ENGE411-13S2 (C) Semester Two 2013

Engineering Construction Practice

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 8 July 2013
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 19 July 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 4 October 2013

Description

This course is concerned with the nature and properties of construction materials for civil projects, general design principles and construction practices in rock and soil, and selected case studies (both historical and current). It also considers appropriate engineering geology practice for various surface and subsurface projects, with emphasis on project failures and the implications for sound geotechnical practice. Knowledge of precedent is fundamental to engineering design and construction, and the course content is inherently practical rather than theoretical.

Learning Outcomes

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

1. Undertake critical assessment of role of engineering geology in the design, construction and maintenance of surface and underground civil and mining structures.
2. Participate in the design and construction of the principal types of engineering works, including dams, canals, tunnels, bridges, slopes and river/coastal protection.
3. Assess the material requirements for roading aggregates, including basecourse and running course, concrete materials, ballast, armourstone and stabilised soils.
4. Utilise civil construction practices, including dewatering, ground improvement and related techniques.
5. Use case studies of past failures as a measure of geological precedent for future site investigation and geotechnical construction practice.

Prerequisites

(1) ENGE410 and (2) approval from the Head of Department of Geological Sciences

Restrictions

ENGE 472

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

David Bell

Lecturer

Marlene Villeneuve

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
review report on construction failures 02 Aug 2013 20% Review report on construction failures
Field trip exercises 40% Field trip exercises - due during field trip
Monitoring system 06 Sep 2013 10% Monitoring system
Construction materials report 13 Sep 2013 10% Construction materials report
Critique on surface or underground construction topic 11 Oct 2013 20% Critique on surface or underground construction topic

Textbooks / Resources

There are no recommended text books that are required for the course, but extensive notes and reference material will be provided. Useful reference books include the following:

Bell, F G (2007) Engineering Geology, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2nd Edition, 581 p.
Coduto, D P (2001) Foundation Design – Principles and Practice, Prentice-Hall, 2nd Edition, 883 p.
Das, B M (2002) Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, Brooks/Cole, 5th Edition, 589 p.
Dunnicliff, J (1993) Geotechnical Instrumentation for Monitoring Field Performance, Wiley Interscience, 2nd Edition, 477 p.
Eddleston, M; Walthall, S; Cripps, J C; Culshaw, M G (editors) (1995) Engineering Geology of Construction, The Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publication No 10, 411 p.
Fell, R; MacGregor, P; Stapledon, D (1992) Geotechnical Engineering of Embankment Dams, A A Balkema, 1st Edition, 675 p.
Griffiths, J S (2002) Mapping In Engineering Geology, The Geological Society, London, 1st Edition, 287 p.
Hoek, E; Kaiser, P K; Bowden, W F (1997) Support of Underground Excavations in Hard Rock, A A Balkema, 1st Edition, 215 p.
Holtz, R D; Kovacs, W D (1981) An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering, Prentice-Hall, 1st Edition, 733 p.
Illston, J M; Domane, P L J (2001) Construction Materials – Their Nature and Behaviour, Spon Press, 3rd Edition, 554 p.
Jackson, N; Dhir, R K (1996) Civil Engineering Materials Macmillan, 5th Edition, 534 p.
Johnson, R B; DeGraff, J V (1988) Principles of Engineering Geology, Wiley, 1st
Edition, 497 p.
Latham, J P (1998) Advances in Aggregates and Armourstone Evaluation, The Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Pub No 13, 201 p.
McCarthy, D F (2002) Essentials of Soil Mechanics and Foundations, Prentice-Hall, 6th Edition, 788 p.
McNally, G H (1998) Soil and Rock Construction Materials, Spon, 1st Edition, 403 p.
Smith, M R & Collis, L (editors) (1993) Aggregates, The Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publication No 9, 339 p.
West, T R (1995) Geology Applied to Engineering, Prentice-Hall, 1st Edition, 560 p.
Woodward, J C (2005) An Introduction to Geotechnical Processes, Spon Press , 1st Edition, 123 p.
Wyllie, D C (1999) Foundations on Rock, E & F N Spon, 2nd Edition, 401 p.

Notes

This course has one 2-hour seminar per week. There will also be a 6-day field trip to Central Otago and Southland.

The major field trip is planned from 17-22 August inclusive, with visits to Clyde Power Project, Manapouri Power Project, Milford Sound, Queenstown area, Maniototo, Mount Cook and the Upper/Central Waitaki power schemes.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $874.00

* 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 10 people apply to enrol.

For further information see School of Earth and Environment .

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