LEVEL 3 COURSES

SEMESTER 2
CVE 302 ESTIMATING OF CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS (3, 0, 3) HND 3
GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the course, students should be able to understand the fundamentals of construction
estimating and tending. Emphasis will be placed in elements of pricing.
1.0 Pricing in terms of factors affecting
1.1 Labours cost
1.1.1 Rate of pay
1.1.2 Allowance
1.1.3 Insurance, norms etc
1.1.4 Materials cost
1.1.5 Supply
1.1.6 Distribution
1.1.7 Marketing
1.1.8 Handling
1.1.9 Waste in use and pilferage
1.2 Plant costs
1.2.1 Builder’s plant costs
1.2.2 Charges and economic usage
1.3 Preliminaries and General items
1.3.1 Site establishment, mining and dismantling
2.0 Application of general principles and elements of pricing to the development of unit rates for
construction works.
2.1 Excavation and earthworks
2.2 Concrete work and block in sub-structure
2.3 Super-structure: floors, walls including opening and roofs, floor and wall finishes.
2.4 External works: plumbing and electrical work including fenced walls and drainage.
3.0 Estimation for roads project.
CVE 302 ESTIMATING OF CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS (2- 1- 2) BTECH 3
GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the course, students should be able to understand the fundamentals of construction
estimating and tending. Emphasis will be placed in elements of pricing.
4.0 Pricing in terms of factors affecting
4.1 Labours cost
4.1.1 Rate of pay
4.1.2 Allowance
4.1.3 Insurance, norms etc
4.1.4 Materials cost
4.1.5 Supply
4.1.6 Distribution
4.1.7 Marketing
4.1.8 Handling
4.1.9 Waste in use and pilferage
4.2 Plant costs
4.2.1 Builder’s plant costs
4.2.2 Charges and economic usage
4.3 Preliminaries and General items
4.3.1 Site establishment, mining and dismantling
5.0 Application of general principles and elements of pricing to the development of unit rates for
construction works.
5.1 Excavation and earthworks
5.2 Concrete work and block in sub-structure
5.3 Super-structure: floors, walls including opening and roofs, floor and wall finishes.
5.4 External works: plumbing and electrical work including fenced walls and drainage.
6.0 Estimation for roads project.
CVE 408 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING (3,0,3)
Elements of the transportation system; Transportation Planning Process: Basic element of
transportation planning, Urban Transportation Planning, Demand Forecasting Approaches, Trip
generation, Trip Distribution, Mode Choice, Traffic Assignment, Other methods of forecasting
Demand; Evaluating Transportation Alternatives: Basic concepts of Cost and Benefits,
Evaluation based on Economic Criteria, Evaluation based on Multiple Criteria; Transportation
systems Management (TSM): TSM Strategies; Transportation Safety
CVE 200 SOIL ENGINEERING (2-1-2)
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
The course is designed to enables students to apply their judgment in all cases to analysis field
conditions pertaining to soil mechanics previously learnt in CVE 152.
1.0 Permeability
1.1 Darcy’s Law, Discharge velocity and seepage velocity
1.2 Method for the determination of co-efficient of permeability of soils.
1.3 Constant and falling head permeability test.
1.4 Determination of K from horizontal capillarity – permeability test
1.5 Equation for K for an unconfined and confined aquifer.
1.6 Effects of void ratio, effect of gain size, stratification temperature and permeability.
2.0 Shear Strength
2.1 Basic concept of shear resistance and shearing strength
2.2 The coulomb’s equation, method (s) of determining shear strength parameters
2.2.1 The triaxial compression test of failure.
2.2.2 Stress condition in soil during triaxial compression test.
2.2.3 Mohr’s diagram for triaxial compression test of failure
Laboratory Test on Soils may be on:
(1) Undisturbed samples; or
(2) Remould sample; shearing strength test on clay test on soil for, (undrained or quick tests)
a. Consolidation test
b. Slow or drained tests.
3.0 Compressibility and Consolidation
3.1 Introduction, principle and definition
3.2 Consolidation test
3.3 One- dimensional consolidation theory
3.4 Pressure- void ratio curves for sand and clay
3.5 Determination of pre-consolidated pressure
3.6 Determination of the coefficient of consolidation
3.7 Compression ratios
3.8 Secondary compression
3.9 Rate of settlement due to consolidation
4.0 Laboratory work to be arranged by Lecturer.
CVE 504 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

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