TS26-9 Pavement Construction Planning Engineering

This textbook "Road Pavement Construction Planning Engineering" is presented as a comprehensive guide for civil engineering students in understanding the philosophy, theory and practical application of road infrastructure design. In the midst of the rapid growth in traffic volumes and extreme load (ODOL) challenges in Indonesia, a deep understanding of pavement structures has become an absolute competency for prospective engineers.
This book is structured systematically, starting from an introduction to basic concepts and pavement structural elements, to analysis of planning parameters which include subgrade, materials and traffic loads. The main focus of this book lies in the comparative analysis between the AASHTO 1993 empirical method and the 2017 Bina Marga mechanistic-empirical method. Readers are invited not to just memorize formulas, but to understand the stress-strain behavior of materials and the importance of the Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) approach in producing strong and economical designs.
In the final part, this book equips readers with practical skills in compiling Detailed Engineering Design (DED) documents, starting from designing material mixtures, making plan drawings (cross sections, details, layouts), to preparing Cost Budget Plans (RAB). Equipped with case studies, narrative discussions, and comprehensive evaluations, this book is a golden bridge connecting academic theory in the classroom with professional reality in the construction field.