads and urban
road networks. The course is very "hands on" and you will learn many useful, interesting and practical skills.

This course focuses on skills such as how to interpret and use survey data, how to design roads and draft road
plans, how to plan and calculate bulk earthworks and how to design pavements and road drainage systems. It
also explores fundamentals associated with managing the transport demands of the road users by developing
knowledge on conducting site observations, identifying road hierarchies and roadway elements, the Traffic
Impact Analysis (TIA), how to propose the use of traffic control devices and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).

Many of the skills you will learn in this course are considered by industry to be crucial for new civil graduates to
possess. Employers want new graduates to be able to "hit the ground running" and do not want to have to
invest large amounts of resources to "get you up to speed". They want you to be able to start work on Day 1.
The skills you will learn in this course relate to infrastructure design and how to use Microstation, 12d Model
and how to apply traffic management principles.

So we look forward to working with you all and we hope you find the course both interesting and rewarding.

Course Teaching Staff

Primary Coordinator: Dr Nicholas Holyoak
Location: School of Natural and Built Environments
P2-47
Telephone: +61 8 8302 1220
Fax: +61 8 8302 1880
Email: nicholas.holyoak@unisa.edu.au
Staff Home Page: people.unisa.edu.au/nicholas.holyoak

Coordinator: Dr Sekhar Somenahalli

Location: School of Natural and Built Environments
P1-36
Telephone: +61 8 8302 1855
Fax: +61 8 8302 5082
Email: Sekhar.Somenahalli@unisa.edu.au

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 Staff Home Page: people.unisa.edu.au/Sekhar.Somenahalli

* Please refer to your Course homepage for the most up to date list of course teaching staff.

School Contact Details

School of Natural and Built Environments

Physical Address: Level 1, Room 22, P Building
Mawson Lakes Boulevard
Mawson Lakes
Mawson Lakes 5095
School Phone: +61 8 8302 3000
School Website: http://www.unisa.edu.au/IT-Engineering-and-the-Environment/Natural-and-Built-
Environments/

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Course Overview
Prerequisite(s)
There are no prerequisite courses to be completed before this course can be undertaken.

Corequisite(s)
There are no corequisite courses to be completed in conjunction with this course.

Course Objectives
On completion of this course, students should be able to:

CO1. understand the functions of road hierarchy

CO2. incorporate roadway elements into road design

CO3. understand the functions of traffic control devices, and the applications of ITS

CO4. develop simple local area traffic management schemes

CO5. Design simple rural roads including centre line alignment, grading, horizontal and verticle curves, sight
distances, drainage etc.

Upon completion of this course, students will have achieved the following combination of Graduate Qualities
and Course Objectives:

Graduate Qualities being assessed through

the course
GQ1 GQ2 GQ3 GQ4 GQ5 GQ6 GQ7
CO1
CO2
CO3
CO4
CO5

Graduate Qualities
A graduate of UniSA:

GQ1. operates effectively with and upon a body of knowledge of sufficient depth to begin professional practice

GQ2. is prepared for life-long learning in pursuit of personal development and excellence in professional
practice

GQ3. is an effective problem solver, capable of applying logical, critical, and creative thinking to a range of
problems

GQ4. can work both autonomously and collaboratively as a professional

GQ5. is committed to ethical action and social responsibility as a professional and citizen

GQ6. communicates effectively in professional practice and as a member of the community

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GQ7. demonstrates international perspectives as a professional and as a citizen

Course Content
Geometric road design including haulage diagrams. Introduction to 2D CAD. Introduction to automated
computer applications for road design. Hierarchy of roads. Roadway elements. Traffic control devices.
Intelligent transport systems (ITS). The principles of local area traffic management including parking
management.

Teaching and Learning Arrangements

Computer Practical 5 hours x 10 days
Lecture 2 hours x 10 days

Unit Value
4.5 units

Additional assessment requirements

Students must complete all assessment components in order to pass the course

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Learning Resources
Textbook(s)
There are no textbooks listed for this course.

Reference(s)
Austroads, (2010) Guide to Road Design Part 3: Geometric Design, Austroads Sydney.

