This course is a Civil Engineering group-based project that brings together most aspects of undergraduate Civil Engineering to the design of a major building/structure, including conceptual design, detailed design, analysis, safety, functionality and sustainability.

4 hours per week

None

None

50% Portfolio

25% Project Output (Other than dissertation) - Weekly progress meetings (17%) and peer assessment (8%)

25% Oral Assessment & Presentation

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below.

Reassessment is not possible on this team-based design project course.

The aim of this course is to develop high level structural engineering design, analysis, problem solving and communication skills, project management skills, in a simulated office-based environment, in the design of a major building/structure.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ conceptually design a challenging engineering structure and its major components;

■ apply detailed design principles and analysis techniques to major structural components;

■ apply principles of sustainability to an engineering design;

■ evaluate the relative merits (aesthetics, cost, functionality, safety, buildability, sustainability, carbon footprint) of various designs in a group-based design project;

■ consider the challenges of multi-disciplinary co-ordination within different specialisms in a large complex project

■ explain design concepts and summarize design solutions to peers, tutors and external assessors.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components of the course's summative assessment.