CIVL 327 - Asphalt and Concrete Laboratory

Credit Hours: 1

Required of all Civil and Environmental Engineering juniors. Laboratory applications involving design, preparation, curing and testing of asphalt and Portland cement concrete. Includes testing for comp1nt properties, comp1nt selection and grading, material handling, mix design, blending, applicable standards and specifications, construction practices, quality control, specimen testing and safety. Marshall and Superpave mix design procedures and testing methods are used to conduct laboratory data collection and analysis. Emphasis is placed on professional laboratory report preparation.
Lecture: 2 hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Materials Laboratory (CIVL 307)
Corequisites: Co-requisite: Highway Engineering (CIVL 302).