Pavement Engineer Certificate
Structure and Requirements
In order to achieve certification an applicant should be able to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of three key fields of pavement engineering, associated standards and industry best practice in:
- Investigation;
- Design;
- Construction
A breakdown of the core requirements for each field is listed below:
- Use of Investigation Data
- Road Cores, materials and laboratory testing
- Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP)
- Visual condition surveys
- Understanding of pavement failure mechanisms
- Pavement Management System data
- Demonstrate an understanding of the interpretation and application of network/scheme level surveys
- Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD)
- Deflectograph (Principle) including TSD
- TRACS/SCANNER
- Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
- Design
- New build designs
- Maintenance designs
- Demonstrate an understanding of the principles connected with pavement design and performance
- Foundation design
- Traffic Assessment
- PSV (CD236 and indirectly the application of CS 228)
- Materials selection
- Surface Treatments
- Whole Life Costing
- Value Engineering
- Sustainability
- Safety in design
- Implementing Design in Construction
- Materials Properties
- Pavement and CD 236 Drawings
- Construction and Tie-in Details
- Appendix 7/1 Specification
- Appendix 1/5 Specification
- Specific AR Clauses
- Specifications for use of innovative or novel systems
- Buildability
- Application of BS 594987 (e.g. laying temperatures)
- Safety in construction
