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Concrete as a basic building material; Construction materials for concrete production – cement, aggregates, water, admixtures; Types of concrete – normal concrete, high performance concrete, air-entrained concrete, lightweight concrete, self-compacting concrete, short Crete, ready-mix concrete; Concrete mix design; Various concrete mixes for different classes of projects; Properties of fresh and hardened concrete: Water cement ratio, workability, bleeding, segregation, hydration, air-entrainment in fresh concrete; strength, creep, shrinkage, modulus of elasticity, water tightness, rate of strength gain in hardened concrete; Timber forms for concrete slab, beam, column and foundation; Production of concrete – batching, mixing, transporting, placing, compacting and curing; Quality control of fresh concrete; Tests on concrete – slump tests, compression test, test for Poisson’s ratio of concrete, ultrasonic test, Schmidt test; Admixtures to concrete – accelerating admixtures, retarding admixtures, fly ash, air-entraining admixtures, water retarding admixtures; Performance and utilization of concrete in buildings and associated infrastructure such as rigid pavements; Application of special concrete and green concrete technology; Maintenance aspects and problems. BUD 483: The Technology and Management of Mass Housing Projects (2units C: LH 30) Learning Outcomes At the end of the course, the students should be able to: 1. discuss the concept of mass housing; 2. apply contemporary technologies in mass housing; and 3. generate innovative alternatives in mass housing. Course Contents Students are required to study any on-going mass housing projects, examine `and write on the technology being used, make a critique of same and propose better or alternative solutions.

Definition of accounting, the scope and function of financial accounting. The accounting equations, the theory of double entry bookkeeping. Accounting for construction and work in progress. Profit and loss account of a construction firms. Depreciation of assets, cost of capital, working capital and flow of funds, cash flow analysis. Topics include construction financing during all phases of project development involving permanent loans, construction loans, sources of mortgage funds and venture capital, and tax and interest considerations.

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.

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.

General principles, accountability, competition and negotiation, fixed price, cost reimbursement contracts, early selection, two-stage tendering. Target cost contracts, management contract, design and contracts, continuity contracts. Types of tendering, tendering process, client’s and contractors’ perspectives, e-tendering; litigation and alternative dispute resolution methods.

This course introduces the students to steel structures with emphasis on the production process and properties of steel, design of members and the applicable codes and performance specifications. Elements of steel frame for industrial buildings. Grades of steel used in construction; steel sections used for structural purposes. Metallurgical considerations in the selection of steel for building purposes. Elastic design to Eurocode 3 and its limitations. Protection of steel structures against fire and corrosion. Philosophy of Steel Design and Design Principles. Design of simply supported steel beams. Design of multi-story steel column; cased steel columns (encased in concrete), types of column bases and column caps. Design and details of steel roof trusses. Built-up beams; design and details. Elementary plastic theory. Application of Eurocode 3 to steel design. Design Project using computer software programmes.

Elementary set theory, subsets, union, intersection, complements, Venn diagrams. Real numbers; integers, rational and irrational numbers, mathematical induction, real sequences and series, theory of quadratic equations, binomial theorem. Complex numbers; algebra of complex numbers; the Argand diagram. De-Moivre’s theorem, nth roots of unity. Circular measure, trigonometric functions of angles of any magnitude, addition and factor formulae.

Function of a real variable, graphs, limits and idea of continuity. The derivative, as limit of rate of change. Techniques of differentiation. Extreme curve sketching; Integration as an inverse of differentiation. Methods of integration, Definite integrals. Application to areas, volumes.