City Infrastructure Design Project

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Acquire data from various sources to solve an engineering problem.
• Working as part of a team.
• Present design solutions to public audience.
• Summary data and results in a technical manner.
• Think in a logical and critical manner and be able to defend/justify design choices.
• Manage time and learning independently.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Sustainability considerations related to construction methods and materials.
• Design of different components within the foundation and the superstructure according to national codes.
• Develop a basic understanding of project management, e.g., construction phases and steps while considering risk and efficiency.
• Analysis and optimization of structural systems.
• Computation of carbon emissions associated with a given design concept.
• Analysing urban needs and site constraints.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Use 3D and 2D CAD software.
• Write a technical summary related to sustainability, structural design and project management.
• Use carbon emission and life-cycle cost calculators.
• Use structural analysis software.
• Effectively present and communicate engineering project to the public.
• Apply building and structural design codes in practical projects.
• Utilise prior knowledge from other modules, and online resources to solve engineering problems.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Conceptualise a physical engineering solution that address the needs of an urban zone.
• Convert a design concept into tangible project through design calculations and drawings.

Part I:

Individual work, in the form of a poster and audio presentation, towards identifying city weakness related to a specified site, justifying the need for an engineering intervention, and developing a design concept for an engineering intervention that addresses this weakness (30% of module time).

Part II:

Group work towards the full design of the design concept (70% of module time).

This module accounts for 15 credits of your Year 2 total and runs in Semester 2 from the beginning of February to the end of May. The module is delivered through a combination of:

• Lectures covering different background topics serving towards the completion of your design project (x12 - two lectures per week - Pre-recorded on BB)
• Guest lectures by industry experts (x2 – In-person)
• Weekly 2-hour open drop-in sessions (x4 – first month)
• Weekly 20-minute group meetings with the module lead/tutors to go through the design progress and challenges (x8 – In-person)
• Lecture List
• L01Module introduction and project brief
• L02Information gathering & logistics
• L03Site investigation (Geotechnical)
• L04Structural systems and load path
• L05Construction materials
• L06Structural loading
• L07Structural design (Basics)
• L08Foundation design
• L09Risk and project management
• L10Design for sustainability and whole life costs
• L11Construction design and management Regulations
• L12Report writing and Engineering drawings

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.