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AH1907 Installation 1. Road, Railways and Wastewater Networks 7.5 credits

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This course covers basic methods required for design, planning, and construction of highways, roadways and railways and design and construction of water and wastewater networks.

Information per course offering

Termin

Information for Autumn 2025 Start 25 Aug 2025 programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
25 Aug 2025 - 24 Oct 2025
Periods

Autumn 2025: P1 (7.5 hp)

Pace of study

50%

Application code

50091

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

Swedish

Course memo
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Number of places

Min: 15

Target group
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Planned modular schedule
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Course syllabus as PDF

Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.

Course syllabus AH1907 (Autumn 2024–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus AH1907 (Autumn 2024–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

Road and railway technology:

  • Road and railway track components
  • Geometric design of roads and railways
  • Classes and types of roads, streets and railways
  • Buidling materials for roads and railways (bitumen, asphalt, unbound materials)
  • Climate, environment and drainage aspects
  • Design of roads and railways

Road hydrology:

  • Water and waste water technology and road construction
  • Storm water and traffic

Water and waste water technology:

  • Materials science about water and waste water technology
  • Operation and maintenance of water and waste water technology

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

  • explain technical terms and understand their mutual relations within the fields of road, railway and water and waste water technology
  • perform simple projecting group assignments within the fields of road, railway and water and waste water technology
  • perform calculations regarding the geometric design of the road and vehicle dynamics
  • use computer programs for road design and mass calculation
  • explain the relationship between design and production of sustainable infrastructure programs.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Completed course: AF1763

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • TENA - Exam, 2.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • INL1 - Hand-in-assignment, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • INL2 - Hand-in-assignment, 2.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Examiner

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Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

ABE/Constructional Engineering and Design

Main field of study

Technology

Education cycle

First cycle