Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Workshop
Module Offerings
6503CIVSL-APR-PAR
6503CIVSL-JAN-PAR
6503CIVSL-SEP_NS-PAR
Aims
This module is designed to give students an up-to-date knowledge of the structural design of structural members made from a variety of materials. Alongside the structural design they will develop their understanding of Risk Assessment and the associated Risk Management within a construction project environment. Students will develop and consolidate the structural application, design, evaluation and analysis previously introduced with more advanced application to, in particular, concrete, steel, masonry building elements/structures, using the relevant current codes of practice including the Eurocodes.
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.
Produce and critically review safe and economical design in accordance with the current codes of practice.
3.
Design more advanced structural elements (such as ribbed slab, composite construction, slender column).
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:•Reinforced concrete work to EC2: Frame analysis-design and detailing, design of; ribbed floor slabs. Pre-stressed concrete; Pre-tensioned and post-tensioned flexural members, losses of pre-stress force.
•Use of Structural Design software
•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 elements structural design previously introduced, with particular reference to the use of the current Codes of Practice including the Eurocodes 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. The assessments will involve a group work based submission as well as in individual component assessed via examination.