A Concise Manual on Highway Construction (Third Edition)

Author: Yang Wenyuan
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: This manual is a highway construction technology guide, characterized by its simplicity, practicality, and chart-based layout for easy reference. The manual (3rd edition) has been comprehensively revised and reorganized based on new engineering technology standards, relevant technical specifications, and regulations. It includes the following 10 sections: 1. Highway Route, 2. Surveying and Stakeout, 3. Subgrade Engineering, 4. Stone Blasting, 5. Pavement Engineering, 6. Bridge Engineering, 7. Structural Lifting, 8. Protection, Strengthening, and Ancillary Facilities, 9. Common Road Construction Materials, 10. Application of Road Construction Machinery Technology. The manual contains 354 tables and 1,967 illustrations. It can serve as a reference tool for highway construction and maintenance technicians, as well as for urban road, forestry, and industrial/ mining road technicians, and for faculty and students of relevant institutions.