A Workshop for Local and State Roads Personnel

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of the course the participant should be able to:

• Identify and select proper gravel surfacing materials.

• Properly prepare road for gravel/regravelling.

• Use grading equipment to construct proper cross-section.

• Place, mix and spread gravel material properly.

• Compact gravel surface to specifications.

• Finish gravel surface in accord with specification tolerances.

• Select appropriate dust pallatives and gravel stabilizing materials (sodium chloride, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, lignin sulfonate, petroleum distillate products).

• Properly apply dust pallatives.

• Design stabilized gravel surfaces.

• Properly maintain gravel road surfaces with stabilizing agents.

Who should Attend

This workshop is designed for:

state, local and tribal highway agency construction and maintenance personal, motor grader operators and

other road personnel involved in the construction and maintenance of gravel roads, as well as

contractor personnel who provide materials and provide this work for local agencies.