2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
CIVE1260 Engineering Surveying and Construction Technology
20 creditsClass Size: 150
Module manager: Dr. Xiaohui Chen
Email: X.Chen@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2015/16
Module replaces
CIVE1201 - Engineering Surveying and Setting OutCIVE1901 - Principles of Construction Management IThis module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to ...1. To introduce plane surveying techniques to students and to show how they can be used to produce survey plans and set out structures.
2. To introduce construction processes to students and to highlight codes of practice and industry standards applicable to construction processes.
Learning outcomes
1. Identify surveying instruments used to measure heights, angles and distancs and to locate detail.
2. Use surveying instruments to establish a control network.
3. Use surveying instruments to set out a range of civil engineering structures on site.
4. Compute areas of parcels of land and volumes of embankments, cuttings, deep excavations and reservoirs from surveying data.
5. Discuss latest surveying techniques including GNSS, laser instruments and laser scanning.
6. Explain the framework of the legal requirements governing civil engineering activities.
7. Discuss codes of practice and industry standards applicable to construction sites.
Skills outcomes
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Syllabus
ENGINEERING SURVEYING
* Levelling and its applications;
* Use of theodolites and total stations for the measurement of horizontal and vertical angles;
* Distance measurement using tapes and total stations;
* Establishing control using traverses;
* Detail surveying;
* Measurement of regular and irregular shaped areas and the computation of volumes of earthworks; and
* An introduction to GNSS and Laser Scanning.
SETTING OUT
* Principles of setting out: aims, good practice, methods of horizontal and vertical control, accurate positioning techniques;
* Setting out engineering projects: to include pipelines, buildings, columns, piling, controlling vertically, transferring height, accuracy;
* Setting out using laser instruments;
Two mornings are devoted to practice in the use of instruments and there is a concentrated 1-week practical residential field course during which the students undertake a range of surveying and setting-out projects.
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Construction Site Management; Demolition; De-watering; Earthworks; Temporary Works; Piling; Steel Fixing; Concreting; Erecting Structural Frames; Cladding; and Finishing.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lectures | 40 | 1.00 | 40.00 |
| Class tests, exams and assessment | 1 | 1.50 | 1.50 |
| Class tests, exams and assessment | 1 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Fieldwork | 1 | 60.00 | 60.00 |
| Practical | 2 | 3.00 | 6.00 |
| Tutorial | 5 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| Private study hours | 85.50 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 114.50 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
* The students are given 6 example sheets, which they are expected to complete in their own time. These are not assessed but are intended as learning aids. It is estimated that each sheet requires up to 5 hours to complete, giving a total of 30 hours for this activity.* A sample MCQ test is provided - it should take about 2 hours to complete.
* A specimen examination paper is provided - it should take about 1.5 hours to complete.
* Throughout the lectures, reference is made to a particular reference text and the students are directed to study particular sections. This activity should take up to 30 hours of study.
* In order to absorb the material provided in lectures, the students are expected to spend time at home learning and reviewing the topics covered. This activity should take up to 22 hours of study.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Student progress is monitored during the delivery of the module by the use of example sheets, which they are encouraged to attempt. Practical ability is monitored both by reviewing the booking sheets completed by the students during the field sessions and by assessments of their ability to use surveying equipment during the residential field courses.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Group Project | Held during residential field course | 30.00 |
| Practical | Instruments tests - held during residential field course | 7.50 |
| Practical | Practical in Leeds | 7.50 |
| In-course Assessment | Class Test at end of Field Course | 30.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 75.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 1 hr 30 mins | 25.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 25.00 | |
1. Unseen Exam in May/June 2. Re-sits in August
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 11/10/2016
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