ALL Parts Submit hard copy to CPE Office on or before 22 July 2015, before 19:30 and upload electronic copy to Moodle on or before 22 July 2015, before 23:59
Assessment Summary
Patch 1 40% weighting
Patch 2 60% weighting
1a. Students will receive a brief from the client, which will necessitate a detailed study to devise a Site Investigation and Soil Investigation programme for the site formation and foundation design of the development as well as evaluating different methods and purposes of site and soil investigations.
1b. Students will undertake a few tasks to analyse and examine sizing of strip footing.
2a. Students are supposed given opportunities to explain and analyse on a number of questions with regard to beams and columns made of reinforced concrete as well as beams and columns made of structural steel.
2b. Students will be provided a scenario and be requested for responses on a number of questions in respect of retaining wall construction. Following this, students will be required to examine and analyse the adequacy of a storm water drainage system as well as carrying out checking of retaining wall stability pertinent to the site.
(The total number of pages of the assessment shall NOT be more than 30).
IMPORTANT STATEMENTS
Standard Undergraduate Assessment Regulations
From the start of the 2014/15 academic year, your studies will be governed by version 5 of the Standard Undergraduate Assessment Regulations (SUAR 5).
Under these regulations you are permitted two attempts at assessment for each module: a first sit and re-assessment attempt.
This means that you will be required to withdraw from the course if, following the reassessment attempt, you have not passed.
Cheating and Plagiarism
Both cheating and plagiarism are totally unacceptable and the University maintains a strict policy against them. It is YOUR responsibility to be aware of this policy and to act accordingly. Please refer to the Academic Registry Guidance at https://icity.bcu.ac.uk/Academic-Registry/Information-for-Students/Assessment/Avoiding-Allegations-of-Cheating
The basic principles are:
? Dont pass off anyone elses work as your own, including work from essay banks. This is plagiarism and is viewed extremely seriously by the University.
? Dont submit a piece of work in whole or in part that has already been submitted for assessment elsewhere. This is called duplication and, like plagiarism, is viewed extremely seriously by the University.
? Always acknowledge all of the sources that you have used in your coursework assignment or project.
? If you are using the exact words of another person, always put them in quotation marks.
? Check that you know whether the coursework is to be produced individually or whether you can work with others.
? If you are doing group work, be sure about what you are supposed to do on your own.
? Never make up or falsify data to prove your point.
? Never allow others to copy your work.
? Never lend disks, memory sticks or copies of your coursework to any other student in the University; this may lead you being accused of collusion.
By submitting coursework, either physically or electronically, you are confirming that it is your own work (or, in the case of a group submission, that it is the result of joint work undertaken by members of the group that you represent) and that you have read and understand the Universitys guidance on plagiarism and cheating.
Students should be aware that, at the discretion of the module co-ordinator, coursework may be submitted to an electronic detection system in order to help ascertain if any plagiarised material is present.
Electronic Submission of Work
Students should also be aware that it is their responsibility to ensure that work submitted in electronic format can be opened on a faculty computer and to check that any electronic submissions have been successfully uploaded. If it cannot be opened it will not be marked. Any required file formats will be specified in the assignment brief and failure to comply with these submission requirements will result in work not being marked.
Students must retain a copy of all electronic work they have submitted and resubmit if requested.
Learning Outcomes to be Assessed:
From the module document the following learning outcomes form the basis of the assessment of course work, which is a portfolio.
1. Identify and evaluate the different methods and purposes of site and soil investigations
2. Analyse and examine commercial foundations, retaining walls and trench supports, groundworks and temporary works
3. Calculate and appreciate the performance of the superstructure and the structural behaviour of the main elements in Civil Engineering
4. Examine and comment upon the influences on the design and construction of external works
Assessment Details:
Patch 1of the portfolio (Total 40%)
