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 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.
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| 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 |  | Co-requisites |  |  
| Prohibited Combinations |  | Other requirements | None |  
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1) | 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 ) |  
| Assessment (Further Info) | Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 % |  
 
| Additional Information (Assessment) | Letter 10% Interim Calculations 20%
 Feasibility Report 70%
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| Feedback | Not entered |  
| No Exam Information |  
Learning Outcomes 
| On completion of this course, the student will be able to: 
        demonstrate improved design skillsdemonstrate improved communication skillsshow a better appreciation of project planning issuesdemonstrate an appetite for innovative engineering and planning |  
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
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