Construction and Building Engineering - Arab Academy for Science

238 Pages·2009·1.67 MB·English

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Arab Academy for Science, Technology and
Maritime Transport
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING ENGINEERING
B. Sc. Program

Status Report: Volume II
December 2009
B. SC. PROGRAM STATUS REPORT
Construction and Building Engineering
Prepared by Departmental Committee and Coordinated by
Prof. Dr. Wael Ali Kamel
Head of Department
Department of Construction and Building Engineering

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DEPARTMENT VISION/MISSION STATEMENTS
Vision
The vision of the Construction and Building Engineering Program is to provide students and the
construction industry with the highest level of technical preparation, professional development and
leadership skills for successful careers in construction engineering and excellence in higher education by
providing high-quality education based on a well-balanced curriculum.
Mission
The mission of the department is to prepare individuals for a professional career in construction
engineering and management and for life-long learning by providing undergraduates with the necessary
technical skills, personal skills and knowledge in construction and building engineering.
DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the department of Construction and Building Engineering are:
 Providing the construction and building communities with high quality construction engineers who
are produced through our learning and program flexibility, hands-on experience, training, and
research opportunities.
 Continuously reviewing and updating the programs of studies to maintain the high level of
education required by our students.
 Establishing strong relationships with the construction and building industry and community
through continuous collaboration in terms of research, graduate studies, and training.
 Attracting full-time faculty members that are of high calibre and are of different specializations for
the next five years.
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Table of Contents
Construction & Building Engineering Courses
I N T R OD U C TI ON 1 (CB) Offered to Other Departments 163
Computer Engineering Courses (CC) 177
Construction and Building Engineering: An
Overview 1 Electrical Engineering Courses (EE) 181
The Role of Construction Engineers 1 Industrial and Management Engineering
Courses (IM) 185
Career Opportunities for Construction Engineers 2
Language, Humanities, & Social Science
Program Aim and Objectives 3 Courses (LH) 193
Program Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) 3 Mechanical Engineering Courses (ME) 199
Non-Engineering Courses (NE) 203
P R O G R A M P L AN NI NG S H E E T 6
Curriculum 6 T E A C H IN G F A CU L T Y LI S T 2 09
Course Coding 6 Full Time Staff 209
Degree Offered 7 Part Time Staff 215
Graduation Requirements 8 Assistants 216
Construction and Building Engineering
Academic Program Sheet 11
Course Prerequisites 12 D E P A R T M E N T F A C IL I TI E S 2 19
Academic Program Analysis 16
Program Analysis by Semester Offering 21 Experimental Facilities Supporting the Program219
Program Analysis by Subject Field 24 Construction Surveying & Geology Laboratory 220
Comparison with Previous Program 29 Construction Materials & Asphalt Materials
Laboratory 221
Light Structures Laboratory 223
Highway Engineering Laboratory 225
C O U R S E S SU M M A R Y
D E S C R I P T IO N 3 0 Soil Mechanics Laboratory 226
Architectural Engineering (AR) 30 Heavy Structures Laboratory 228
Physics Laboratory I 229
Basic and Applied Science (BA) 30
Construction and Building Engineering (CB) 32 Physics Laboratory II 230
Chemistry Laboratory 231
Construction and Building Engineering (CB)
Offered to Other Departments 40 Testing of Materials Laboratory 232
Computer Engineering (CC) 41 Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Laboratory 233
Electrical Engineering (EE) 42 Heat Transfer Laboratory 234
Industrial and Systems Engineering (IM) 42
Language, Humanities and Social Science (LH) 43
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 44
Non-Engineering (NE) 44
C O U R S E F IL E S U M MA R Y 4 5
Architectural Engineering Courses (AR) 46
Basic and Applied Science Courses (BA) 48
Construction & Building Engineering Courses
(CB) 66
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Chapter
1
Introduction
Program overview, activities and job opportunities, and program objectives
Construction and Building Engineering: An Overview
The Construction and Building Engineering program at the Arab Academy for Science,
Technology and Maritime Transport provides the necessary technical skills in mathematics, basic
sciences, engineering science, engineering design, humanities and social sciences consistent with
accreditation standards and national needs. The program provides critical learning for a broad
foundation in structures, environmental engineering, geotechnical, materials, water resources,
construction management, construction engineering, and transportation. Considerable emphasis is
placed on group-based, open-ended design projects to provide students with the necessary skills for
creative teamwork and to prepare them professionally for diverse employment opportunities.
Preparation for professional practice and undergraduate studies is accomplished through careful
selection of professional and technical electives. Students are motivated to keep abreast of current
technical developments, to improve communication skills, to use computer tools, to be aware of
project constraints, and maintain high standards of ethics and professionalism. The civil engineering
