RedVector RV-10715

Site Engineering for Landscape Architects: Horizontal and Vertical Road Alignment

Site Engineering for Landscape Architects: Horizontal and Vertical Road Alignment

1 hr. Online Course

Level: Intermediate

Item#: RV-10715

SME: Jake Woland, ASLA

The purpose of this course is to present the basic engineering necessary to lay out roads and drives in the landscape. In order to create safe, enjoyable, and easily maneuverable vehicular circulation, roads must be engineered in both the horizontal and vertical planes. In this course you will receive information, examples with solutions, and opportunities to test your retention of the material presented. We will review basic components of road alignment and definitions of circular curve elements. You will get step-by-step processes and road alignment procedure. We will examine various approaches to design and practice making calculations using proven formulas.
Posted by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright © 2013. All rights reserved.
Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify the basic components of road alignment in terms of the horizontal and vertical planes
  • Define Circular Curve Elements Label a construction drawing
  • Explain the procedure to design an unequal tangent curve
  • Describe the road alignment procedure
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Jake Woland, ASLA
JAKE WOLAND, ASLA, is a landscape architect with HEWITT in Seattle, Washington. He previously taught at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
 
KURT NATHAN, MS, PE, is Professor Emeritus at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and was formerly a consulting engineer for Conservation Engineering.
 
The late STEVEN STROM, FASLA, was Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
 
State Licenses
AK - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
AL - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
AR - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
CT - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
DE - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
FL - Landscape Architect (Optional - 0009796)
Accreditation: FL DBPR Approved Provider 0001771
GA - Landscape Architect (General - Approved LA CES-2025)
IA - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
IL - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
IN - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
KS - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
KY - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
LA - Landscape Architect (General - Approved LA CES-2025)
MD - Landscape Architect (General - Approved LA CES-2025)
MI - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
MN - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
MO - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
MS - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
NC - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - 10760)
NE - Landscape Architect (General - Approved LA CES-2025)
NH - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
NJ - Landscape Architect (General)
NM - Landscape Architect (General - Approved LA CES-2025)
NV - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
NY - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
OH - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
OK - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
OR - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
PA - Landscape Architect (General - Approved LA CES-2025)
PR - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
SC - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
SD - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
TN - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
TX - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
UT - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
VA - Landscape Architect (General - Approved LA CES-2025)
WA - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
WI - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
WV - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare (max 6 hrs online) - Approved LA CES-2025)
WY - Landscape Architect (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)
Professional Organizations
American Society of Landscape Architects (LA CES) - ASLA - Member (Health, Safety & Welfare - Approved LA CES-2025)