Roads -an important element of any factory
Roads are an integral element in any industrial facility. That is one of the reasons why industrial civil engineering consultants must design a road to meet the project’s requirements. Civil design consultants must also consider factors like climatic changes, the type of vehicular traffic, and the frequency of road usage while designing the road.
Why are roads needed?
Roads allow vehicles to have smooth movement. Roads help distribute the weight of the vehicles to the strata below. It helps to bear the effects of the weather.
A road is made of a durable material designed to carry vehicular traffic. Road helps distribute the load of vehicular traffic to the soil layers below. However, the road must have properly designed subgrade soil. The road must be able to prevent the skidding of vehicles. Additionally, roads should need less maintenance. Once production starts, maintenance of roads is difficult.
Moreover, the civil consultants design the road based on the peak time traffic. The visibility of the path by the driver of the vehicle is an important factor while designing roads. In case there are intersections or man movement, signage has to be kept.
The turning radius of the road must be so that the vehicular traffic is smooth and safe. The civil consultants should plan the road’s width as per the site’s traffic plan. The industrial civil design consultants must co-evolve the traffic plan with the client’s project team.
Certain factors influencing the road design are the type of traffic, uni-directional traffic or traffic in both directions. The traffic flow and the material flow help decide the road size.
Types of Roads
They are classified based on the materials used, location and function, traffic, width, traffic type, rigidity and topography. Roads can be classified based on materials used as earthen roads, gravel roads, murrum roads, kankar roads, WBM (water-bound macadam) roads, bituminous roads and concrete roads.
The industrial civil engineering design consultants must design roads for the facility as per the project requirements, with an eye on safety and in line with standards.
