Assignment Brief

Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment

Unit 18 : Civil Engineering Technology

The submission is in the form of a report. The report should be technical and written in a concise and formal business style. As such, your choice of font face and font size should contribute to the clarity of the information. The report should be well- structured, using headings, sub-sections and paragraphs as appropriate and should contain the sketch of the main scenario of the project as or if available or provided. Any images, graphics, or text that is derived from other sources must be correctly referencedusing a standard form of citation. A bibliography should be included and in a standard academic format.

Your report should be 2500 words in length. While you will not be penalised for exceeding this word count by 10%, keep in mind that being clear and succinct are key features of professional documents

LO1 Formulate a project that will provide a solution to an identified problem

TASK 1

(a). Using the scenario provided, discuss the earthworks, equipment and techniques

(b). For the scenario above or otherwise describe the methods that used to create complex foundations, piling works and drainage works.

(c)  The scenario above is likely to include culverts and underpasses in the design of the complex infrastructure. Describe methods and techniques used in culvert and underpass construction including the provision for some utilities to be named.

(d) Assuming that some of the structures such as office blocks in the industrial park in the scenario above has deep basements, analyse methods and techniques utilized in large and complex earth moving operations and deep excavations.

(e) Evaluate methods and techniques used in dealing ground and slope stability for slopes found to be unstable in the vicinity of the industrial park area.

LO2 Manage a project within agreed timescales and specification, documenting the process throughout.

TASK 2

(a) For the construction options of the industrial park above, identify the hazards, risks and safety arrangements, working in confined spaces, working on structures including tall ones and for working within any temporary works that may be included in the interconnecting highways and local infrastructure.

(b) For the scenario above or otherwise, develop and present a safety plan, risk assessments and method statements for a given civil engineering activity to be identified.

(c) In general, discuss health and safety legislation and codes of practice related to civil engineering sites such as provided in the scenario above.

(d) Justify a site safety plan, risk assessments and method statements report for identified activities related to the scenario project above.

LO3 Evaluate potential Project Management Solutions

(a) Explore and evaluate the environmental, quality, geotechnical and economic contests of a civil engineering problem to be chosen amongst several identified problems to be identified and propose and explore a viable solution to this problem, justifying the selection of specific engineering features in the development of the solution.

(b) Develop a proposal that states how the environmental, geotechnical, quality and economic contexts of the problem identified in (a) are addressed.

LO4 Produce a project report and deliver a presentation of the final project outcome

Task 4

(a) With the scenario above describe methods and techniques used in highway design and develop a proposal for the new infrastructure access for the project.

(b) Using the scenario above, analyse methods and techniques used to create bridge foundations and flexible highway construction foundations stating the key criteria needed, including key geotechnical parameters to be identified.