Engineering construction
C Medhurst
4.5 points
* 39 lecture hours, 26 tutorial/field trip hours
* Second
semester
* Gippsland
* Prerequisites: GEG2313, GEG2323, GEG2343
Objectives The candidate is expected to acquire knowledge of a range of techniques and equipment used, and of the costs involved in the prefabrication and site construction of civil engineering works.
Synopsis Plant and equipment: compressed air services, excavating tools, rock drilling tunnel plant, hoisting and conveying equipment, concreting plant, form work, scaffolding welding, selection of plant, safety. Construction methods: preliminary works, drilling and blasting, open excavation, shafts and tunnels, preparation of foundations, piled foundations, timber and concrete construction, steel structures, prestressed concrete, roads and runways, dams, bridges, harbour and river works, estimating materials and costs.
Assessment Examination: 60%
* Assignments: 40%
Prescribed texts
Antill J M and others Civil engineering construction McGraw-Hill, 1988
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