Undergraduate Course: Civil Engineering Construction and Surveying 2 (CIVE08031)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Construction can be defined as the delivery of the built environment and this course will provide an understanding of the key elements of how civil engineering projects are delivered once the designs are complete. It provides first an understanding of construction processes, of how contractors operate and how the work that they do is provided in a safe and effective manner. The course also considers how Construction and civil engineering projects are required to be positioned spatially and to fine tolerances. This course will introduce students to this concept, and to land surveying, that is the geolocation and measurement of physical objects; and to setting-out, that is the transfer of geolocation and measurement information to physical spaces on the ground. |
| Course description |
Module 1 - Construction:
- Course Introduction: Infrastructure history and future, civil engineering construction, surveying purpose, course structure
- Construction resources: Overview of Labour, Plant and Materials - LPM - and their use & management
- Construction processes 1: Cranage, Roadworks, drainage.
- Construction processes 2: Concreting, and Earthworks & Earthmoving temporary works
- Temporary works 1 - fundamentals: Introduction, history, background and fundamental principles
- Temporary works 2 - practice: Management of TW in practice, with Galliford Try (external partner)
- Safety management 1: Construction safety principles and legislation
- Safety management 2: Construction Site Safety, with Wates Construction (external partner)
- Safety management 3: Risk Management
Module 2 - Surveying
- Surveying Objectives: establishment of relative positions, setting out.
- Surveying Categories: geodetic and plane. Applications, principles, sequence of planning and executing a survey.
- Measurements: direct or indirect linear measurement; angular measurement; height difference.
- Fixing the position of a point: trilateration; offset; traverse; triangulation.
- Optical instruments: Basic features of levels and theodolites. Angular measurement.
- Levelling: Applications. Principles and procedures. Two peg test.
- Direct linear measurement: Distance measurement: procedures for taping, booking method; obstacles; plotting conventions. Base line measurement and corrections.
- Electro-magnetic distance measurement: Technology, methodology and adjustments for EDM
- Traverse surveys: Open traverse, closed traverse. Meridian and bearing. Angle observation (included, deflection). Adjustment (Bowditch's method, Theodolite rule, X-Y method). Example using Bowditch.
- Setting out: Procedures: co-ordinate and grid methods. Control of excavations. Curve ranging (circular, transition and vertical): setting out methods (theodolite and tape, two theodolites, linear.
- GPS surveying, Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Photogrammetry
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9,
Fieldwork Hours 20,
External Visit Hours 5,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Formative Assessment Hours 10,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Revision Session Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
124 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
30 %,
Coursework
70 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Exam %: 30
Practical Exam %:
Coursework %: 70 |
| Feedback |
Feedback is provided formally and informally. Formal feedback will be provided for the two coursework elements, a mixture of written, audio and video feedback. Informal feedback is given during the surveying practical exercises (for example students are able to understand where their error sources might be); and also during consultations as part of the construction coursework.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify and distinguish between the various methods available for civil engineering construction, how and where they are employed and what their limitations might be;
- Appreciate the breadth of temporary works measures needed for civil engineering construction and be able to propose appropriate temporary works for common construction applications;
- Describe the theory of risk management in an engineering context and apply that theory in a construction context;
- Plan and undertake field topographical surveys and setting out schemes using physical measurement tools and total-stations;
- Appreciate the fundamentals and applications of digital tools such as global positioning systems, photogrammetry and laser scanning.
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Reading List
- Modern Construction Management: Frank Harris, Ronald McCaffer, Francis Edum-Fotwe, 7th Edition, 2013
- Introduction to Construction Management: Fred Sherratt, Peter Farrell 2015
- Surveying for Engineers 3rd Edition; Uren and Price; Macmillan, 1994
- Elementary Surveying 8th Edition; Elfick, Fryer, Brinker and Wolf; Harper Collins 1994
- Engineering Surveying 5th Edition; Schofield; Butterworth Heinemann 2001 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Construction,Surveying,Risk,Setting out,Temporary works |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Simon Smith
Tel: (0131 6)50 7159
Email: Simon.Smith@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lorna Couttie
Tel:
Email: lcouttie@ed.ac.uk |
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