Curricula

Objective

Purpose of the course:
The knowledge and skills in this course will enable you to design and carry out civil engineering tasks and measure buildings and structures in situ.

Course competencies:
Knowledge and understanding: knowledge and understanding of earthworks materials, equipment, tools, technologies and processes and their limitations.
Communication and teamwork: be able to communicate effectively about civil engineering information, ideas and solutions. within an engineering community.
Interdisciplinary skills: the ability to manage complex technical or professional tasks or projects, taking responsibility for decision making.
Practical application of technology: be able to carry out calculations related to earthworks and earthmoving equipment in order to plan the use of machinery efficiently.
Research and information retrieval: the ability to conduct literature searches related to civil engineering and to make critical use of scientific databases and other appropriate information sources.

Competency targets
Basic competence: you know and can explain the machinery and working methods used in civil engineering works. Knowledge of the road structure layers and transition wedges and the alternatives for road undercutting. You know the principles of recycling of earth materials and can give instructions for the treatment of contaminated soils. Know the most common measuring instruments used in civil engineering and construction works and know how to use them.
Advanced competence: You know the capacities of earth-moving machinery and can plan the use of machinery efficiently. You can perform simple geodetic calculations.

Content

1 cr: Methods of working in civil engineering, Methods of working in rock construction, Building on soft ground
1 cr: Units of measurement in earthmoving, Earthmoving machinery and their capacities,
1 credit: Radon, Road construction layers and transition wedges, Road undercutting, Contaminated land, Recycling of soil materials.
2 cr: Measuring instruments, Measurement methods, Geodetic calculations.

Qualifications

Geotechnical knowledge of soil properties.
Fundamentals of foundation structures in terms of foundation methods.
Knowledge of building construction techniques in terms of designation of building elements.
Mathematical competence in solving problems.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Intermediate (1): The student knows and recognises the topics described in the objectives of the course and is able to perform the tasks according to the objectives of the course according to the basic competences: machinery and working methods of civil engineering, construction on soft ground, radon, road construction layers and transition wedges, road underpasses, measuring instruments, measuring methods. Students can demonstrate their competence by reading the topics according to the objectives.

Satisfactory (2): The student knows, identifies and understands the basic competences described in the objectives of the course. The student can demonstrate competence by describing the topics covered in the course in a systematic way.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3): the student has achieved the basic learning objectives of the course and is able to demonstrate his/her knowledge in a clear and understandable way. In addition, they are able to articulate what they have learned in a clear and concise way and to apply it in practical tasks.

Excellent (4): The student has achieved the basic learning outcomes of the course and at least some of the advanced learning outcomes: units of measurement in civil engineering, capacities of civil engineering machinery, contaminated land, reuse of soil materials, geodetic calculations. The student will be able to describe the effects of different solutions, compare them and make informed choices between alternatives.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): the student has achieved all the basic and almost all the advanced learning outcomes of the course. The student is able to evaluate the interrelationships and differences between different perspectives and solutions in a differentiated and critical manner. Competences are demonstrated in a coherent and multidimensional way.