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Different stages and phases of planning – pre-contract and contract; site organization and site layout planning; Elements of construction planning; Construction methodology for building projects; construction sequencing and logic as part of construction methodology; Relationship between construction methodology and the construction programme; the construction program as a contract document, a planning, monitoring and control tool for time, budget, costs and other resources. Time as a deliverable on building projects; detail exposure to construction planning and programming and use of appropriate software (Microsoft Project/Primavera/Navis Works) for Builders: operation relationships and precedence; resource levelling, resource scheduling, earned value analysis. Timing and milestones in programming, progress monitoring and control; managing (planning, tracking, controlling) resources – time, costs and manpower. using the construction programme; preparation and submission of the construction programme. In this course each student is required to prepare a complete construction programme (using Microsoft Project or Primavera or any other advanced software prescribed by the course lecturer) for a building project. The student is also required to submit a bound construction programme with accompanying report in an acceptable professional format.

Introduction and types of plant and equipment used in heavy/large scale construction works, including their principles of operation, and productivity. Mechanical plants in the construction process: types and uses. Procurement and Management, Equipment ownership, hiring/leasing, equipment selection criteria and cost implications. Operation and maintenance of mechanical plants. Methods of assessing performance. Different types of mechanical equipment such as excavation equipment, materials handling equipment, earthmoving and compaction, drilling and blasting equipment.

Nature of projects and project environment; introduction to project management; major professional bodies responsible for project management and introduction to their books of knowledge. Managing the construction client; project strategy; managing the construction process: work breakdown structure. Construction programming – types of programmes; programming techniques: the Gantt chart, network analysis among others. Managing project finance: client cash flow, contractor’s cash flow and cash flow forecasting; project control – earned value method; techniques and principles of Total Quality Management (TQM). Lean thinking in construction; project commissioning and testing of installations. Managing project completion; project management software. Introduction to project monitoring and evaluation. Application of project management toolkits to green construction.

The course presents a detailed study of current methods and equipment used in building domestic and small scale, simple construction projects. Studies of strip and raft foundation, walls in block work and brickwork, plain and reinforced concrete floors, pitched roof in timber and steel, purlins, roof covering, ceiling, finishing to walls, floors and ceiling, setting out buildings. Floor: Functions of floor, construction requirements, types – solid ground floors, suspended ground floors; upper floors, construction details and practice, merits of different types of floors. Damp-proof: Types, functions, materials used for damp-proof, tanking. Simple roof: Design specifications and functional requirements, types, fixing details, treatment given to openings, door frames and lining; ironmongery. External stair and staircases in buildings: Terminologies in staircases, function, types and methods of construction – setting out staircases, formwork for reinforced concrete, cast-in-situ staircases [the layout]; Ramps: construction and uses. External works: Fence, gates, pavements, drains, landscape work and access roads.

The course deals with large span roofs: choice, types and classification, functional requirements, roof covering for large span roofs. Roof lighting: purposes, methods of construction, Materials used and types. Ceilings: types, methods of construction, materials used and types. Steel construction: field and shop operations in steel construction, procedures, erection equipment in field operations. Bolts and rivets: types, materials used, applications and procedures in steel constructions. Welding: types, materials and processes with equipment, precautions. Shuttering: materials used and types including detailed sketches of formwork. Joints in buildings: expansion and construction joints, definitions, nature, purpose and construction techniques and materials used in joints. Pre-stressed concrete: definition and purpose: methods of producing pressurised concrete items-pre-tensioning and post-tensioning.

This course is designed to allow students to develop and build upon the pattern making and construction skills learned in previous courses. Students will evaluate and translate key elements from an existing designer runway look and from their own two-dimensional designs to create customized patterns and construct, fit and correct garments to industry standards. New construction and finishing techniques will also be introduced.

Here the student is encouraged to undertake research, design and construct a collection of designer clothing for celebrities such as film stars, musicians, sportsmen, politicians and business executives. Designer workroom techniques will be emphasised.

The course is a survey of the beginnings of modern art in Africa. It evaluates chronological developments in the evolution of artistic styles and forms from the mid-nineteenth century to the present on a pan-continental scale. It will also promote Diaspora traditions of modernism. Responses by artists to the pull of Western European-inspired modernism and indigenous or other options open to the artist in contemporary cultural contexts will be examined.

Paradigm shifts within scientific approach to geographical research, quantification and classification in geography; theories and models in geography; systems analysis in geography and spatial thinking skills

The course focuses on the postmodern conditions of art education and its relationships to the influences of visual culture in the 21st century. Issues concerning the value and importance of visual imagery, influence of computer networking, mass communication and other image sources in the era of globalization.