Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
CIVE / ENVE 4918 – Design Project (Fall 2015 - Winter 2016)
COURSE
COORDINATORS/
ORGANIZERS
CIVE 4918: Ata Khan (ata_khan@carleton.ca)
GROUP SUPERVISORS
CIVE 4918: Jeff Erochko, John A.B. Gales, Yasser Hassan, Neal Holtz, Karim Ismail,
Shawn Kenny, Ata Khan, David Lau, Mohammad Rayhani, Mario Santana, Abhijit Sarkar,
Edward G. Sherwood, Siva Sivathayalan, Ehab Zalok
ENVE 4918: Onita Basu, Liam O’Brien, Anh Le-Tuan, Paul Simms
TEACHING ASSISTANTS
CIVE4918:
Structures:
Geotech:
Transportation:
ENVE 4918: Onita Basu (onita.basu@carleton.ca)
ENVE4918:
HOURS
Lecture/Seminar (CIVE/ENVE 4918): All students are expected to attend.
Fall Term: Mondays 12:35 – 2:25 pm, 302 AT (Alternate weeks, first lecture on Friday
September 4, 2015)
Winter Term: Monday 12:35 – 2:25 pm, 302 AT (Alternate weeks, first lecture on January
11, 2016)
Meetings with Supervisor: Locations and times for the meetings with project supervisors
will be decided by group supervisors. All group members must be present in these
meetings.
Design Project Group Meetings: Rooms for group meetings with Teaching Assistants are
listed on Carleton Central Public Class Schedule Website. All group members must be
present in these meetings.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
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CIVE 4918: Mon/Wed 4:05-5:25 pm. Please see Carleton Central for rooms. Also,
use of CB5301 is permitted.
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ENVE 4918: Mon/Wed 4:05-5:25 pm. Please see Carleton Central for rooms. Also,
use of CB5301 permitted.
This course provides 4th year CEE students with the opportunity to learn how to apply
engineering design principles in a major group design project. While working on the
projects, the students will learn how to effectively plan, schedule, search for data and
information, communicate and co-operate in a team environment. Also, students will learn
how to manage a project.
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COURSE WEBPAGE
Course Objectives & Outline
Guidelines and Tasks
Lectures
Design Groups
Other material.
 Important announcements will be sent to all participants via email.
 CULearn may not be used for grade information dissemination.
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REFERENCE TEXT
(Please visit Carleton
University Library
RESERVES for selected
references)
EVALUATION
It is highly recommended that students visit CULearn as often as possible for the
latest updates. All postings on the course web page will be considered to be
known by each student.
(1) Planning, Performing and Controlling Projects. Principles and Applications, R. B.
Angus, N. A. Gundersen, and T. P. Cullinane. 3rd edition (Prentice Hall)
(on 4 hours Reserve in the library)
(2) System Analysis for Civil Engineers, P. J. Ossenbruggen (JW)
(3) Construction Contracting, R. H. Clough, Glenn A. Sears and S. Keoki Sears, 4th edition,
Wiley, 2005.
(4) Construction Jobsite Management, W. R. Mincks and H.Johnston (Thompson - Delmar)
30% on project dossier, professionalism, active participation, and style
30% on periodical reports (70% technical content + 30% presentation and style)
20% on final report (50% technical content + 50% presentation and style)
20% on final presentation
Although reports will be submitted as groups, students will be evaluated individually based
on their professionalism, active participation, and style. Attendance and participation is
mandatory, and persistent absence and lack of contribution of a student from group work
(both in and out of the class) will result in automatic failure of the student, regardless of the
collective performance of the group.
IMPORTANT DATES
AND
MILESTONES
Task 1. Initiation phase: September 2-9, 2015
Initiation Report due on September 9.
Task 2. Conception phase: September 14 - October 2, 2015
Conception Report due on October 2.
Task 3. Study phase – feasibility: October 5 - November 12, 2015
Feasibility Report due on November 12, 2015
Task 4. Study phase – specifications: November 13 – November 27, 2015
Specifications Report due on November 27, 2015
Task 5. Design phase – work on design tasks: November 30, 2015 – March 9, 2016
Preliminary Design Report due on January 22, 2016
Task 6. Detailed Design Report due on March 9, 2016
Task 7. Project presentation & selected project poster preparation. For CIVE4918, project
presentations on March 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30, April 4 (dates to be assigned on a
lottery/random number basis). For ENVE4918, dates and rooms will be announced.
Task 8. Final Report: due on April 6, 2016.
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LECTURE/SEMINAR
OUTLINE
Lectures/Seminars are two hours per alternate week on Mondays 12:35-2:25 (AT 302). But,
please note that the first lecture is scheduled for Friday, September 4, 2015. These lectures
will be given by the course coordinator(s) and other faculty members. Guest speakers will
be invited. The order of the lectures may be adjusted during the two terms.
FALL TERM 2015
Date
Topic
September 4
Friday
Introduction: Course objective & outline; Overview
September 21
Monday
October 5
Monday
October 19
Monday
November 9
Monday
November 23
Monday
December 7
Monday
Systematic approach to project planning & Design; Conception;
Feasibility; Specifications; Data acquisition
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
WINTER TERM 2016
Date
January 11
Monday
January 25
Monday
February 8
Monday
February 29
Monday
March 14, 16, 21,
23, 28, 30 and April
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Case Study: Confederation Line LRT Ottawa
Designer Responsibility; Preliminary Design; Detailed Design
Project Management
Value Engineering
Topic
Cost Estimation
Preparing for Final Steps
Case Study: Blue Water Bridge Border Crossing System
Case Study: Confederation Bridge
Presentations (Rooms to be announced)
NOTE: Due to a high number of projects, we will hold presentation sessions during the
lecture hours as well as during group meeting times. Since the detailed design
report will be submitted before presentations, the use of group meeting times for
presentations is appropriate. Another reason is that all participants can attend
without any conflict with other courses. The dates noted above are subject to
change. Times and locations will be announced in February 2016.
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STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES
OR SPECIAL NEEDS
Students with disabilities or special needs requiring academic accommodations in this course
are encouraged to contact a co-ordinator at the Paul Menton Centre for Students with
Disabilities (PMC) to complete the necessary letters of accommodation. Also, please see next
page for additional information.
Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: The Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC)
provides services to students with Learning Disabilities (LD), psychiatric/mental health disabilities, Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), chronic medical conditions, and impairments in mobility,
hearing, and vision. If you have a disability requiring academic accommodations in this course, please contact PMC at 613520-6608 or pmc@carleton.ca for a formal evaluation. If you are already registered with the PMC, contact your PMC
coordinator to send me your Letter of Accommodation at the beginning of the term, and no later than two weeks before the
first in-class scheduled test or exam requiring accommodation (if applicable). After requesting accommodation from PMC,
meet with me to ensure accommodation arrangements are made. Please consult the PMC website for the deadline to
request accommodations for the formally-scheduled exam (if applicable).
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by both instructors and students, are copy protected and remain the intellectual property of their
respective author(s). All course materials, including PowerPoint presentations, outlines, and other
materials, are also protected by copyright and remain the intellectual property of their respective
author(s).
Students registered in the course may take notes and make copies of course materials for their
own educational use only. Students are not permitted to reproduce or distribute lecture notes and
course materials publicly for commercial or non-commercial purposes without express written
consent from the copyright holder(s).”
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