ENCI621-25X (C) General non-calendar-based 2025

Concrete Materials

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 20 April 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 30 March 2025

Description

Advanced concrete materials.

This is a post graduate course which involves an advanced study on the properties and uses of concrete as a construction material with an examination of concrete technology, advanced binder systems, durability, repairs and practical applications.

Learning Outcomes

This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of concrete materials through a combination of; lectures, where concepts are introduced; research reports, and finally a laboratory to demonstrate the real performance of the material.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of Programme Director.

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Intensive Block Course A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 09:00 - 11:00 Jack Erskine 443
17 Feb - 23 Feb
Intensive Block Course B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 11:00 - 13:00 Jack Erskine 446
17 Feb - 23 Feb
Intensive Block Course C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 09:00 - 11:00 Jack Erskine 446
17 Feb - 23 Feb
Intensive Block Course D
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 12:00 - 14:00 E10
24 Feb - 2 Mar
Intensive Block Course E
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 09:00 - 11:00 Jack Erskine 111
24 Feb - 2 Mar
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 14:00 - 16:00 Rehua 101 Lectorial
10 Mar - 16 Mar
Tutorial B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 13:00 - 15:00 Jack Erskine 445 (17/2)
E12 (24/2)
17 Feb - 2 Mar
Tutorial C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 13:00 - 15:00 Elsie Locke 104A
24 Mar - 30 Mar
Tutorial D
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 09:00 - 11:00 Rehua 427 Technology Workshop
24 Mar - 30 Mar
Tutorial E
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 13:00 - 16:00 Meremere 526
24 Mar - 30 Mar
Tutorial F
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 09:00 - 11:00 E10
24 Feb - 2 Mar

Timetable Note

This course builds on the material taught in ENCN221.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Allan Scott

Assessment

The assessment for this paper will comprise three components – final exam, an assignment/presentation on Life 365, and an assignment on high performance or novel cementitious materials. The final exam may be an oral exam or written. The weighting for each of these components is provided as follows:

Final Exam
Percentage of grade: 50

Assignment 1
Percentage of grade: 20

Research project
Percentage of grade: 20

Laboratory
Percentage of grade: 10
Total 100

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Mindess, Sidney; Concrete ; 2nd; Prentice Hall, 2003.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,268.00

* 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.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 5 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Civil and Environmental Engineering .

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