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Finance: introduction to business finance, sources of funds,
financial accounting, double entry bookkeeping through to
trial balance, management accounting, costing capital
investment, working capital.
Human aspects: introduction to human aspects and industrial
relations, basic psychology, working groups, informal
organisation, status, motivation, human resources
management, industrial legislation affecting arbitration,
employment, working conditions, introducing change.
Construction management (I4 hours)
Site organsation: orgassation, procedures, duties and
responsibilit~es of the client's and contractor's representatives.
Site safety: regulations and acts, safety precautions, codes of
practice.
Operations analysis: time and motion studies, time lapse
techniaues, sam~linq of operations, queueing theory in
determ'ininb eco'noiic haul-server systems.
~ ~ 4 0 4 Computer Applications
No. of hours per week: two hours
Prerequisite: CE204 Computer Applications
Instruction: lectures, laboratory work
Assessment: assessed work 100%
This subject is designed to enable students to be aware of and
use common Droarams for administrative and technical areas
of building su;ve$ng.
The subject covers external data bases, administrative
software, technical software, decision support software:
awareness and use of systems such as BCAIDER, on-line
enquiry systems. Major vendor installation: awareness and
understanding of what is available from major vendors.
It is expected that the activities undertaken in this subject will
be coordinated with other subjects in the course where
computer applications are the usual tool to assist in problem
solving.
Reference
Zwart, P.R. Microcomputers in Local Government. 1896. ACADS Code
of Practice. CPI.
~ ~ 4 0 6 Water and Transport ~ngineerin~
(Elective)
No. of hours per week: four hours
Assessment: examinations 70%, assignments and
laboratory 30%
Subject aims
To extend students' knowledge and skills in the areas of
transport engineering and water engineering.
Subject description
Transport Engineering (28 hours)
Road traffic: flow theories, human performance, vehicle
characteristics. Arterial road traffic management.
Signals: saturation flow, calculation of signal timing, layout of
hardware, signal linking, traffic detection, filter turns, layout of
hardware.
Road materials: properties of and tests for road building
materials, rheology of bitumens, skid resistance.
Railway engineering: conventional railway track, track design
and geometry, track construction. Light rail design.
Water Engineering (28 hours)
Reservoir yield.
Potable water treatment: methods, theory of sedimentation
and filtration.
Wastewater treatment and disposal: methods and their
applications, loading rates.
~ ~ 4 1 5 Structural Engineering
No. of hours per week: five hours
Assessment: examination 50%, assessment by
consultation 30%. laboratorv and assianments
Subject aims 1
To further develop students' understanding of structural
mechanics. To extend students' knowledge of the principles of
structural design in prestressed concrete and steel design. To
introduce principles of masonry design. To provide practice in
the application of these principles.
Subject description
Theory
Stress analysis: stress-strain relations and the general equations
of elasticity, plane strain and plane strain problems, yield
criteria (Tresca, Von Mises), torsion of open cross sections.
Modelling of structures using finite element packages.
Influence lines.
Prestressed concrete analysis and design, including statically
indeterminate structures and losses of prestress.
Design of steel portal frames: modelling, analysis and design of
elements and connections.
Masonry design: plain and reinforced walls subject to vertical
and lateral loads.
Fire engineering: fire loads and containment, performance of
structural materials, elements and systems under fire
conditions, methods of providing fire resistance.
Practice
Exercises in prestressed concrete, steel portal frame and
masonry design.
Use will be made of computer software where appropriate.
CE416
Structural Engineering (Elective)
No. of hours per week: four hours
Assessment: assignments 100%
Subject aims
To introduce advanced topics in structural engineering analysis
and design with a particular emphasis on computer
application.
Subject description
Structural dynamics: free and forced vibrations of single and
multi-degree of freedom systems.
Introduction to the finite element method: general formulation
of an element stiffness matrix; the constant strain triangle and
higher order elements.
Plastic analysis and design of multi-storey frames.
Prestressed concrete: advanced topics, end anchorages, partial
prestressing.
Structural design with composite, cold formed steel and
aluminium sections.