Contents

  • Cover
  • Introduction
  • Essentials
    • Identifying and managing risk
    • Starting the job – be prepared
    • The job is not finished until it is signed-off
  • Basics
    • Roading terms
    • Basics about soil
  • Good construction
    • A well-constructed road
    • A well-constructed landing
  • Earthworks
    • Clearing and stripping
    • Cut and sidecast construction
    • Cut and bench fill construction
    • Full bench construction with end-haul
    • Earthworks compaction
    • Forming the landing
    • Forming curves and in-bends
    • Stabilising cut/fill slopes
    • Fixing weak formation
    • Final grading before metalling
  • Water control
    • Water control overview
    • Water table drains
    • Water table drainage culverts
    • Berms and cut-outs
    • Flumes
    • Silt traps
    • Silt fences
  • Culvert waterway crossings
  • Temporary bridges
  • Metalling
  • Maintenance of roads
    • General maintenance
    • Maintenance of new roads
    • Maintenance of harvesting roads
    • Maintenance of low-use roads
  • Assisting loggers and harvesting rehab
    • Installing deadmen
    • Harvesting track rehab
    • Landing rehab
  • Want to learn more?
  • Glossary

NZ Forest Road Engineering Manual: Operators Guide

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  2. Introduction
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Introduction

Overall goal

To assist operators, contractors and supervisors build roads and landings that meet good safety, environment and performance standards.

What the guide covers

  • Construction principles.
  • Ways to improve construction practices.
  • Basic construction and maintenance methods.
  • Impact of poor construction methods on safety, the environment and cost.

What the guide doesn’t cover

  • The Guide is not a technical manual, so does not cover engineering design or construction methods in detail.
  • It does not replace company guidelines or legal requirements (District or Regional plan rules or consent conditions).

Symbols

The guide uses the following symbols to show good or poor practice:

Good practice
Bad practice
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