1. Wes Marshall, P.E. University of Connecticut May 2007 CE 276 Site Design Final Exam Outline

3. Chapters 1 – 5 & 7

4. Contours & Topography  Contours Reading & interpreting contours Contour characteristics Drawing a section Slope formula

5. Site Grading  Grading Road grading Terrace grading Path / road layout Grade change devices Grading around buildings Cross slope grading Curbs & swales

6. Earthwork  Reading cut & fill on a grading plan  Factors influencing grading decisions  Adjustment factors for cut & fill volumes

7. Chapters 9 - 13

8. Chapter 9 Storm Water Management  Hydrologic cycle  Impact of site development  Storm Water Management Philosophies / Goals / Tools Best Management Practice & techniques Detention, retention, and infiltration pond facilities & design Porous pavements & constructed wetlands

9. Chapter 10 Soil Erosion & Sediment Control  Factors affecting erosion  Regulations Erosion & Sediment Control Plans  Erosion & sediment control Strategies and considerations Methods  Maintenance  General rules of thumb

10. Chapter 11 Rational Methods  Delineating drainage areas  Finding the hydraulically most remote point and the time of concentration  Hydrographs  Rational & Modified Rational Method Storm frequency & duration Runoff coefficients

11. Chapter 12 NRCS TR-55 Method  When to use & limitations  Comparisons to the Rational Methods  Finding C, Q, T c, and q Hydrologic soil groups and hydrologic condition Estimating sheet flow, shallow concentrated flow, channel flow Graphical peak discharge method & tabular hydrograph method  Estimating detention basin storage

12. Chapter 13 Designing & Sizing a Storm Water System  Components of storm water systems  Types of drainage systems Open, closed, combination Advantages & disadvantages of each  Designing swales  Designing pipe systems Considerations Sizing pipes  Subsurface drainage

13.  Final Project is due in the main civil office upstairs by 3pm this Friday  Final Exam is in this room a week from tomorrow… Thursday May 3 rd from 6-8 PM