Civil Engineering
Bachelor	Length of the Programme: 4	Number of Credits: 240	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF: Level 6

ECTS Course Information Package

School/Faculty/Institute

Faculty of Engineering

Course Code

CE 453

Course Title in English

Construction Site Techniques

Course Title in Turkish

Şantiye Tekniği

Language of Instruction

Type of Course

Flipped Classroom,Lecture,Project

Level of Course

Introductory

Semester

Spring

Contact Hours per Week

Lecture: 3

Recitation: None

Lab: None

Other: None

Estimated Student Workload

115 hours per semester

Number of Credits

5 ECTS

Grading Mode

Standard Letter Grade

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Expected Prior Knowledge

None

Registration Restrictions

Undergraduate Students & Graduate Students

Overall Educational Objective

To learn the general concepts of construction site management and organization in civil engineering including modern day technologies, machinery and tools.

Course Description

This course will familiarize the student with the definition and general characteristics of the construction site, the characteristics of construction projects, the determining factors in the selection of construction machinery and equipment, concrete and concreting works at site, formwork and earthwork calculations as well as occupational health and safety applications at the construction site.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) Organize a construction site
2) Select and quantify temporary facilities at the construction site;
3) Calculate areas and volumes of earthworks
4) Select and quantify earthworks equipment based on the nature of the work;
5) Select and quantify the transportation machinery based on the size and nature of the earthworks;
6) Understands the formwork design, formwork failures and safety at construction site together with formwork quantity take off;
7) Select and quantify the lifting equipment based on the project properties;
8) Explain the occupational health and safety at site including the necessary measures and safety gear.

Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
2) An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
3) An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
4) An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
5) An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
6) An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
7) An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None	S Supportive	H Highly Related

	Program Outcomes and Competences	Level	Assessed by
1)	An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics	S	HW,Project
2)	An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors	S	HW,Project
3)	An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences	H	Participation,Project
4)	An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts	N
5)	An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives	S	HW,Project
6)	An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions	S	HW,Project
7)	An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies	N

Prepared by and Date	SEYİT ÜMİT DİKMEN , November 2023
Course Coordinator	GÖRKEM AKYOL
Semester	Spring
Name of Instructor	Prof. Dr. RIFAT AKBIYIKLI

Course Contents

Week	Subject
1)	Introduction
2)	Construction site planning, temporary facilities and site installations
3)	Construction site organization
4)	Earthworks and machinery
5)	Concrete formworks: materials and formwork details for beams, columns, etc.
6)	Concrete formworks: formwork design, formwork failures and formwork safety
7)	Concrete formworks: formwork design, formwork failures and formwork safety
8)	Concrete batching and transportation, placement
9)	Transportation equipment & machinery
10)	Lifting equipment & machinery
11)	Structural Steel Works
12)	Tunnel works
13)	Marine works
14)	Health and safety
15)	Final Exam/Project/Presentation Period
16)	Final Exam/Project/Presentation Period

Required/Recommended Readings

Required: None Recommended: • B. Atkin & J.Borgbrant, Performance Improvement in Construction Management, Taylor & Francis, 2009. • Frederick Gould & Nancy Joyce, Construction Project Management, 3/E, Pearson, 2013.

Teaching Methods

Lectures/contact hours using ‘flipped classroom’ as an active learning technique

Homework and Projects

Term project

Laboratory Work

None

Computer Use

Microsoft Office Applications, Tools for construction management

Other Activities

None

Assessment Methods

Assessment Tools	Count	Weight
Quiz(zes)	6	% 60
Project	1	% 40
TOTAL		% 100

Course Administration

dikmenu@mef.edu.tr

Instructor’s office: 5th floor Office hours: E-mail address: dikmenu@mef.edu.tr Rules for attendance: YÖK Regulations Missing a midterm: Provided that proper documents of excuse are presented, each missed midterm by the student will be given the grade of the final exam. No make-up will be given. Missing a final: Faculty regulations. A reminder of proper classroom behavior, code of student conduct: YÖK Regulations Statement on plagiarism: YÖK Regulations

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity	No/Weeks	Hours			Calculation
	No/Weeks per Semester	Preparing for the Activity	Spent in the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements
Course Hours	14	2	3	1	84
Project	1	30	1		31
Total Workload					115
Total Workload/25					4.6
ECTS					5