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    Welcome to Forest Science 434 - Forest Roads and Transport!
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    Test 1 Forest Roads (10%) 11th March 11:00 (room 1052)
    Test 2 Forest Roads and Logistics (10%) March 27, 10:00
    Test 3 Forest Roads and Logistics (15%) April 15th
    Test 4 Forest Roads and Logistics (15%) May 13th
    Presentation of assignments - May 13th (10%)
    Final assessment - main group
    Final test (20%) Friday 30th May 09:00-11:30
    A4 25.08.2021
    A4 25.08.2021 Version 2
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    Assignment 1 - Visualizing DTM data
    Week 2: Road Drainage & Drainage Design ; 17 Feb - 23 Feb
    Assignment 2 - Catchment delineation, drainage planning & design
    Week 3: Road Planning and Design ; 24 Feb - 2 Mar
    Submission- Assignment 2 - coarse road alignment
    Assignment 3 - Coarse road alignment
    Road spacing calculation exercise (submission)
    Week 4 Forest Road Geometry; 3-9 March
    Assignment 4 - Fine Road Alignment
    Assignment 5 - Plotting a P-line at Coetzenburg
    Week 5: Road construction ; 10-16 March
    Assignment 6: Road Surfacing - Volumes, Cost and Allocation
    Week 6: Road maintenance, 17-23 March
    Week 7: Soil Mechanics I; 24 Mar -30 March
    Week 9: Using Softtree / RoadEng 7-13 April
    Assignment 7 Road Design
    Week 10: Timber Transport - Primary and Secondary transport and the implications on the supply chain; 14 - 20 April
    Assignment 7: Developing marginal supply cost curves
    Week 11: Timber Transport - Road Truck Configurations ; 21 April - 27 April
    Assignment 8: Harvesting to roadside / depot
    Week 12: Minimising Transport Costs through planning and optimisation; 28 Apr-4 May
    Week 13: Terminal Operations and Logistics Management, 5-11 May
    Forestry Handbook Section 5.2 Introduction to logistics in forest engineering
    Week 14: Revision of key concepts and student presentations- The Forestry Value Chain; 12-16 May
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    1. Jonkershoek - Introduction to forest roads
    2. Introduction to the use of digital terrain models (DTMs)
    3. Basic road layout, geometry and costs
    4. Harvest planning and road network densification
    5. Catchment delineation and drainage design
    6. Completion of road design and preparation for transport planning
    7. Deriving Supply Cost Curves
    Terminology
    Manuals
    Forest Roads Network Management Wise 2018
    Self Help Test
    Self Test 1 -Ergonomics
    SELF TEST 2 Emotional effects and context
    Professor Dahlin Study Material
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