LAWI100192 Forest road construction and maintenance
- Type
- course with continuous assessment
- Semester hours
- 2
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Stampfer, Karl
- Organisation
- Applied Geology
- Offered in
- Sommersemester 2026
- Languages of instruction
- Deutsch
- Content
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Typical phases of forest road construction; construction methods; machinery for the construction of new forest roads; organization of construction work; space-related drainage of forest roads; trench crossings with fords; retentive road construction materials; biodiversity & forest roads; load-bearing capacity of forest roads; cost calculation;
Work steps in the maintenance of forest roads; Machines for the maintenance of forest roads; Slope stabilization (retaining walls, coarse stone fillings, reinforced earth); Erosion on forest roads;
- Previous knowledge expected
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None
- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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Be familiar with typical work steps and machinery used in the construction and maintenance of forest roads and be able to assess the factors that influence costs.
Be able to recognize and evaluate the hydrological spatial relevance of surface and water runoff (channels, streams) specific to forest roads.
Be able to assess the need for maintenance and derive targeted measures.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.