Syllabus Faculty of Applied Engineering and Urban Planning Civil Engineering Department Lecture - Week 1 2 nd Semester 2008/2009 UP Copyrights 2008 Introduction to Construction Industry

Content Agenda Course Outline Activities Assessment

Agenda  About Eyad Haddad  Structure and delivery  Assessment  Ground rules.

Agenda About Eyad Haddad Master Degree of Construction Management Eyad Haddad contact details Website: Room: BK008 Office Hours: Sunday (9.30 – 11.00) & Tuesday (9.30 – 11.00) Mobile: All lecture slides, assignments, Notes will be posted on the web as can as possible

Agenda Structure and delivery  2 lectures per week (90 minutes each) Sunday (BK205) + Tuesday (BK205)  Students will be expected to attend the lectures.  Students will be expected to have undertaken a wide range of reading

 Ralph Liebing, Construction Industry, The Processes, Players, and Practices, Prentice Hall, 1st Edition, 2001, ISBN  The World Wide Web (www)  Library books  Magazines and Journals  Most key documents will be available electronically. References

Course Outline Soil and Foundations. Concrete. Brick Masonry. Interior Finishings. Exterior Finishings. Steel. Wood. Glazing. Plumbing and Sanitary Works. Electricity Works. Roofing and Isolation. Doors and Windows.

Activities Lectures (90 min) Physical and Chemical Properties Applications Tests Standards

Grade Policy 1.Mid-term Exam 30% 2.Final Exam40% 3.Assignments (10) &10% presentation 4.Term Paper10% 5.Lectures attendance 5% 6.Seminar or Quizzes 5% TOTAL = 100% Bonus5%

Coming in late. Disruption of any kind. Don’t ask for an extension without good Reason. Individual work only is allowed, Group. discussions for concepts and problems. Don’t copy previous year work. When confused ask instructor. Academic honesty. Ground rules

Ground rules Cont  Cell Phones are strictly prohibited Please.  Don’t bring your cell to the lecture or  keep it always closed

Course Description  Construction elements starting from foundations up to isolation and finishing works.  Construction technologies.  Construction materials.  Physical and Chemical Tests.

Course Objectives Student after this course has to:  Be familiar with construction industry elements and terminology  Understand construction industry technologies and materials  To get awareness about implementation mistakes that may harm quality or safety.  Be acquainted with tests of physical and chemical properties

Tentative Schedule No. DateTopicRemarks 1 Syllabus Introduction 2 Soil and Earth Works 3 Foundations 4 Concrete Works 5 6 Brick Masonry 7 Interior Finishing 8 Mid Term Exam 9 Exterior Finishing

Tentative Schedule No. DateTopicRemarks 10 Steel 11 Wood 12 Glazing 13 Plumbing and Sanitary Works Electricity Works 14 Roofing and Isolation Doors and Windows 15 Final Exam 16 Final Exam

16 Limits of the project Total pages of the project from pages. Font size 12. Title and sub titles is bold. The space between rows is The project must consists of the following items: 1.Abstract (0.5-1) pages. 2.Introduction (0.5 – 1) pages. 3.Literature review (2 – 10) pages. 4.Methodology (1 – 2) pages. 5.Data collection (1 – 2) pages. 6.Analysis (1 – 5) pages. 7.Discussion (1 – 5) pages. 8.Conclusions & recommendations (1 – 5) pages.

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