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Assessment

The assessment for this course includes a group presentation and a design portfolio.

Campus

Frenchay

Careers/further study

This module can be taken as a stand-alone CPD course, or used to build up credits towards the PG Diploma or Masters in Transport Engineering and Planning postgraduate qualification by completing the module assessment.

Content

On completion of this module, students are able to:

1. Apply design principles and standards to transport infrastructure geometric design problems
2. Apply design principles and standards to transport infrastructure construction problems
3. Generate a number of design options to solve an open ended problem          
4. Synthesise specifications, standards and site conditions to develop final detailed solutions.

Course Director

Ben Clark

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Entry Requirements

There are no formal entry requirements for participants wishing to undertake this course as a stand-alone CPD course without the optional module assessment.

If you wish to complete the course assessment you are expected to have a first degree at 2.2 level or above (or equivalent) or alternatively have industrial experience.

We strongly recommend that you speak to the course tutor prior to the course if you are unsure about your suitability to complete the assessment.

If you are a non-UK student you will need to show your passport on entry to the UK. Please check your eligibility to visit and study in the UK here. If you are a non-Irish EU national currently resident in Ireland please contact us directly for further advice.

If English is not your country's first language, you will be required to provide evidence to show you meet the UK Border Agency and the University's minimum English Language requirements. Further details are available on our English Language Requirements webpage

Introduction

In this module, you will learn how to design comfortable and safe geometric alignments for cycleways, busways and highways, applying contemporary best practice guidance and standards. You will consider how different types of vehicles behave as they move along an alignment and how this relates to the need for constraints on aspects of geometry such as the sharpness of curves, the steepness of gradients (a particular challenge for cycleways!) and the site distances required to stop safely at different design speeds. You will also examine how transport infrastructure is constructed.

Key Facts

This course can count towards the MSc Transport Engineering and Planning

Learning and Teaching

The course will be delivered through a series of classes to introduce transport infrastructure design principles. These classes will be mixed with site visits and design workshops where students apply principles to real-world transport infrastructure design projects.

Study facilities

UWE Bristol is superbly equipped with libraries and computer labs, and an excellent campus environment.

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Telephone

+44 (0)117 32 81043 (option 1, then option 3)