ENCI313-12S2 (C) Semester Two 2012

Civil Engineering Design Studio 2

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 9 July 2012
End Date: Sunday, 11 November 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 22 July 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 7 October 2012

Description

Conceptual design of multi-disciplinary civil engineering projects; regulatory planning; professional skills; economic, social and environmental assessments.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the completion of this course, all students will be able to:

  • Explain the value of integration in engineering design
  • Be able to work on ‘complex’ (as defined by IPENZ) engineering problems and appreciate their uniqueness
  • Scope a project in terms of client wishes and the key engineering issues involved
  • Determine the resource management issues and constraints on a project
  • Describe conceptual issues and constraints associated with site suitability and construction options
  • Prepare an estimate of cost for a civil engineering project, including a Monte Carlo analysis of uncertainty
  • Prepare engineering drawings of sufficient detail for cost estimates and funding decisions
  • Prepare a professional report for  a client
  • Prepare a poster for a client of the main aspects of a design

Prerequisites

Restrictions

ENCI312, ENNR313

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
final exam 25%
Group design project: report & poster 45%
Individual @Risk Report 5%
Individual project report 15%
Individual test 10%


In addition to an adequate overall achievement on assessments, students must achieve at least 40% for the combined project reports, and 40% for the combined test and examination, to pass the course.

Note:  additional marks (0.5%) will be awarded to students who win design challenges during the course.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $777.00

International fee $4,375.00

* 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 Natural Resources Engineering .

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  • ENCI313-12S2 (C) Semester Two 2012
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