EGH475 Advanced Concrete Structures

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Gardens Point, Internal

Overview

Structural engineers use knowledge and skills basis that you will learn in this advanced unit to create innovative solutions to complex planning and design problems about concrete structures to meet stakeholders' needs. You will continue to learn about loading, design standards, analysis and design of concrete structural systems and elements, economical and sustainable design, computer modelling, and professional design reporting and drawing. You will further develop your personal and professional attributes, especially teamwork, time and resource management, communication, and reflective practice. This unit draws upon your learning in structural units of the civil engineering major, in particular EGB375 Design of Concrete Structures.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Determine loads and load paths imposed on reinforced and prestressed structural engineering systems adhering to applicable codes of practice at a mastered level.
2. Evaluate strength and serviceability of reinforced and prestressed concrete structural engineering systems and elements adhering to applicable codes of practice at a mastered level.
3. Design safe and efficient reinforced and prestressed concrete structural engineering systems and elements adhering to applicable codes of practice at a mastered level.
4. Contribute to a structural engineering assessment, with evidence of working on agreed tasks as a team member and with peer to peer evaluation, at a mastered level.
5. Compose technical documentation of a structural engineering project including design calculations and design drawings at a mastered level.

Content

Learning Approaches

In this unit you can expect to experience the following timetabled activities:

• Formal lectures from experienced professional civil engineers to give you insight into knowledge, skills, and
  attributes. You have the opportunity to ask questions during these lectures.
• Tutorial classes that will give you the opportunity to work collaboratively with your peers to carry out
  analysis and design tasks. They will be facilitated by by tutors and will provide an opportunity to test your
  understanding and gain feedback on your work.

These activities will be detailed by week of semester on the unit schedule. You can also expect to be provided
with learning resources including video presentations and readings on a unit Canvas site, which you can
access flexibly to complete your learning in this unit.

At the beginning of the unit, you will be made aware of the ways in which you can ask questions or seek
clarification from the unit coordinator, lecturers and tutors.

You are expected to:

• Engage with timetabled learning activities on campus and ask questions
• Engage with online resources outside of timetabled learning activities. They will be available on the unit Canvas site. You will receive regular email announcements regarding the release of these resources.
• Work in teams to complete a design project related to medium rise concrete building ensuring safety and compliance with the Australian standards. While there will be time during timetabled design classes, you will also need to undertake independent work outside of that time to complete assessment tasks.
• Prepare for learning activities according to the unit schedule and follow up on any work not completed.
• Complete assessment tasks by working consistently throughout the semester and meeting the due dates that are published via the unit Canvas site.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

During design classes, you will share your formative ideas for your assessments and you will receive feedback from your tutor. As part of an effective team you will share the outcomes of your design task with your tutor for marking and feedback, and with students from other groups in your tutorial class. You are encouraged to view your team as a learning community and to share and discuss emergent ideas in the civil engineering analysis and feasibility design process and your understandings of civil engineering professional practice. Each assessment submission will be graded against criteria and standards that will be shared with you at the beginning of semester through Assessment Task Descriptions and Marking Rubrics. Marked assessment will include feedback given by the markers against the criteria.

Assessment

Overview

Assessment in this unit has been designed to give you the opportunity to show your learning against the unit learning outcomes. You will work in a team to prepare and submit your design portfolio including detail analysis and design of concrete infrastructure considering the constraints and compliance with the standards. You will deploy work practices that align to civil engineering professional practice (such as teamwork, project management, socio-cultural perspectives). You will be expected to work together with your team members and independently to make individual contributions to the assessments. You will also be assessed individually through a problem solving task and a written exam where you will solve design problems specific to a simpler building plan.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Portfolio

This assessment is based on a real-world structural design project. You will work in team and regularly submit your progressive design calculation for formative feedback. By the end of semester your team will submit a reflection in the form of design portfolio including your technical design outcome with inferences on whether your design was optimal with justifications. You will also make suggestions to improve any part of your design for better value for money. Your design portfolio will cover the structural system, load paths, load analyses, critical elements identification, detailed design and detailed drawings.

This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.

Assessment: Problem Solving Test

This assessment simulates a time limited assignment - where you will be expected to solve design problems within 100 minutes in a class room setting with limited discussions with your neighbour.

This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.

Assessment: Examination (written)

You will be required to analyse and design certain parts of concrete structure for the given design data and constraints. You will be presented with descriptions of the problems and will need to diagnose the problem type, make use of appropriate theory or methods, demonstrate knowledge and skills bases, show your working, and communicate a complete working in writing and drawing.

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.

Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Resources

Risk Assessment Statement

Risks may be associated with you visiting study areas and/or project sites. You are required to have completed a valid Workplace Health and Safety course. You shall not enter project sites without the Unit Coordinator's approval. You shall not to contact members of the public, public officers or staff associated with any project without permission of the Unit Coordinator. More detailed information will be provided in your Week 1 information class.

Standards/Competencies

This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.

Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer

1: Knowledge and Skill Base

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2: Engineering Application Ability

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3: Professional and Personal Attributes

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Course Learning Outcomes

EN01 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

1. Engage stakeholders professionally and communicate the outcomes of your work effectively to expert and non-expert audiences using appropriate modes.
   Relates to: Portfolio
2. Display leadership, creativity, and initiative in both self-directed and collaborative contexts of professional engineering practice.
   Relates to: Portfolio
3. Deploy appropriate approaches to engineering design and quality.
   Relates to: Portfolio, Problem Solving Test, Examination (written)
4. Engage with and apply regulatory requirements relating to safety, risk management, and sustainability in professional engineering practice.
   Relates to: Portfolio, Problem Solving Test, Examination (written)
5. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of one engineering discipline, its research directions, and its application in contemporary professional engineering practice.
   Relates to: Portfolio, Problem Solving Test, Examination (written)

EN55 Master of Professional Engineering

1. Apply advanced and specialist knowledge, concepts and practices in engineering design, analysis management and sustainability.
   Relates to: Portfolio, Problem Solving Test, Examination (written)
2. Critically analyse and evaluate complex engineering problems to achieve research informed solutions.
   Relates to: Portfolio, Problem Solving Test, Examination (written)
3. Communicate complex information effectively and succinctly, presenting high level reports, arguments and justifications in oral, written and visual forms to professional and non specialist audiences.
   Relates to: Portfolio
4. Organise and manage time, tasks and projects independently, and collaboratively demonstrating the values and principles that shape engineering decision making and professional accountability.
   Relates to: Portfolio