NG2S115 - Practicing Civil Engineering 01 Jul 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: NG2S115
Module Title: Practicing Civil Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science
Faculty Group: Built Environment and Civil Engineering
Faculty Sub Group: Civil Engineering
Module Leader: Jonathan Oti
Module Team: Blessing Adeleke, Sarah Moses
First Intended Intake: SEP 2022 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 5
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100148 - civil engineering
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Jul 2022
Valid To 31 Aug 2028

Module Aims

  1. Development and appreciation of contractual and financial frameworks, health and safety mechanisms within which construction projects.

  2. To provide students with an awareness of health and safety, quantity measurements and develop practical skill and techniques in Engineering Surveying.

Content Summary

  • Financial planning and evaluation of Construction costs, using sources of data and estimating procedures.
  • Principal clauses in a construction and professional services contracts and alternative forms of contractual relationships.
  • Risk assessment and health and safety induction
  • Introduction to the concept of Engineering survey
  • Vertical and Horizontal alignment analysis
  • Detail surveying
  • Setting out techniques for civil engineering projects
  • New developments in Engineering Survey

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 48
Practical classes and workshops 20
Fieldwork 40
Independent Study 40
Directed Study 52
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Understand the contractual and financial frameworks, health and safety mechanisms within which construction projects operate.
LO2 Demonstrate the understanding and application of health, safety and material quantity measurements in carrying out engineering surveying activities on a construction site.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Field coursework 1 Written report from the surveying field trip. 0 2000 50 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Case study 1 A concentrated enquiry into a single case or subject related to Engineering Project within Civil Engineering sector. 0 2000 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Field coursework 1 ✔ ✔
Case study 1 ✔ ✔

Reading List

Construction Information Service (CIS)
https://www.ihsti.com/logon/productlist.aspx?authcode=31739d

British Standards (Online)
https://bsol-bsigroup-com.ergo.southwales.ac.uk/

Lean Construction Institute:
http://www.leanconstruction.org/

Joyce R., 2015. CDM Regulations 2015 Explained.ICE Publishing.

McAleenan C and Oloke D., 2015. ICE manual of health and safety in construction, Second edition. ISBN: 978-0-7277-6010-4. Thomas Telford limited Uk.

Potts K., 2008. Construction cost management, learning from case studies. Taylor & Francis.

MCGill R., 2012. Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement (CESMM4). ICE Publishing, Thomas Telford limited Uk.

Haidar A and Barnes P., 2011. Delay and Disruption Claims in construction, a practical approach. ICE Publishing, Thomas Telford limited Uk.

Cooke B and Williams P., 2010. Construction planning, programming and control, 3rd ed. Willey Blackwell

Vivian Ramsey, Ann Minogue, Jenny Baster and Michael P. O'Reilly, 2011. ICE manual of construction law, SBN: 978-0-7277-4087-8, Thomas Telford limited Uk.

Bannister A., Raymond S., and Baker R.,1998. Surveying. 7th ed Harlow : Longman

Schofield W., and Breach M., 2007. Engineering Surveying. 6th ed. Amsterdam ; London : Butterworth-Heinemann

Uren J., and Price, W.F., 2010. Surveying for Engineers. 5th ed. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England ; New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan

Irvine W., and Maclennan, F., 2006. Surveying for Construction. 5th ed. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education

B M Sadgrove, Setting Out Procedures, CIRIA