JOSE MARIA COLLEGE

Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway, Sasa, Davao City

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION

COURSE OUTLINE

I. Course: CE 313
II. Course Title: HIGHWAY ENGINEERING

III. Course Description: This course deals with the development of highways
in the Philippines, highway design, and the materials that are used in road
construction and maintenance. It also includes highway administration; traffic,
driver, pedestrian and vehicle characteristics; geometric design, roadside
design, highway and related structures; intersection, interchanges, terminals;
drainage structures; traffic engineering; asphalt and concrete pavements,
survey, plans, estimates, contracts and supervision, earthworks, bases and sub-
bases, highway maintenance and rehabilitation.

IV. Credit Units: 3 units lecture

V. Course Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students will:
1. Discussed the highway development in the Philippines from the early part of
1900 to the present era.
2. Explain the importance of community involvement in the planning stage of a
proposed road construction project.
3. Be familiar with the items involved highway design using the Standard
Specifications for public Works and Highways
4. Be acquainted with materials used in road constructions and maintenance.
5. Be able to prepare documents, plans and details.
6. Be able to understand the factors that affect the performance of highways
and related structures.

VI. Course Coverage:

PRELIM

1. The highway and its Development: Highway in the Philippines, Planning

difficulties, Community involvement, Location of the proposed highway.
2. Designing the Highway: Design speed. Cross section of typical highway.
Road shoulder cut or fill slope. Cross slope. Highway median. The grade
line. Right of way

MIDTERM

1. Soil: Soil and its origin. Soil types. Characteristics of soil. Soil classification.
2. Road materials: Aggregates. Mineral fillers. Bituminous concrete pavement.
Asphalt concrete pavement.

PRE- FINALS
 1. Road Bed Construction: Treated and untreated base course. DPWH
Standard Specifications on: Aggregate sub-base course, Clearing and
grubbing, Excavation, Freehaul-overhaul, Embankments, Subgrade
preparations, Compaction and stabilization
2. Concrete Pavement: Characteristics and behavior. Transverse expansion,
longitudinal and construction joints. Concrete proportion and mixtures.
Curing of concrete pavement. DPWH specifications for concrete pavement.
Preparation o f grade. Handling, measuring and batching of materials.
Placing of concrete. Removal of forms.

FINALS

1. Drainage and Slope Protection: Drainage. Hydrology. Drainage economic

considerations. Drainage and highway. Manholes, inlets, and catch basin. Channels and
culverts.
2. Design of Pavement:
1.1 Rigid pavement.
1.2 Flexible pavement.
1.3 Thickness of pavement using Mcleod’s method, Expansion pressure method, Stress
at the corner of the slab using Goldbecks method.
1.4 Width of widening of a curve section of a road.
1.5 Thickness of base course using triaxial test method.

VII. Grading System:

Criteria for each grading system:
 Performance - 15%
 Assignments - 5%
 Quizzes - 30%
 Periodical Exam - 50%
Total - 100%

VIII. Requirements:

- Notebook
- Calculator

IX. References:
1. Mannering Fred, Washburn Scott, Kilaresky Walter. 2004. Principles of
Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis
2. Wright, PaulH. 2003. Highway Engineering
3. Fajardo, Max Jr. B.1998. Elements of Roads and Highways, 2nd Edition
4. Department of Public Works and Highways. 1995. Standard
Specification for Public Works and Highways, DPWH.

Prepared by:

ENGR. ROLDAN G. SUAZO

College Instructor