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Caledonian College of Engineering

Course Work

Part A: Road safety evaluation for a selected highway in Muscat.

Introduction:

Working in a team will provide students to break individual barriers and reach newer heights. For carrying out this group project, four students can form a team and carry out investigation and gather information through suitable data collection methods as detailed below. Data collection methods can be chosen based on literature review on related topics. Once the data collection is done, they are required to prepare and submit a detailed report. A viva voce will be conducted after the report submission.

Suggested methodology for the study:

1. Before start of the project, a thorough literature review should be done to gain knowledge about road safety evaluation procedures and requirements. (Chapter 2 of the report should show an extensive literature review)

1. Based on literature review students should come up with a road safety audit form and a detailed methodology for the project.(Chapter 3 of the report should show the detailed methodology for the study)

1. Select any one highway in Oman.

1. For the selected highway, they have to conduct a road safety evaluation and come up with possible defects which may be probable causes of accidents (Lack of sign boards, Too less or too much information, road condition, lighting, speed limits imposed, time

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required to take decisions, non-uniformity of road geometry and the like). If required questionnaire surveys of the road users can be conducted.

1. The group should come up with a detailed plan with drawings for rectification of identified defects on the selected road.

1. Visits to the concerned Ministry or Municipality is recommended to collect the information related to accidents, the black spots on selected road and other related information.

1. Photographs, Drawings, field studies, accident reports, or excel analysis should form part of the report.

1. Final evaluation is based on report. (Report guidelines in Appendix)

Format for report:

Guidelines for the mini-project report and the marking rubrics can be downloaded from the Blackboard along with other required instructions. The cover page will be uploaded in the blackboard which has to be attached as the first page of the word document.

Part B : Evaluation of existing speed limits in Muscat based on field study.

1. For a selected stretch of road, students need to conduct speed studies covering peak and non-peak hours. (Necessary input on conducting speed studies will be provided during lectures. Necessary permission from concerned authorities to conduct the study need to be obtained prior to the study. An induction will be given about safety during field data collection)

1. An analysis of the data need to be done and the 85th percentile speed to be determined for the selected stretch.

1. A comparison with the posted speed limit to be made and suitable recommendations to be provided.

1. The outcome of this work will be assessed by a power point presentation.

Marking scheme

Instructions

1. Plagiarism is a serious offence. In case of any plagiarism detected, penalty will be imposed leading to zero mark. Policy and guidelines for dealing with plagiarism and malpractice in examination can be viewed by clicking: http://portal.cce.edu.om/member/contentdetails.aspx?id=490

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1. The course work shall be subject to plagiarism software check.

1. Course work should be submitted on time. College guidelines on late submission of coursework can be viewed by clicking: http://portal.cce.edu.om/member/contentdetails.aspx?id=565

1. Course work should be submitted with an appropriate cover page, which can be obtained from the departmental assistant at the department.

1. Name, student number and title of the course work to be provided clearly and legibly on the cover page.

1. The completed course work is to be submitted on or before the deadline.

1. All students in a group should equally share the work and there should be a one-page description in the report which will clearly describe the contribution of each member towards the project.

1. Viva voce will be held for each student after the presentation, which will assess the student’s knowledge acquired about the overall project.

1. Evidences for data collection and analysis need to be produced in whatsoever form it is available (soft or hard copy) seperately to the module tutor. Both primary and secondary data collection can be carried out for the project.

1. Any related information will be posted in the Blackboard as and when required, which has to be considered along with the regular instructions provided in this brief.

Referencing

Harvard Referencing (CCE Style) First Edition 2013 should be followed for both in-text and listing references. This downloadable document can be found in our CCE portal at: http://portal.cce.edu.om/member/contentdetails.aspx?cid=628

Name and Signature of Module leader

Ms. Charlot Nalankilli Date: 23.1.2018

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