De elektronische studiegids voor het academiejaar 2025 - 2026 is onder voorbehoud.





Transport Infrastructure (4196)

  
Coordinating lecturer :Prof. dr. Evelien POLDERS 
  
Co-lecturer :Prof. dr. ir. Ali PIRDAVANI 
  
Member of the teaching team :De heer Brent PETERS 


Language of instruction : English


Credits: 4,0
  
Period: quarter 1 (4sp)
  
2nd Chance Exam1: Yes
  
Final grade2: Numerical
 
Sequentiality
 
   No sequentiality

Prerequisites

There are no specific prerequisites for this course.



Content

This course covers two crucial aspects of transport infrastructure: the design and project management of infrastructure projects for the transportation of people and goods.

The infrastructure design segment introduces students to the key elements involved in transport infrastructure design. This includes understanding the individual components of the infrastructure and the processes and tools that integrate these parts. Students will gain insights into the following topics:

  • Introduction to road infrastructure design
  • Road categorization
  • Road section design: sight, horizontal and vertical alignments
  • Cross-sections
  • Discontinuities
  • Intersections and interchanges

The project management segment focuses on the various aspects of managing transport mega-projects. These projects are complex, costly, and large-scale, significantly impacting entire countries or regions. The course covers project management from front-end planning to actual project delivery, addressing stakeholder management, risk, finance, complexity, innovation, governance, and ethics. It also examines common mistakes and risks in preparing and delivering mega-projects—such as underestimated costs, overestimated revenues, undervalued environmental impacts, and overvalued economic development effects—and offers practical solutions to manage these risks.



Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Lecture  
Response lecture  
Small group session  


 

Compulsory course material
 

International handbook on mega-projects. van Wee, B., & Priemus, H.,  Edgar Elgar Publishing Limited, e-book accessible for students through the website of the UHasselt library: https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.bib proxy.uhasselt.be/lib/ubhasselt/detail.action?docID=1569405

Slides and additional course materials will be provided via Blackboard.



Learning outcomes
  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
Offered inTolerance3
1st year Master of Transportation Sciences (incl ICP) J
Exchange Programme Transportation Sciences J



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