ONE-SIDE SLOPE ROAD: Alternative Scheme to Cut Cost in Urban Road Projects

HENRY P. TURALDE
College of Engineering Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges Email: engineer_pluss@yahoo.com

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Quotable Quotes
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A mans judgment is no better than his information - Bits and Pieces

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Outline of the presentation

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Introduction

The Typical Cross-section

Common Scheme : Cross Slope Alternative Scheme: One Side Slope Designing the Storm Water Drainage Using Box Culvert Using Pipe Culvert Highlights on the Differences of the Common and Alternative Schemes Conclusion

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Introduction
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Land transportation
Principal

means of transporting persons and goods Roads crucial role in economic development Roads as priority infrastructure

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Introduction
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THE PROBLEM Cost major constraint in construction of road projects

Materials Labor Equipments

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Introduction
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Cost reduction considerations,

one or combination as appropriate:

Do away with non-essentials Eliminate duplicates Rid off redundant Reduce items of works

Combine similar works

Others
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The Typical Cross Section

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sidewalk slope slope

carriageway slope

sidewalk slope

drainage

two drainage lines

drainage

Common Scheme:

Two-side slope or cross-slope

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The Typical Cross Section

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sidewalk slope slope

carriageway slope

sidewalk slope

drainage

two drainage lines

drainage

Common Scheme:

Two-side slope or cross-slope

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The Typical Cross Section

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sidewalk sidewalk slope carriageway slope slope

drainage

one drainage line (bigger)

Alternative Scheme:

One-side slope
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Designing the Roads Storm-Water Drainage

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Q CI

1 2 3 1 v ( )R S 2 n

where: Q = run-off rate C = coefficient of run-off I = average rainfall intensity Ad = drainage area

where: v = flow velocity n = Mannings roughness coefficient S = slope R = hydraulic radius

1 2 1 3 Q Ac ( ) R S 2 n

where: Ac = cross-sectional area of flow

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Using Box Culvert:

Using Pipe:

Ac = bd = 2d2 P = 2d + b = 2d + 2d = 4d R = Ac / P = 2d2 / 4d = d

Ac = 0.7653 D2 P = 2.639 D R = Ac/P = 0.7653D2/2.639D = 0.29D

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Illustrative Example Application Given: Length of the Road = 1000 m Width of the 2-lane road = 7 m
(consider 20 m including sidewalk, planting strip and other)

Distance between manholes = 50 m Coefficient of run-off = 0.85 Rainfall intensity = 224 mm/hr = 0.0622 mm/sec Roughness coefficient = 0.013 Slope = 0.005

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Dimension of drainage lines Using box culverts

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Sta. up to km Drain. Area m2 Use 2 culverts w/ dimension (mm) b d Use 1 culvert w/ dimension (mm) b d

0 + 050
0 + 100 0 + 150 0 + 200 0 + 250 0 + 300 0 + 350 0 + 400 0 + 450 0 + 500 0 + 550 0 + 600

1,000
2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 10,000 11,000 12,000

500
600 600 700 700 700 750 750 750 800 800 800

500
500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500

600
700 700 800 800 800 800 900 900 900 900 900

500
500 500 500 500 500 500 600 600 600 600 600

0 + 650
0 + 700 0 + 750 0 + 800 0 + 850 0 + 900 0 + 950 1 + 000

13,000
14,000 15,000 16,000 17,000 18,000 19,000 20,000

800
800 850 850 850 850 900 900

500
500 500 500 500 500 500 500

900
1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000

600
600 600 600 600 600 600 600

Using box culverts

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Typical detail of box culvert excavation

O.D. + 0.6m

Dimension of drainage lines using pipes

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Sta. up to km 0 + 050 Half-Q m3/sec 0.026 Diameter mm 204

Use 2 pipes mm 200

Full- Q m3/sec 0.053

Diameter mm 265

Use 1 pipe mm 300

0 + 100
0 + 150 0 + 200 0 + 250 0 + 300 0 + 350 0 + 400 0 + 450 0 + 500 0 + 550 0 + 600

0.053
0.079 0.106 0.132 0.159 0.185 0.212 0.238 0.264 0.291 0.317

265
271 344 374 400 424 446 466 485 502 519

300
300 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 600

0.106
0.159 0.212 0.264 0.317 0.370 0.423 0.476 0.529 0.582 0.635

344
351 446 485 519 550 578 604 629 652 673

400
400 500 500 600 600 600 600 700 700 700

0 + 650
0 + 700 0 + 750 0 + 800 0 + 850 0 + 900 0 + 950 1 + 000

0.344
0.370 0.397 0.423 0.450 0.476 0.502 0.529

535
550 564 578 591 604 617 629

600
600 600 600 600 600 700 700

0.688
0.740 0.793 0.846 0.899 0.952 1.005 1.058

694
713 732 750 767 784 800 815

700
800 800 800 800 800 800 900

Using pipes
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Typical detail of pipe culvert excavation

OD + 0.6m

Benefits of the Alternative Scheme

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sidewalk sidewalk slope carriageway slope slope

Typical Cross-Section One-Side Slope Road

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Summary Comparison
Quantities of drainage works
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For cross-slope:

No. of Manholes = 2 [(1000/50) + 1] = 42

For one-side slope:

No. of Manholes = (1000/50) + 1 = 21

Manholes reduced = 42 -21 = 21 (50%)

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Benefits of the Alternative Scheme using box culvert

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sidewalk sidewalk slope carriageway slope slope

drainage

Typical Cross-Section One-Side Slope Road

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Summary Comparison
Quantities of drainage works
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USING BOX CULVERTS

Excavation (m3) Cross-slope One-side slope 4,322.50 2,493.13 Backfill (m3) 2,622.50 1,428.25 Concrete (m3) 937.50 562.88 Steel (kg) 84,375.00 50,658.75

Qty. Reduced Reduced (%)

1,829.37 42.32%

1,194.25 45.54%

374.62 39.96%

33,716.25 39.96%

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Benefits of the Alternative Scheme using pipes

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sidewalk sidewalk slope carriageway slope slope

drainage

Typical Cross-Section One-Side Slope Road

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Summary Comparison
Quantities of drainage works
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USING PIPES
Excavation (m3) Cross-slope One-side slope Quantity reduced Reduced (%) 2,256.00 1,463.00 Backfill (m3) 1,827.96 1,111.14

793.00 35.15%

716.82 39.21%

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Summary Comparison
Quantities of drainage works
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USING PIPES
Diameter (mm) 200 Cross-slope Length (m) 100 One-side Slope Length (m) -

Reduction Length (m) 100 % 100.00%

300
400 500 600 700 800 900

200
300 500 700 200 -

50
100 100 200 200 300 50

150
200 400 500 0 (300 addition) (50 addition)

75.00%
66.67% 80.00% 71.43% 0.00% -

Total

2000

1000

1000

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CONCLUSION
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One-side slope road as alternative scheme cuts down

urban road project construction costs due to reduction of quantities of drainage works Excavation Backfill Manholes Conveyance materials One-side slope road shortens project execution period Particularly underground works require extra care Savings derived through this alternative scheme Eventually be used to build other roads

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Point to Ponder
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In time of scarcity,

option is a luxury.

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THANK YOU.
HENRY P. TURALDE Email: engineer_pluss@yahoo.com

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