CONSTRUCTION METHODS

CE 417

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND METHODS

Course Description 
Overview of the construction industry. Earthmoving materials and operations. Excavation and lifting. Loading & hauling. Compacting & finishing. Concrete construction. Concrete form design. Construction economics. Contract construction.
3 (3,1,0)

Course learning Objectives
Students completing this course successfully will be able to: 
a. understand earthmoving material and soil volume change characteristics 
b. Determine earthwork volume and mass diagram.
c. Determine productivity of earthmoving equipment. for excavating, lifting, loading, hauling, compacting and finishing. 
d. Understand design principles of concrete formwork. 
e. Design concrete formwork for slab, beam, column, and footings.
f. Understand construction economics. 
g. determine equipment operation and maintenance costs. 
h. Understand contract construction. 
i. Understand construction safety, health, and Ethics. 
j. Understand labor productivity, performance improvement, and life long learning.

 

Topics Covered
 1. Overviewofearthmovingmaterialsandoperations. 
2. Productivityofearthmovingequipmentforexcavating,lifting,loading, hauling, compacting and finishing. 
3. ConcreteConstruction 
4. ConcreteFormDesign 
5. ConstructionEconomics
6. ConstructionContract 
7. ConstructionSafetyandEthics. 
8.Improving Productivity and Performance.

Class/ tutorial Schedule

Class is held three times per week in 50-minute lecture sessions. There is also a 50-minute weekly tutorial associated with this course.

Computer Applications
Commercial and educational simulation software are encouraged to be used during the course.

Course Project
A course group project from five students is asked to choose a live construction project and present their work by the end of the semester.

Contribution of Course to Meeting the Professional Component
Students recognize the role of professional societies in developing codes and standards and updating current knowledge.

Relationship of Course to Program Outcomes
1. Studentsapplyalgebra,elementarycalculus,andprinciplesof mechanics.
2. Studentsareabletoidentifyandformulateanengineering
3. Studentsrecognizetheimportanceofanalysisindesigning
formwork components. 
4. Studentsareencouragedtosubmitaccurateanalysisinan
efficient and professional way. 
5. Studentsrecognizetheirrolewithanengineeringteam
carrying other aspects for calculating earthwork volume, selecting appropriate earthmoving equipment, designing formwork, calculating equipment cost and the interaction of decisions made by various architectural and engineering teams.
6. Studentsareencouragedtorecognizethedifferent earthmoving equipment types and their range of applications.
7. Studentsrecognizetheethicalandprofessionalresponsibility in achieving accurate formwork structural analysis for safe and economical design, and its impact on the well-being of the society.
8. Studentsrecognizetheneedfortechnicalupdatingona continuing basis, since the course emphasizes on the changing technology of equipment types software, codes and specifications.
9. Studentsrecognizetheimportanceofreadingand understanding technical contents in English in order to achieve life–long learning and be able to carryout their responsibilities.

Textbook(s) and/or Other Required Material
S.W. Nunnally, Construction Methods and Management, (latest edition) Seventh Edition, 2007,Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Prepared by
Dr. Abdullah M. Alsugairand Dr. Khalid Aldafer