Why this course?

Description

This comprehensive course guides you through every phase of planning and scheduling a road or highway project—from the initial feasibility study to the final handover and maintenance. Geared toward civil engineers, planning/scheduling engineers, project managers, and decision-makers in the infrastructure sector, it equips you with proven methodologies, practical templates, and real-world examples to keep multi-lane projects on time, on budget, and free of costly rework.

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Who Should Enroll?

• Road & Highway Engineers seeking to deepen their understanding of end-to-end project sequencing

• Planning & Scheduling Engineers responsible for network diagrams, bar charts, resource histograms, and progress curves

• Project/Construction Managers who must coordinate earthworks, pavement layers, structures, utilities, and closeout activities

• Quantity Surveyors & Cost Engineers looking to integrate time-cost trade-offs and resource optimization

• Clients & Authority Representatives wanting insight into construction sequencing, approvals, and handover processes

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Key Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Define and sequence all major work packages for roads from single-lane rural byways to six-lane expressways.

2. Develop detailed Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and assign durations, resources, and costs to each activity.

3. Apply scheduling methods (Bar charts, CPM, PERT, S-Curves) to optimize critical-path execution.

4. Plan and schedule earthworks, pavement layers, and structural components (culverts, bridges, retaining walls) to avoid conflicts and rework.

5. Coordinate utility shifts, service roads, and traffic diversions in compliance with approvals and safety regulations.

6. Optimize equipment and manpower use, minimizing idle time and balancing labor categories.

7. Establish material delivery schedules for aggregates, bitumen, cement, and water to ensure “just-in-time” availability.

8. Monitor progress and manage delays, using delay analysis, mitigation planning, and real-time reporting.

9. Plan final layer, signage, markings, and QA testing for safe, high-quality handover.

10. Implement defect liability and maintenance plans to secure long-term road performance.

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Course Duration & Structure

• Total Duration: 10 weeks

• Format: Weekly modules with lectures, case studies, downloadable templates, and practical assignments

• Delivery:

  • Online self-paced lectures (videos + chapters)

  • Peer-reviewed assignments using real project data

  • Final capstone project: develop a planning & scheduling proposal for a hypothetical multi-lane highway

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Module Breakdown

Module	Topics	Learning Activities
1	Introduction to Highway Planning & Scheduling	Case study: 2-lane vs. 6-lane projects; create a simple bar chart schedule
2	Project Scope & WBS	Build a WBS template; allocate cost and duration
3	Road Alignment & Survey Works	Estimate survey durations; design chainage-based activity plan
4	Earthwork & Subgrade Planning	Sequence excavation & embankment; track daily progress
5	Pavement Layers Scheduling	Plan GSB, WMM, DBM, BC, and rigid pavement timelines
6	Bridges, Culverts & Structures Planning	Integrate minor & major structures; link with roadworks
7	Utility Shifting & Service Road Planning	Map utilities; schedule temporary vs. permanent service roads
8	Equipment & Resource Planning	Size fleet; plan crews; avoid idle time; plan materials delivery
9	Project Monitoring & Delay Management	Develop S-Curves; perform time-impact analyses; create progress reports
10	Project Closeout & Handover; Defect Liability & Maintenance	Schedule final surfacing, signage, QA tests; draft handover documents; plan DLP & routine maintenance

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Why This Course Is Useful

1. Holistic Coverage: Unlike narrowly focused programs, this course addresses every element—from feasibility studies to periodic maintenance—ensuring you can oversee a project’s full life cycle.

2. Practical Templates: Downloadable scheduling spreadsheets, WBS formats, equipment rosters, and cost matrices let you apply learnings directly to your projects.

3. Real-World Examples: India and Gulf project snapshots illustrate how challenges—monsoon weather, long lead-times, stakeholder approvals—are solved with robust planning.

4. Cost-Time Integration: Learn to quantify trade-offs, calculate cost per day recovered, and build cash-flow forecasts tied to schedule milestones.

5. Risk-Based Scheduling: Delay analysis and mitigation modules teach you to anticipate bottlenecks and implement acceleration techniques before deadlines slip.

6. Stakeholder Coordination: Gain strategies for timely authority approvals, utility no-objections, and traffic management sign-offs—critical for uninterrupted works.

7. Quality & Handover Focus: Ensure your final deliverables—test certificates, as-builts, maintenance manuals—are ready when the client signs off.

8. Link to Long-Term Performance: Defect liability and maintenance planning modules equip you to transition smoothly from construction to sustainable road operation.