2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

CIVE2660 Integrated Design Project 2

20 creditsClass Size: 190

Module manager: Suhaila Mattar
Email: S.Mattar@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module contributes to consolidating the students’ knowledge and understanding of the engineering design processes through applied design work within a project. Students apply the Eurocodes and extend their experience of using CAD software (e.g. Revit/Robot). In the context of building structures, students develop their expertise of constructional and structural systems and environmental strategies, evaluate the embodied carbon, and are exposed to the regulatory requirements that apply to a comprehensive design project.

Objectives

This module has the following objectives:
-To provide students with experience of the design process and its outcomes, building on their knowledge and skills from Level 1.
-To integrate various specific subjects taught in other Level 2 modules in a contextualised application.
-To provide students with experience of the engineering design process (scheme design/detailed design of a frame structure), including an appreciation of the following aspects: usability, constructability, environmental impact, stability, resilience, durability, health and safety, and sustainability.
-To further develop the practical transferable skills required of a construction industry design professional, including verbal and non-verbal communication skills (e.g. drawings and calculation reports).
-To provide students with the opportunity of becoming proficient users of CAD and structural analysis software.
-To continue to develop the students' awareness of their personal and professional development.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject (contributing to the AHEP4 learning outcomes indicated between brackets):
1. Apply mathematical, natural science and engineering principles to the design of steel and reinforced concrete structures. (C1/M1)
2. Design reinforced concrete and steel buildings to the appropriate standards (Eurocodes) in order to meet the clients needs in a way that is sustainable by design, inclusive of diverse users, and considers health and safety in all stages of the design-construction-decommission cycle. (C1/M1, C4/M4, C5/M5, C7/M7 and C11/M11)
3. Design structures that are safe to construct and use, including understanding of how to achieve stability, robustness and resilience. (C5/M5, C6/M6)
4. Evaluate the construction cost and understand constructability in relation to civil engineering structures. This includes developing construction programme using reference information contained in CESSM3. (C15/M15)
5. Evaluate the implications of material choice on structural performance with an appreciation of construction methods to ensure buildability and sustainability. (C7/M7, C13/M13).
6. Identify and understand ethical issues that can arise during the design and construction process. (C8/M8)
7. Communicate the design details and the design review of a civil structure. This includes reports, design statements, calculation reports, and engineering drawings. (C17/M17)
8. Communicate and adequately justify the approach followed to ensure the sustainability of an engineering design to specialist and non-specialist audiences. (C17/M17)
9. Use self-reflection to evaluate performance and recommend development actions for continuous improvement. (C18/M18)

Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
10. Planning and Organisation/Time management
11. Technical skills (e.g. CAD/BIM)
12. Decision-making
13. Communication
14. Systems thinking
15. Creativity
16. Problem solving

Syllabus

-SCHEME DESIGN: production of scheme design drawings.
-DETAILED DESIGN: development of design specifications, materials selection and specification, structural layout drawings, outline calculations, detailed design calculations and sketching of details for structural elements (with reference to standards), general arrangement drawings.
-DESIGN REVIEW: construction methods, method statements, risk assessment, construction programme, initial cost estimates, constructability and designing for safety, ethical issues, sustainability assessment of the detailed design.
-PROFESSIONAL SKILLS PORTFOLIO: CAD thread (introduction to BIM using Revit); IT thread: (IT mini-assignments embedded in the coursework of the main design thread); Professional development thread (reporting on progress and goals achieved, setting out objectives for the next year and how to achieve them, production of an individual reflective review).

Methods of Assessment

We are currently refreshing our modules to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full assessment details for this module are not available before the start of the academic year, at which time details of the assessment(s) will be provided.

Assessment for this module will consist of;

5 x Coursework

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Consultation	10	1.00	10.00
Lecture	30	1.00	30.00
Practical	1	3.00	3.00
Tutorial	12	2.00	24.00
Independent online learning hours			15.00
Private study hours			118.00
Total Contact hours			67.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

The regular weekly design tutorials and the consultations provide students with feedback on their own work and the chance to learn from one another by learning about the work done by others. Tutorials are facilitated by academic staff and external industry experts, who encourage student participation, which is developed over the course of the module. Tutorials are supplemented by interim reviews of work in progress, where projects are presented to a wider group of teaching staff and students in interactive events.

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 11/06/2024

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