Civil Engineering Practice 1

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Civil Engineering Practice 1

• Course Coordinator
• Donald A Cameron
• P2-35

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Whats to know?

• Course outline and codes
• Who delivers it where when?
• How can I contact them?
• Is there a text book?
• Are lecture notes available online?
• Are lectures available online?

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Whats to know? continued

• Do I have to attend lectures and pracs?
• What excuses will be tolerated?
• What do I have to do to pass?
• What basic competencies are expected?

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Course Outline codes

• Code is CIVE 2006
• Access all information on the course web pages

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Course outline

• Civil Engineering practice
• Professional behaviour
• Water
• Structures
• Soils (geotechnical eng.)
• Concrete
• Design team work

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Who delivers it, where and when?

• Julie Mills Civil Engineer
• Civil Engineering, structures professional
  issues
• Don Cameron Civil Engineer
• Soil Engineering, professional issues
• Tom Benn Civil Engineer (Adelaide Brighton)
• Concrete Technology

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How can I contact them?

• Julie Mills
• P2-14, Julie.Mills_at_unisa.edu.au, 830 (23073)
• Don Cameron
• P2-35, donald.cameron_at_unisa.edu.au, 830 (23128)
• Tom Benn
• Adelaide Brighton Cement 8300 0473
• tom.benn_at_adbri.com.au

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Classes are when?
Practicals 3 sessions/week P2-41 and Bldg N Wed
1200-200, Thurs 1100-100 Fri
900-1100 START second week in P2-41
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Is there a text book?

• No, but there is much reading to do to keep up
• There are references remember, there is a
  library here as well as the web
• You will be able to purchase a subsidised book to
  supplement the Concrete Technology lecture slides

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Are lecture notes and slides available online?

• Usually on the website before the lecture
• some ppts may be edited down
• come to class!
• ask questions
• discuss
• EWB website
• http//www.ewb.org.au/main/

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Do I have to attend?

• Tutorials will be dealt with in class
• these are non-assessable items, but you will need
  to be able to do them
• Attendance at practicals is essential!
• 30 of Course!
• project work team work
• EWB project worth 35

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What excuses will be tolerated?

• Extensions to the timelines for the completion
  of assessment may be made on medical1,
  compassionate2 or religious observance3 grounds.
  Students with disabilities have the right to
  negotiate reasonable accommodations to assessment

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What do I have to do to pass?

• Turn up switched on
• read notes before class
• what dont you understand in the lecture slides?
• Try tutorial questions/past exams
• Ask thoughtful questions
• Email if you need to or use on-line discussion
• Find out the core elements of each lecture
• no one expects you to remember everything!

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Assessments

• Attempt everything
• no marks for no effort
• Work in small teams if required
• make sure everyone contributes
• may need to say who did what in your team
• (peer review)
• Avoid plagiarism
• give credit to published work (includes websites)

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ASSESSMENT
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Graduate Qualities
Body of Knowledge 3.0 Life-long learning
0.1 Effective problem solvers 0.3 Work alone
in teams 0.3 Ethical action 0.3
Communicate effectively 0.3 International
perspective 0.2 SUM 4.5
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What are the basic competencies expected of me?

• Civil Engineering and its disciplines
• seminars
• classify soil (USCS)
• fundamentals of engineering soil behaviour
• manufacture, specification, handling placing of
  concrete
• design normal concrete mixes
• design project formulation
• EWB project

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Lecturers

• Have more to do than lecture
• e.g. Standards, Uni committees, research
• Are approachable do listen
• May require you to make an appointment for a long
  enquiry
• Are keen to give you feedback try to keep it
  positive
• BUT dont expect answers without seriously
  attempting problems

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Course Feedback

• Our team aim to make the course interesting
  give you an insight into the profession
• Let us know what worked for you what didnt
• CEI questionnaire _at_ end of study period 2