1st Edition
Introduction to Modern Infrastructure Construction
Introduction to Modern Infrastructure Construction serves as a pivotal resource in construction management education, focusing primarily on heavy civil construction and the newest technological innovations in this field. An essential textbook and tool for both academic and professional use, it thoroughly addresses critical topics including earthwork, highway planning, design, asphalt production, paving, recycling technology, and transportation asset management. It also delves into multiple aspects of infrastructure such as bridges, railways, airports, and pipelines, offering comprehensive insights beneficial to project management in these fields. Each chapter includes discussion questions or assignments to boost educational utility, and the text is augmented with lab practice appendices to reinforce practical application.
Authored by leading experts in the field George C. Wang, Jennifer P. Brandenburg, and Don Chen, Introduction to Modern Infrastructure Construction leverages their combined experience in academic teaching, research and practical application. Their expertise provides readers with a unique blend of theoretical knowledge and real-world perspective, making this book an indispensable guide for anyone aspiring to excel in the field of infrastructure construction.
Contents
Preface
List of Acronyms/Abbreviations
SI* (Modern Metric) Conversion Factors
Chapter 1: An Introduction
Chapter 2: Review of Soils - Properties, Investigation, and Compaction
Chapter 3: Highway Pavement Type, Structure, and Selection
Chapter 4: Transportation Planning, Geometric Design of Road, and Drainage
Chapter 5. Pavement Design
Chapter 6: Hot Mix Asphalt Composing Materials
Chapter 7: Superpave Hot Mix Asphalt Mix Design
Chapter 8: Hot Mix Asphalt Production and Plant Operation
Chapter 9: Asphalt Paving
Chapter 10: Asphalt Pavement Recycling
Chapter 11 Concrete Paving, Preservation and Recycling
Chapter 12: Transportation Asset Management
Chapter 13: Transportation Infrastructure Construction Administration
Chapter 14: Constructing Connectivity: Building the Bridges, Railways, Airports, and Pipelines of Tomorrow
Chapter 15: Innovative Technology Utilization in Infrastructure Construction
List of Acronyms/Abbreviations
SI* (Modern Metric) Conversion Factors
Appendix 1: Lab Practice
Index
Biography
George Wang has over 30 years of experience in both industry and academia across various countries. He is the Gregory Poole Distinguished Professor in Construction Management at East Carolina University. His teaching and research focus on infrastructure construction and sustainable materials. As a professional engineer, he has served on technical committees for ASCE, TRB, and ASTM. He is an elected Fellow of ASCE and a lifetime member of ACCE.
Jennifer Brandenburg is a professional engineer with over 30 years of experience in government transportation agencies and the private sector. She holds a civil engineering degree from North Carolina State University and has managed numerous transportation infrastructure projects. She is an adjunct faculty member in Construction Management at East Carolina University.
Don Chen, PhD, LEED, has over 30 years of experience in the engineering field. He is a professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he teaches Highway Design and Construction, Applied Analytics and Machine Learning, and Building Information Modeling (BIM). His research interests include pavement performance evaluation and pavement management, focusing on enhancing roadway network performance through local calibration, performance modeling, and deep learning.