program provides an environment conductive to learning that stimulates both students and faculty.
The Role of Construction Engineers
The program is designed to prepare our students to become outstanding construction engineers,
whose job is to devise and design construction facilities, coordinate and direct the efforts of labor
and equipment, and control the time and cost demands of field operations. As they gain
experience, construction engineers become construction managers who combine engineering,
management, and field construction skills in the administration and management of field
construction. Since no two projects are exactly alike, the professional construction
engineer/manager is always confronted with new and challenging opportunities. The education
offered by the program has broad appeal since it combines engineering with management
fundamentals. The depth of technical knowledge and breadth of expertise, coupled with people
management skills, can often lead to rapid promotion and advancement within an organization.
Graduates of the Construction Engineering degree program design and manage construction
processes that create living and working environments such as office buildings, industrial buildings,
airports, housing, roads, bridges, utilities, water resources and coastal engineering projects.
Graduates fill positions in construction companies, engineering consulting firms, government
agencies, and large construction corporations. The positions usually involve the planning, design,
and management of the construction process for a general, specialty, or mechanical contractor, or
the coordination, inspection, and management of design, contracts, or facilities for a business,
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industry or government owner. Graduates of this degree program enjoy a wide range of
opportunities to apply their technical knowledge with tremendous variety in the day-to-day work.
Some choose design, planning, or financial management positions working in an office
environment, while others prefer to direct field operations or some combination of the above.
Following are some of the job opportunities that can be pursued by the program graduates:
Field engineer: implements and coordinates engineered construction processes.
Design engineer: develop conceptual and detailed designs for many construction projects such as
office buildings, industrial buildings, airports, housing, roads, bridges, hydraulic structures, coastal
structures, utilities, and dams.
Surveying engineer: perform surveying activities for all types of construction projects
Cost estimator: develops itemized costs and budgets for design and construction based upon
knowledge and pre-design of operations, materials, and resources requirements.
Planning/Scheduling engineer: designs and monitors the plan for timing and sequence of
construction operations.
Quality control assurance engineer: ensures that the items of the construction project conform to
specifications and standards.
Projects controls engineer: reviews the cost and time performance of the project during
construction.
Contract administrator: reviews the project‟s contracts and prepares / reviews change orders and
claims.
Health and Safety engineer: reviews and implements the project's health and safety system to ensure
health and safety standards are adopted throughout the project.
Project engineer: designs all or part of the project construction process, coordinates construction
engineering to accomplish the overall objectives of the facility design team.
Project manager: oversees all aspects of a project, coordinates subcontractors, provides primary
contact to the client as well as to the company's leaders.
Chief engineer, designer, estimator, project controls, contract administration, and project manager:
oversees operations in designated areas related to multiple projects.
Division head or vice president, president, chief executive officer: manages overall company
operations.
Career Opportunities for Construction Engineers
Graduates of the Construction Engineering degree program design and manage construction
processes that create living and working environments such as office buildings, industrial buildings,
airports, housing, roads, bridges, utilities, and dams. Graduates fill positions in construction
companies, engineering consulting firms, government agencies, and large construction
corporations. The positions usually involve the planning, design, and management of the
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construction process for a general, specialty, or mechanical contractor, or the coordination,
inspection, and management of design, contracts, or facilities for a business, industry or
government owner.
When you ask top managers in construction and engineering firms why they selected this career,
you can hear the excitement of the construction industry in their responses. Some say they like to
conceive an idea and then engineer and manage it through to reality. Others say that they like the
combination of computerized planning, process design, cost engineering, and scheduling with the
gratification of seeing a job well done. Graduates of this degree program enjoy a wide range of
opportunities to apply their technical knowledge with tremendous variety in the day-to-day work.
Some choose design, planning, or financial management positions working in an office
environment, while others prefer to direct field operations or some combination of the above
Program Aim and Objectives
Undergraduates of the Construction and Building Engineering Program are expected to be able to:
