Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Civil Engineering and Built Environment
Learning Methods
Lecture
Online
Tutorial
Workshop
Module Offerings
6303DCIV-JAN-CTY
Aims
Critically apply the structural design procedures for members made from a variety of materials based on their environmental conditions.
Develop critical understanding of Risk Assessment and the associated Risk Management within a construction project environment.
Students will develop and consolidate the structural application, design and detailing, evaluation and analysis introduced at Level 4 and 5 with more advanced application to, building elements/structures, using the current codes of practice.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically analyse the design process and apply it to complex structural elements using a variety of building materials and under different environmental and loading conditions.
2.
Design advanced structural elements following safe, economical and sustainable design procedures and in accordance with the current codes of practice.
3.
Use a risk management process to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks (the effects of uncertainty) associated with a particular project or activity.
4.
Apply knowledge and understanding of risk issues to engineering design, and critically evaluate current practices of risk management.
5.
Exercise initiative, personal responsibility and leadership skills as a member of a design team, and critically evaluate the success of team working.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Design of steel connections, slender column, flat slab, ribbed slab, prestressed concrete structures, Composite concrete-steel structures, Masonry and timber structures.
The environmental impact of the structural design through its carbon assessment.
Use of Structural Design software to carry out design.
Health and safety management
Programming, resource implications, time cost applications and project acceleration Financial risks.
Risk management strategy: hazard and risk, definitions and interpretation, strategic risks, political and business implications of risks, understanding the management strategy;
- Current practices of risk management: what it is; why it is used; how it is applied; when it should be undertaken; and who should be responsible for it, including the deployment of appropriate practices and procedures for the effective management of risk in construction
- Risk perception and identification, risk analysis and assessment, qualitative assessment, quantitative assessment, risk response and mitigation, risk controls, monitoring and audit, risk outcomes.
Additional Information:This module is intended to extend, develop and consolidate the structural design introduced at Levels 4 and 5, with particular reference to the use of the current Codes of Practice and other Standards in practical and more advanced design levels using different loading and environmental conditions. Students will consider the risks associated with the design.