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Integrated design of complex civil engineering projects; professional and teamwork analysis; economic, environmental, and bicultural issues; life-long learning.
1 Identify constraints and requirements given a client-focused design brief (including appropriate consideration for public health and safety, whole-life cost, net-zero carbon, resource, cultural, societal, and environmental considerations) WA62 Identify information requirements and select appropriate information from open literature and other sources. EIE3, EIE5 WA23 Creatively develop and then systematically evaluate alternative solutions in all relevant contexts to select the most suitable solution. Develop the most suitable solution to the preliminary design level. WA1, WA2, WA34 Formulate the most suitable solution in coherent and concise written form, with appropriate client focus; EIE2 WA95 Demonstrate to function effectively within a diverse design team in a multi-disciplinary setting under engineering consulting practice conditions; EIE1 WA86 Apply engineering management principles to a design project; WA107 Apply economic decision-analysis processes to a design project WA108 Demonstrate an ability to be biculturally competent and confident in a project typical for civil/natural resources engineers. BCC7 WA69 Recognise the need for, and have the preparation and ability for independent and lifelong learning; WA11
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Biculturally competent and confident
Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.
Engaged with the community
Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
EMTH210, ENCI199, ENCN201, ENCN205, ENCN213, ENCN221, ENCN231, ENCN242, ENCN253, ENCN281, ENCN301, ENCN371
ENCI313, ENNR313
ENNR413
Students must attend one activity from each section.
LecturesLectures L1-1 and L1-2 take place in person at the start of term. All other lectures are short online video lectures that are uploaded in a staggered manner over Term 3 and are available for students to work their way through in their own time. It is recommended to watch these as they are made available to suitably progress your individual and teamwork designs.Week Topic Lecturer1 L1-1: Course introductionL1-2: Project introduction, project delivery process, engineering design L1-1: MackeyL1-2: Mackey2 L2-1: Te Whaihanga seriesL2-2: (i) RMA district and reginal plans; (ii) Consenting; (iii) Mahaanui Iwi Management PlanL2-3: Recent changes in resource management law in NZL2-4: Assessment of environmental effects L2-1: Ako Aotearoa L2-2: LokjineL2-3: RossL2-4: Lokjine3 L3-1: Engineering decision makingL3-2: Carbon accounting L3-3: Materials circularityL3-4: Sustainability L3-1: van der WaltL3-2: RossL3-3: RossL3-4: Mackey4 L4-1: Cost estimating for engineersL4-2: Net present valueL4-3: Risk assessmentL4-4: Safety in design L3-1: RossL3-2: RossL4-3: van der WaltL4-4: Guo5 L5-1: Writing the client report L5-1: Ross6 L6-1: Deliverables at end of phase 1; outlook phase 2 L6-1: Mackey7 L7-1: Transition into phase 2: preliminary design L7-1: Mackey8 L8-1: Project management L8-1: van der Walt11 L11-1: Deliverables Week 11, 12, outlook L11-1: MackeyProfessional developmentThroughout the semester you will investigate various professional development options (e.g. attend professional talks, symposiums, webinars, workshops, etc.), reflect on them (write notes), and then develop a plan for your future development (essay format). This includes two designated sessions.WorkshopsWeeks 1-5 and 7-8: You work on various workshop activities facilitated by academics and teaching assistants.Weeks 6 and 10 &11: Academics are available for questions regarding the deliverables.TutorialsWeek 1: This is a project-specific tutorial giving an overview of the concept design stage and begins your design journey with site scoping, run by industry professionals.Week 2-5: These ae 2 h discipline-specific tutorials run by industry professionals, whereby each engineer works with students within a particular discipline to develop a suitable set of concept designs, evaluate them and make a recommendation to the client.Week 6: Industry professionals and/or academics are available for questions regarding the deliverables of the concept report due at the end of the week.Week 7-10: These are 2 h discipline-specific tutorials run by industry professionals, whereby each engineer works with students within a particular discipline to develop their preliminary design.Week 11: Industry professionals and/or academics are available for questions regarding the deliverables of the individual preliminary design report due at the end of the week.
Hamish Mackey
Roger Chen
1 design reports are interlinked, and therefore time spent on one may also contribute to another of the related assessments. 2 team reports will be given as a group mark, and adjusted according to individual contributions based on the peer and self evaluations.3 These assessments are mastery and must receive a grade of 50% or more to pass the course. One resubmission will be permitted, but the grade towards your final course mark will come from the first attempt.4 grades for late submissions will be reduced as follows: 1 h: 5%, 6 h: 15%, 24 h: 40%, 48 h: 70%; 48+ h: zero grade. The deductions will be interpolated linearly between these defining time points † these assessment items have no direct assessment weight, but late submission will result in 1% total course weight reductions to your end of semester grade. Failure to submit a peer and self evaluations by a second deadline (dependent on instructor processing time) will result in a zero grade for the respective team report for that individual.‡ The quality of iwi engagement questions forms a small part of the team feasibility assessment weighting
Domestic fee $2,537.00
International fee $12,475.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Civil and Environmental Engineering .