Introductory description

ES2C2-15 Civil Engineering Design1

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Module aims

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

Structural and conceptual design:
 Conceptual design
 Actions on structures, design standards and basic load analysis hand-calculations
 Load paths
 Structural stability
 Handling ill-defined briefs
 Identifying key requirements
 Rapid communication – sketching
 Critiquing designs
 Considering ED&I into design
 Sharing information and security risks

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

• Develop conceptual and original civil and environmental engineering solutions to design problems interpreting briefs, bounding problems, identifying key issues and adopting a critical iterative process. [C1(D), M1(D), M2(M), M5(M)]
• Use engineering judgment, sketching, calculations, models and other techniques to develop and communicate design thinking and decision making processes to technical and non-technical audience. [M2(M), M5(M), M17(M)]
• Appreciate how civil engineers design and construct structures and infrastructures taking into considerations safety, sustainability and professional ethics at the core of the process. [M8(M)]
• Develop and analyse suitable inclusive design solutions and meet societal needs and challenges adopting an integrated system approach. [M5(M), M6(M), M11(M)]
• Analyse the implications of security risks and solutions for its mitigation [M10(M)]
• Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader of a team. [M16(M)]

Indicative reading list

Structural Engineer’s Pocket Book, Fiona Cobb, 2nd Ed, CRC Press, 2015
The Structural Basis of Architecture, Bjorn Sandaker, Arne Eggen, Mark Cruvellier, Routledge, 2nd Ed, 2011
Sketching for Engineers and Architects, Ron Slade Routledge, 2016
M. Millais. Building structures: from concepts to design. 2nd Ed. Taylor and Francis, 2005. TH 854.M4

Subject specific skills

1. Ability to conceive, make and realise a component, product, system or process
2. Ability to develop economically viable and ethically sound sustainable solutions
3. Ability to be pragmatic, taking a systematic approach and the logical and practical steps necessary for, often complex, concepts to become reality
4. Ability to seek to achieve sustainable solutions to problems and have strategies for being creative and innovative
5. Ability to be risk, cost and value-conscious, and aware of their ethical, social, cultural, environmental, health and safety, and wider professional engineering responsibilities

Transferable skills

1. Communicate (written and oral; to technical and non-technical audiences) and work with others
2. Plan self-learning and improve performance, as the foundation for lifelong learning/CPD
3. Awareness of the nature of business and enterprise in the creation of economic and social value
4. Overcome difficulties by employing skills, knowledge and understanding in a flexible manner
5. Ability to formulate and operate within appropriate codes of conduct, when faced with an ethical issue