Assessment
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Group Assignments (Bridge)
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20%
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Individual assignments
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30%
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Final exam
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25%
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Test 1
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25%
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Every item of assessment must be competed satisfactorily in order to pass the course.
The combined exam mark must be above 40% to pass this course, regardless of term marks
Textbooks
Required Texts
Buchanan, Andrew Hamilton , New Zealand Timber Industry Federation;
Timber design guide;
3rd ed;
New Zealand Timber Industry Federation, 2007.
Recommended Reading
Allen, Edward , Zalewski, Wacaw., Boston Structures Group;
Form and forces : designing efficient, expressive structures;
John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2010.
Gordon, J. E;
Structures: or, Why things don't fall down;
Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books, 1978.
Gordon, J. E;
The science of structures and materials;
Scientific American Library :Distributed by Freeman, 1988.
Morgan, W and Buckle, I. G;
W. Morgan's the elements of structure: an introduction to the principles of building and structural engineering;
2nd ed;
Pitman, 1978.
Pringle, Trevor;
BRANZ house building guide;
Building Research Association of New Zealand, 1993.
Salvadori, Mario;
Why buildings stand up : the strength of architecture;
W. W. Norton, 2002.
Seward, Derek;
Understanding structures : analysis, materials, design;
2nd ed;
Macmillan, 1998.
