Terrain Evaluation Manual

Download or read book Terrain Evaluation Manual written by C. J. Lawrance and published by Transport Research Laboratory Department of Transport. This book was released on 1993 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrain exerts a major influence in shaping the design of roads and other engineering structures, especially in developing countries where a minimum costs specification is usually adopted. The emphasis of this manual is on highway engineering, but the principles of site investigation planning apply to resource development in general, and the manual can be used equally to plan other forms of civil engineering project, such as an irrigation scheme or the layout for a new town.