Civil & Environmental Engineering

CIV E 596 CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING

Outline 2016

Instructor: Roozbeh Rashedi, E2-2366, ext: 31172, Email: rrashedi@uwaterloo.ca

TAs:

Zinab Abuwarda
Moneer Bhih
Lara Chahrour
Chris Rausch

zabuwarda@uwaterloo.ca
mbhih@uwaterloo.ca
lchahrou@uwaterloo.ca
chris.rausch@uwaterloo.ca

Course notes on Waterloo Learn

This course covers topics in construction engineering and management including contractual
relationships, methods of delivering construction, and best management practices. At the
engineering side, it covers various aspects of both heavy construction and building
construction, with emphasis on construction equipment, concrete form design, concrete, steel,
and masonry construction, and introduction to trenchless technology. At the management side,
it covers basics of cost estimating, scheduling, and project control, repetitive construction, cash
flow analysis, and construction safety. By the end of the course students should be able to:
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understand the various project delivery approaches and contract types

know the prevailing construction practices and activities

select and properly use construction equipment to maximize productivity design

concrete formwork systems suitable for high-rise construction

understand the differences among concrete, steel, masonry, and timber construction

plan and schedule projects from simple to complex repetitive activities

design project plans that meets the project time, cost, and resource constraints

perform cash flow analysis and understand the economics of project financing

understand the health and safety requirements on construction projects

know how to track actual progress and suggest corrective action plans

Suggested Textbooks:
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Hegazy, T. 2002 Computer-Based Construction Project Management, Prentice Hall.

Nunnally, S.W. (2011) Construction Methods and Management, 8th ed. Prentice Hall.

Peurifoy, R.L. and Ledbetter, W. (2006) Construction Planning, Equipment, and

methods, McGraw-Hill.

Halpin, D. W. (2006) Construction Management John Wiley & Sons.

Smith, R.C. (1986) Principles and Practices of Heavy construction, Prentice Hall.

Useful Reference Material:

Databases & Search Engines:
Compendex, Scopus, CISTI. Google Scholar

Periodicals:
Engineering News Record (ENR)

Journals:
- Construction Eng. & Management (ASCE)
- Computer-Aided Civil & Infrastructure Eng.
- Automation in Construction
- Infrastructure Systems (ASCE)
- Operations Research Society

Computing in Civil Engineering (ASCE)

Construction Management & Economics
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Operations Research Quarterly
European Journal of Operations Research

Marking Scheme:
Tutorials 10%; Assignments 20%; Midterm 30%; Final Exam 40%
Students are required to attend all tutorial sessions. The teaching
assistants will provide one-to-one help in the tutorial sessions.

Academic Integrity: The following has been extracted from:

http://cte.uwaterloo.ca/teaching_resources/teaching_tips/Other/FacultyofScienceCourseOutline
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In order to maintain a culture of academic integrity, members of the University of Waterloo
community are expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility.
Discipline: A student is expected to know what constitutes academic integrity, to avoid
committing academic offenses, and to take responsibility for his/her actions. A student who is
unsure whether an action constitutes an offense, or who needs help in learning how to avoid
offenses (e.g., plagiarism, cheating) or about rules for group work/collaboration should seek
guidance from the course professor, academic advisor, or the Undergraduate Associate Dean.
For information on categories of offenses and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy
#71, Student Discipline, http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy71.htm
Grievance: A student who believes that a decision affecting some aspect of his/her university
life has been unfair or unreasonable may have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read Policy
#70, Student Petitions and Grievances, Section 4.
http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy70.htm
Appeals: Concerning a decision made under Policy #70 (Student Petitions and Grievances)
(other than petitions) or Policy #71 (Student Discipline) a student may appeal the finding, the
penalty, or both. A student who believes he/she has a ground for an appeal should refer to
Policy #72 (Student Appeals) http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy72.htm
The same level of academic integrity is expected on an assignment worth 2% as one worth
50%. The Faculty of Arts has an excellent website on Avoiding Academic Offences
(http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/arts/ugrad/academic_responsibility.html). The following URL is also
useful concerning citation styles: http://tinyurl.com/29s5tj