Undergraduate Course: Civil Engineering Design Project 4 (CIVE10026)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | This project is intended to focus students on the holistic design 
of a civil engineering problem against time and cost 
constraints. The project will develop creative thinking as well 
as team skills. Detailed and iterative calculation abilities will be 
observed. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    Week 1: shallow foundation design. 
Week 2: temporary works excavation and transport design.
    
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 2 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
200
(
 Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 20,
 Formative Assessment Hours 1,
 Summative Assessment Hours 20,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
155 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Letter 10% 
Interim Calculations 20% 
Feasibility Report 70% | 
 
| Feedback | 
Not entered | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - demonstrate improved design skills
 - demonstrate improved communication skills
 - show a better appreciation of project planning issues
 - demonstrate an appetite for innovative engineering and planning
 
     
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Reading List 
| M. J. Tomlinson &, R. Boorman, Foundation Design and Construction, Longman Group United Kingdom; 7th edition (March, 2001) |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | Foundations,Excavations,Traffic lights,roundabouts | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof Mike Forde 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5720 
Email:  | 
Course secretary | Mr Craig Hovell 
Tel: (0131 6)51 7080 
Email:  | 
   
 
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