Ogden, K W and Taylor, S Y, (1999) Traffic Engineering and Management, Department of Civil Engineering,
Monash University.

Materials to be accessed online

learnonline course site

All other course material can be accessed through your learnonline course site which you will be able to
access from the my Courses section in myUniSA.

myUniSA
All study related materials can be accessed through: https://my.unisa.edu.au

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Assessment
Assessment Details
Details of assessment submission and return are listed under each assessment task. Assessment tasks will be
returned to you within two to three weeks of submission.

If the Course Coordinator allows submissions in hard copy format, you will be required to attach an
Assignment Cover Sheet which is available on the learnonline student help and in myUniSA.

Assessment Summary
# Form of assessment Length Duration Weighting Due date Submit via Objectives being
(Adelaide assessed
Time)
1 Test N/A N/A 15% During Week In person CO1, CO2, CO3
9 Lecture
Time
2 Tutorial work N/A N/A 15% OnGoing In person, CO1, CO2, CO3
learnonline
3 Group project N//A N/A 40% 7 Nov 2014, learnonline, CO5
5:00 PM In person
4 Group assignment N/A N/A 30% 22 Aug learnonline CO4
2014, 5:00
PM

Feedback proformas
The feedback proforma is available on your learnonline course site. It can be accessed via the Feedback Form
link in the Course Essentials block.

Assessments
Assessment #1 - Test (Graded)
The in-class test will occur during week 9 lecture time and you will be given the full 2 hours duration to
complete. The test will be based on the content of lectures from weeks 5 to 8 inclusive.

Assessment #2 - Tutorial work (Graded)

The tutorial assessment consists of 3 tutorial tasks:
1. MicroStation tutorial (conducted in pairs),
2. Horizontal Alignment tutorial,
3. Earthworks tutorial.

Assessment #3 - Group project (Graded)

The group assignment will be an application of road design theory that you learn in lectures and use of the 12d
Model software package. This assignment will be conducted in pairs.

Assessment #4 - Group assignment (Graded)

The group assignment will be an application of traffic management principles. This assignment will be
conducted in pairs.

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Supplementary Assessment
Supplementary assessment will be granted to students under any of the following conditions, only if, in the
opinion of the course coordinator, there is a reasonable expectation that the student could achieve a
supplementary pass in the course:

1. To be considered for supplementary assessment, students undertaking a full-time load of 13.5

units or more per study period will require a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.80 or greater for
studies undertaken in the six months immediately preceding and relevant to the academic review
period.
2. UniSA may use discretion in applying the GPA requirement to students who have undertaken less
than 13.5 units per study period in the six months immediately preceding and relevant to the
academic review period. Supplementary assessment will not be awarded to a student who has
failed greater than 50% of the course load attempted in the six months immediately preceding and
relevant to the academic review period.
3. For the purposes of 1 and 2 above, the six months immediately preceding and relevant to the
academic review period include study periods 6 and 7 from the previous academic year and study
periods 1 and 2 from the current academic year when the academic review is undertaken mid-
year. Study periods 3, 4 and 5 of the current academic year are included when the academic
review is undertaken at the end-of-year.
4. The student must have received a final grade of F1 (Fail Level 1) in the course.
5. The student may be awarded supplementary assessment in a maximum of two courses in a given
study period where a final grade of F1 is obtained, provided the student has passed at least one
course in the six months immediately preceding and relevant to the academic review period.
6. Supplementary assessment will not be awarded for a final grade of Fail Level 2 (F2), except under
the conditions described in the point below.
7. Special arrangements regarding supplementary assessment (including examination) may be made
for a student who is undertaking the final courses of their program. A student is defined to be
undertaking the final courses of their program if they have nine or less units remaining to complete
their program.

More information about supplementary assessment may be found by consulting the relevant policy: http://
www.unisa.edu.au/policies/manual/default.asp (section 7)

Important information about all assessment

All students must adhere to the University of South Australia's policies about assessment:
http://www.unisa.edu.au/policies/manual/default.asp.

Students with disabilities or medical conditions

Students with disabilities may be entitled to a variation or modification to standard assessment arrangements.

Information for students with disabilities is available at:

http://www.unisa.edu.au/disabilityservices/support/default.asp.

