HIGHWAY ENGINEERING

NAME: RONNEL M. MARIANO Score: ___________

Section: BSCE-4A Date: ____________

Activity 4.1
“Road Bed Construction”

Identification: Answer the following question in the space provided.

1. CLEARING It represents for removing and disposing all surface objects including
vegetation, trees and other protruding objects not designated to remain along the
roadway.
2. ROADWAY EXCAVATION It is the process of loosening and removing earth from its
original position and transporting same for fill or to a waste deposit.
3. MUCK EXCAVATIO Is the removal and disposal of saturated or unsaturated mixtures
of soils and organic matter not suitable for foundation materials.
4. COMPACTION It refers for pressing of soil particles to expel air from the mass and
filling the voids to make the material denser.
5. TRENCH A long narrow excavation which is deeper than it is wide, and open to the
surface along its length.
6. FREEHAUL A distance with which there is a fixed price for excavating, hauling, and
dumping regardless of the distance moved.
7. STABILIZING LAYERS It carries the load and distribute it to the soil under the layers
of asphalt concrete.
8. SHAFTS AND DRIVES It is often constructed to provide access or ventilation to a
tunnel and can be sunk for investigating or constructing foundations, dewatering, or
providing openings to underground facilities.
9. SUB-GRADE/SUB-BASE It is defined as the supporting structure on which the
pavement surface and its special under-courses rest.
10. SUBGRADE It is the upper layer of natural soil which may be the undisturbed local
materials or soil excavated elsewhere placed as fill.

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