Table of Contents

Preface.
Highway development.
Maps, drawings and surveying.
Earthworks.
Drainage.
Flexible and composite pavements.
Rigid pavements.
Kerbing, footways and paved areas.
Ancillary construction work.
Safety at work.
Materials and testing.
Highway plant.
Street furniture.
Bridgeworks: construction and maintenance.
Highway maintenance.
New roads and street works Act.
Site organisation.
Index.

Promotional Information

* Revised throughout to ensure content in line with new EU Standards * Latest changes to highway terminology incorporated * New textbook features increase accessibility of the text - end of chapter review questions and references for further reading

About the Author

Malcom Copson has spent his working life in Civil Engineering, with experience in large construction projects and maintenance, having held the post of Training Centre Manager and Safety Officer, he is currently UK Safety Training Manager for a large design and construction management company.

Reviews

Reviews of the previous edition:
"Excellent textbook for C&G6140 Roadwork Craft Certificates. Clearly written and well explained with good diagrams and illustrations."
-Mr J W Glenn, Lecturer in Technology, Belfast Institute for Further and Higher Education

"...written in a clear and simple manner with well-presented illustrations and diagrams."
-Saad Yousif, Lecturer at the University of Salford