 Utilize underpinning mathematics, science and engineering fundamentals to address and
solve construction related problems.
 Apply analytical, experimental, design and management techniques with proficiency aided
by modern tools.
 Understand global, ethical, and social implications of the profession in regards to public
safety and sustainability issues.
 Acquire and utilize personal, communication, and leadership skills and be able to work
collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
 Pursue distinguished employment as well as lifelong learning.
Program Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
Knowledge and Understanding
On successful completion of the construction and building engineering program of study, the
graduate should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
 The essential construction processes and the technologies and techniques used in the
construction and building engineering field.
 Principles of construction and building engineering sciences as applied to civil engineering
principles;
 Engineering principles in the fields of:
 Construction management;
 Construction engineering;
 Structures;
 Geotechnics & foundations;
 Water resources, hydraulics, irrigation and coastal engineering;
 Environmental engineering;
 Transportation systems and traffic;
 Surveying; and
 Properties, behavior & fabrication of construction materials.
 Principles of design specific to construction and building.
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 Projects management, including planning, finance, bidding, contract procedures, cost
estimators and quality systems.
 The different analytical and computer methods that can be applied to the various areas of
construction and building engineering.
Intellectual Skills
On completion of the construction and building and engineering program of study, students should
be able to:
 Demonstrate a high level of competence in identifying, defining, and solving construction
engineering problems.
 Select and apply appropriate mathematical tools and computing methods for modeling and
analyzing engineering problems.
 Apply engineering principles, theories and sciences in solving environmental and
socioeconomic problems.
 Apply appropriate geotechnical techniques and codes of practice to determine levels, types
and systems of building foundations.
 Apply appropriate design techniques and codes of practice.
 Evaluate and integrate information and processes through individual and group project
work.
 Solve a wide range of problems related to the analysis, design, and the construction of
buildings and civil engineering projects.
 Define, plan, conduct and report management techniques.
 Analyze and interpret financial information.
 Understand the requirements of health and safety in construction projects
 Suggest solutions and designs on a conceptual level and in detail that consider sustainability
and other issues of importance
Practical and Professional Skills
On completion of the construction and building engineering program of study, students should be
able to:
 Plan and undertake individual construction engineering projects.
 Use laboratory and field equipment competently and safely.
 Observe record and analyze data in laboratory as well as in the field.
 Use appropriate computer-based support tools and software packages for problem-solving
and analysis of results.
 Prepare technical drafts and finished drawings both manually and using CAD.
 Prepare quantity surveying reports, cost estimates, construction schedules, and plan and
design the necessary elements used in a variety of construction methods.
 Administer contracts and control time, cost and quality of projects.
 Apply the give technical presentations suitable for the time, place and audience.
 Use the scientific literature effectively, and make discriminating use of Internet resources.
 Display an integrated approach to the deployment of communications skills.
 Use IT skills and display mature computer literacy.
 Prepare and deliver coherent and structured verbal and written technical reports.
 Use the scientific literature effectively, and make discriminating use of Internet resources.
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 Work effectively with and for others, and function professionally, independently and in a
multidisciplinary team.
 Display personal responsibility by working to multiple deadlines in complex activities.
 Manage time effectively.
 Monitor, plan and reflect upon personal, educational and career development.
 Communicate with others applying different codes of practice.
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Chapter
2
Program Planning Sheet
The program structure including the course titles and codes
Curriculum
The program curriculum provides great flexibility in course selection and offers a broad scientific
and engineering base by containing a sequence of courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry,
computer and the engineering sciences. These courses are accompanied by construction and
building engineering courses covering the areas of construction engineering and fundamentals of
design, construction management, construction materials, reinforced concrete structures and
metallic structures, environmental engineering, cost analysis, geotechnical engineering,
transportation engineering, water resources and coastal engineering.
Course Coding
Numbering System
The course code consists of five or six alphanumeric digits, MN XYZ (E) depending on the nature
of the course; whether it is core or elective.

M N X Y Z (E)
Subject Field
Course Level
Course Group
Course Sequence
Course Status

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