Variations to assessment tasks

Variation to assessment methods, tasks and timelines can be provided in:

Unexpected or exceptional circumstances, for example bereavement, unexpected illness (details of

unexpected or exceptional circumstances for which variation can be considered are discussed in clauses 7.5 &
7.6 of the Assessment Policy and Procedures Manual). Variation to assessment in unexpected or exceptional
circumstances should be discussed with your course coordinator as soon as possible.
Special circumstances, for example religious observance grounds, or community services (details of special

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circumstances for which variation can be considered are discussed in clause 7.8 of the Assessment Policy and
Procedures Manual). Variations to assessment in expected circumstances must be requested within the first
two weeks of the course (or equivalent for accelerated or intensive teaching).

More information about variation to assessment may be found by consulting the relevant policy:
http://www.unisa.edu.au/policies/manual/default.asp (sections 3 and 7).

Academic Integrity
The university aims to foster and preserve the scholarly values of curiosity, experimentation, critical appraisal
and integrity, and to foster these values in its students.

Academic integrity is a term used at university to describe honest behaviour as it relates to all academic work
(for example papers written by staff, student assignments, conduct in exams, etc) and is the foundation of
university life. One of the main principles is respecting other people's ideas and not claiming them as your own.
Anyone found to have used another person's ideas without proper acknowledgement is deemed guilty of
Academic Misconduct and the University considers this to be a serious matter.

The University of South Australia wants its students to display academic integrity so that its degrees are earned
honestly and are trusted and valued by its students and their employers. To ensure this happens and that
students adhere to high standards of academic integrity and honesty at all times, the University has policies and
procedures in place to promote academic integrity and manage academic misconduct for all students. Work
submitted electronically by students for assessment will be tested using the text comparison software Turnitin.

More information about academic integrity and what constitutes academic misconduct can be found in Section 9
of the Assessment Policies and Procedures Manual (APPM) at: http://www.unisa.edu.au/policies/manual/ or on
the Learning and Teaching Unit website at: http://www.unisa.edu.au/ltu/integrity/default.asp

Submission and return of assessment tasks

See above under Assessment details.

Action from previous evaluations

Questionnaires will become available towards the end of the study period so that you may provide feedback on
your learning experience in the course. It is anticipated that the questionnaires will be carried out in the tutorials
during Week 11.

Conceded and Terminating Passes

Conceded and Terminating passes are available in this course.

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Course Calendar
Study Period 5 - 2014
Weeks Topic Tutorial Notes Assessment Details Comments
(Adelaide Time)
14 - 20 July Pre-teaching
21 - 27 July Pre-teaching
1 28 July - 03 August Welcome to Road Design Traffic Management
and Traffic Management Assignment (due end of
& Road Classification week 4)
2 04 - 10 August Traffic Impact Analysis -
Part One
3 11 - 17 August Traffic Impact Analysis -
Part Two
4 18 - 24 August Traffic Management Group assignment due 22
Aug 2014, 5:00 PM
5 25 - 31 August Survey Drafting Tutorial 1 - Microstation Bring Drawing Gear!
Techniques (due end of Week 8)
6 01 - 07 September Road Survey and Setout Tutorial 2 - Horizontal Bring Drawing Gear!
Alignment (due beginning
of lecture Week 7)
7 08 - 14 September Long Sections and Bring Drawing Gear!
Vertical Alignment
8 15 - 21 September Design Centreline & Bring Drawing Gear!
Longitudinal Section
22 - 28 September Mid-break
29 September - 05 Mid-break
October
9 06 - 12 October Test - In Class 12d Project (due end of In-class test - Bring Drawing
week 13) Gear!
10 13 - 19 October Modelling Road
Alignments in 12d
11 20 - 26 October Detailed Vertical
Alignment

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12 27 October - 02 November Detailed Horizontal Bring Drawing Gear!
Alignment
13 03 - 09 November Final Earthworks Tutorial 3 - Earthworks Group project due 07 Nov Bring Drawing Gear!
(due end of Week 13) 2014, 5:00 PM
14 10 - 16 November
15 17 - 23 November
16 24 - 30 November

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