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The course helps students learn to use engineering principles, design methods and tools for the professional practice of the structural design of buildings, including geotechnical considerations. The course is design-focused, and students are challenged to work as a team and develop and communicate their own structural design solutions for a building, from first principles, with a variety of design constraints. These design constraints include consideration of costs, risks, sustainability, health and safety, multi-disciplinary design considerations, and constructability. To bring the flavour of the professional world to the classroom and further develop teamwork skills, students will do most of the work in this course as part of a team. Practising engineers will support teamwork and provide insight into how professional design engineers approach complex problems. In addition, academics will provide guidance throughout the course. This course aims to provide students with a practical design experience, where the focus is on the identification of required information, self-learning, application of civil engineering skills and knowledge, and development of professional design skills.
At the conclusion of this course, you should be able to: LO1: Identify, develop and evaluate potential structural solutions to complex design problems, with appropriate consideration for at least some of; engineering standards, guidelines and tools, design feasibility public health and safety, risk, whole-life cost, net-zero carbon, resources, and environmental considerations. (UC graduate attributes: EII2, EII3) (WA graduate attributes: WA1, WA2, WA3).LO2: Develop design solutions with consideration of sustainable development goals, looking to balance social, cultural, economic and environmental sustainability. (UC graduate attributes: EII3, BiCC2, BiCC3, BiCC6, BiCC7) (WA graduate attributes: WA4, WA6).LO3: Apply knowledge and understanding of engineering management principles and economic decision making by planning a risk management approach to the design project, with consideration of safety and constructability, and cost estimation (UC graduate attributes: EII2, EII3, EII4) (WA graduate attributes: WA10).LO4: Engage effectively in teamwork, agreeing on individual responsibilities through constructive team decision making, managing own activities, helping support an inclusive team environment, and reflecting on factors that lead to successful teamwork. (UC graduate attributes: EII2, EII3, EII4) (WA graduate attributes: WA8).LO5: Communicate concept design information through at least some of drawings, calculations, design reports, and oral presentations. (UC graduate attributes: EII2, EII3, GA3, CE3) (Washington Accord graduate attribute: WA9)LO6: Recognise the need for, and have the preparation and ability for independent and lifelong learning. (WA graduate attributes: WA11)
ENCN301, ENCN371, ENCI336, ENCI335, ENCI199, ENCN281, ENCN253, ENCN242, ENCN231, ENCN221, ENCN213, ENCN205, ENCN201, EMTH210
ENCN491
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Tim Sullivan
John Maley
Didier Pettinga (Holmes Consulting) and Cameron Beliss (Naylor Love)
A number of assessments are planned throughout the course, all in relation to a design project. Some of the assessments are to be done individually and others are to be done in teams of three students. A complete list of the assessments is provided in the table below, together with the indicative due date, the type of assessment (team or individual) and the related course learning objective (see Section 2). Oral presentations and discussions are full day workshops. Detailed instructions will be provided closer to the day.Any student who has been impaired by significant exceptional and/or unforeseeable circumstances that have prevented them from completing any major assessment items, or that have impaired their performance such that the results are not representative of their true level of mastery of the course material, may apply for special consideration through the formal university process. The applicability and academic remedy/action associated with the special consideration process is listed for each assessment item below. Please refer to the University Special Consideration Regulations and Special Consideration Policies and Procedures documents for more information on the acceptable grounds for special consideration and the application process. Special Consideration for Individual Design Reports An extension will be granted for evidence-supported requests. Extensions will typically be for up to one week, but the duration will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Students seeking an extension must contact the course coordinator as soon as possible with evidence of their situation, and preferably before the due date. Where an extension is not possible, a student may be assessed based on their work to date against expected degree of completion at that stage of the semester. Students submitting requests after submission, when an earlier application could have been made may be denied.Special Consideration for Team ReportsTeam reports will be evaluated excluding the expected contributions that have been impacted from the person under special consideration as to not affect team members. A derived mark based on performance relative to the class on all assessment items will apply to the student under special circumstances consideration.Special Consideration for Teamwork Presentations Special considerations will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Students seeking special consideration must contact the course coordinator as soon as possible with evidence of their situation, and preferably before the due date.Note: All communication associated with the arrangement of equivalent alternative tests/exams will be conducted using official UC email accounts. The offer to sit an alternative assessment will come with a list of potential dates/times. Students will have a clearly specified amount of time to respond to the offer to sit the alternative assessment and accept one of the listed dates/times. If the offer is declined or no response is received in the specified time frame, the original assessment mark will be used to compute the course grade.
There are no specific textbooks recommended. Lectures notes will be presented in class and some guidance documents may be made available through LEARN.
Domestic fee $1,344.00
International fee $6,488.00
* 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 .