Units
Project Engineering 1
Unit code: ENB275
Contact hours: 4 per week
Credit points: 12
Information about fees and unit costs
The unit commences with the development of the construction techniques common to site investigation, earthworks, pile driving, deep foundations, reinforced and prestressed concrete and steel erection. This operational understanding is extended into a study of the practices used to estimate cost and to administer contracts, including planning and the legal implications of operating in a commercial environment. The unit concludes with the issues surrounding the uncertainty of weather and of operating in remote environs.
Availability
| Semester | Available |
|---|---|
| 2013 Semester 2 | Yes |
Sample subject outline - Semester 2 2013
Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.
Rationale
As an engineer, you must have the ability to design and construct a project. In order to be able to successfully complete the project you must have knowledge of the different construction techniques available and be able to schedule the project so that it is completed within time and quality constraints. Increasingly these matters have to be effected with environmental sensitivity. This is a second year unit that builds upon prior design and construction units to further develop your construction project capabilities. It develops your skills base to manage increasingly complex projects in later units.
Aims
The aim of the unit is to provide an understanding of construction procedures so that choices can be made between competing methods with due cognisance of the cost implications, environmental effects and safe work practices.
Objectives
On completion of this unit you should be able to:
1. Explain the construction techniques employed for a broad range of project types, and the interaction between design and construction ensuring that designs are constructible.
2. Analyse a construction problem to determine a satisfactory solution including the environmental factors that impinge on the issue.
3. Prepare a schedule showing how the different aspects of the project interact to ensure it is completed on time.
4. Demonstrate professional capabilities by managing a project within a team environment.
Content
1. Site investigation
2. Earthworks
3. Bridge construction
4. Road construction
5. Dewatering
6. Construction programming
7. Foundations
8. Concrete construction
9. Steel construction
10. Tunnel construction
11. Procurement
12. Estimating
13. Dam construction
Approaches to Teaching and Learning
Teaching Mode:
Hours per week: 4
Lecture: 2 hrs/wk
Tutorial: 2 hr/wk
The unit will use lectures and tutorial sessions provided by experts in the fields of construction. It is problem and project based and uses interactive questioning in lectures (via keypads) and a range of 'real' problems and projects to promote active learning. This unit is not following any particular book as a text book. Therefore to attend lecture and tutorial is very essential for you to effectively engage with the content of the unit. You'll learn from your peers as well as your teachers and industry expert experience.
Assessment
Assessment for this unit includes problem solving tasks, a project report and a final exam.The assessment will comprise formative feedback (to help you understand and improve how you are progressing in this unit) and summative feedback (to grade your work against expected learning outcomes). Verbal feedback on your assessments will be given to you by your lecturer and tutors during lecture and tutorial classes, and via email and Blackboard. You'll also get written feedback on your problem solving task and group report.
Assessment name:
Problem Solving Task
Description:
An exercise to solve construction problems of limited scope using appropriate methods
Relates to objectives:
1 and 2
Weight:
20%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
Week 5
Assessment name:
Group Report
Description:
The purpose of the report is to evaluate, discuss and analyse the installation process of a proposed structure at a particular location.
Relates to objectives:
1, 2, 3, and 4
Weight:
40%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
Week 10
Assessment name:
Examination (written)
Description:
Final Examination
Relates to objectives:
1, 2, 3
Weight:
40%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
Examination period
Academic Honesty
QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.
A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.
Resource materials
Reference:
1. Antill, Ryan & Easton, Civil Engineering Construction 1988 McGraw-Hill, 6th ed.
2. Brook, M, Estimating and Tendering for Construction Work 2004, Elsevier 3rd ed.
3. Caterpillar, Caterpillar Performance Handbook 2001 Peoria, Ill., Caterpillar Inc., 32nd ed.
4. Caterpillar, Fundamentals of Earthmoving 1965 Peoria, Ill., Caterpillar Inc., Rev ed.
5. Dickie & Short, Crane Handbook 1981 Butterworths, Rev ed.
6. Harris, F Modern Construction and Ground engineering equipment and methods 1994 Wiley, 2nd ed.
7. Holmes, R. - Introduction to Civil Engineering 1991 College of Estate Management
8. Nicholas, HL Moving the Earth 1999 McGraw Hill, 4th ed.
9. Shapiro, H Cranes and Derricks 2000 McGraw Hill, 3rd ed.
10. Henrickson, C - Project Management for Construction 1999 http://www.ce.cmu.edu/pmbook/
11. Graeme Dandy, David Walker, Trevor & Robert Warner- Planning and Design of Engineering System, 1989 Taylor & Francis, 2nd ed.
Internet:
QUT Blackboard web site for unit ENB275
Risk assessment statement
You will undertake lectures and tutorials in the traditional classrooms and lecture theatres. As such, there are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit, however, you are encouraged to undertake individual site visits to construction sites. Prior to these site visits, you are required to attend a construction safety induction session and obtain a safety induction card. This safety induction session introduces you to the relevant workplace health and safety requirements of Queensland construction sites. A safety induction course is provided by the school / faculty early in the semester. If you do not have, or cannot produce a safety induction card, you will not be allowed to undertake the site visits.
Should you visit a construction site, you will need to take your General Site Safety Card and to wear safety boots and a hard hat - some sites may require additional PPE. You will be required to undergo a specific safety briefing at the site. If you do not act in accordance with the requirements of the Workplace Health and Safety Act, you will be asked to leave the construction site.
Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Last modified: 09-Jul-2012
