LESSON PLAN

FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Programme EC 110 : DIPLOMA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

Course ECS 356 : CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT
Lecturer Chiew Fei Ha
Room A 03/069 Phone Email chiewfa@sarawak.uitm.edu.my

Group Day Time Room

 Note: this lesson plan can be used as a guideline(lecturers are free to modify the activities if necessary)

WEEK CONTENT/TOPICS ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES LEARNING OUTCOME (LO) CO-PO

COVERED (A& E) or (D&B)
Chapter 1: Introduction to Lecture and studio activities, At the end of the lesson, Addressing:
Design Project for Civil Project 1: RC Building design students should be able to: CO1-PO3
Engineers 1) Explain the
-ultimate and serviceability CDIO project: application on the PS (TUA)
limit state design, parties Students will be asked to form ultimate and
involved and flow of civil effective teams where each serviceability limit
engineering project, group consists of maximum 5 state design Level of
sustainable issues and people, and choose a leader for 2) Identify the parties Complexity IV
1-2
latest technology each group. involved and the flow Activity: C-D-I-O
(10 hours)
-architectural drawing and of civil engineering
structural key plans Each group has to come out project
with the complete design and 3) Explain discipline *Refer to
report of a double storey house involve in civil appropriate rubrics
which fulfills following engineering project for assessments.
requirements: 4) Demonstrate the
a) The layout of the house knowledge on social,
must adopt to the cultural, ethics and
specifications listed in sustainable
Uniform Building by-laws development in
 (1984) design project
b) The house must fulfill the 5) Identify requirements /
fire safety and building specifications in
regulations Uniform Building by-
c) The design of the house laws and safety and
must be cost effective. building regulations.
6) Choose appropriate
Work as a group and search for architectural drawing
a set of architectural drawing that satisfies the
which fulfills all the stated specifications in
requirements. Uniform Building by-
laws and safety and
Studio Activities (A&E): building regulations.
In a group, discuss and decide 7) Sketch out the
on how to locate the position of structural key plans
the beams, slabs and columns for every floor of the
for every floor using colour chosen building.
coding, and draw out the
structural key plans for every
floor. Some groups will be called
to present their key plans in
front of the class. (CO1:PO3)

(Students are expected to

spend about 2 hours to fulfill
this activity)

Chapter 2: Structural Lecture and group activity At the end of the lesson,
Loading Analysis students should be able to:
- load types, load paths, 1) Plan for structural
load combinations, roof Studio activity (A&E): framing including of floor
3-4
truss design load In small groups, discuss on how layout and roof trusses
(10 hours)
to find all permanent and layout
variable loads for roof floor. 2) Differentiate the floor
Students will have to write down usage and finish floor
the permanent and variable level from the
loads based on the roof
materials specified in the
architectural drawings, and
decide on the load path
distribution from roof to roof
beams. After discussion, some
groups will be called to present
their findings to the class.
(CO1:PO3)
architectural drawing
3) Illustrate load path
distribution of structure
4) Analyze loading from
roof trusses and any
other external element
to be included in design
of structural elements.

(Students are expected to

spend about 2 hours to fulfill
this activity)

Students to prepare structure

model using software
(CO1:PO3)

Students to delegate slab,

beam, column and footing
design tasks for each floor
between members of the group
(CO1: PO3).

Activtity (A&E):
In small groups, discuss on how
to find all permanent and
variable loads for first floor and
ground floor structure elements.
Students will have to write down
the permanent and variable
loads for different room usage
and finishes materials specified
in the architectural drawings.
After discussion, some groups
will be called to present their
 findings to the class. (CO1:PO3)

(Students are expected to

spend about 2 hours to fulfill
this activity)

Lecture and individual activity At the end of the lesson,

Chapter 3: Reinforced
concrete structure design Studio Activities:
-modeling of structure 1) Students will be asked to
using computer software choose a slab to design.
2) Use colour pencil to draw
the load path of the slab
3) Students should be able to
Chapter 3: Reinforced calculate the value of
concrete structure design loading using prior
-design of RC slab by knowledge.
manual and computer 4) Students are required to
5 software draw BMD and SFD of the
(5 hours) slab using design
standard.
5) Students are required to
perform the complete
design calculation for the
slab based on prior
knowledge.
6) Students are to compare
design results from manual
calculation with software
outputs.
students should be able to:
1) Prepare structure model
using appropriate
computer software
2) Carry out analysis and
design using appropriate
computer software
3) Simulation of 3D model
of structure using
appropriate computer
software.
4) Manually design of
reinforced concrete slab
(CO1-PO3)
5) Justify design results
from software

Chapter 3: Reinforced Lecture and individual activity

At the end of the lesson,
6-7 concrete structure design students should be able to:
(10 hours) - design of RC beam by Studio activities: 1) Manually design of
manual and computer 1) Each student is asked to simply supported and
 software identify one simply continuous reinforced
supported beam and one concrete beam .
continuous beam to be (CO1-PO3).
designed from the key plan. 2) Justify design results
2) Student need to calculate from software.
the loading for the beams
using prior knowledge.
3) Using prior knowledge in
ECS 258, students are
required to apply method of
sections and MDM in order
to draw BMD & SFD.
4) Using prior knowledge in
ECS338, students are
required to perform the
design for the beam.
5) Students are required to
compare design results
from manual calculation
with software outputs.

Chapter 3: Reinforced Lecture and individual activity At the end of the lesson,
concrete structure design students should be able to:
- design of RC column by Studio activities: 1) Manually design of
manual and computer 1) Each student is asked to reinforced concrete
software choose any critical column column (CO1-PO3)
to be designed. 2) Justify design results
2) Use prior knowledge, draw from software
8
substitution frame for
(5 hours)
further analysis.
3) Students are required to
perform structural analysis
of the frame in order to get
the axial load and bending
moment for the column.
4) Students are required to
 come out with classification
of the column.
5) Students are to compare
design results from manual
calculation with software
outputs.

Chapter 3: Reinforced Lecture and group activity At the end of the lesson,
concrete structure design students should be able to:
-design of RC foundation Studio activities: 1) Manually design of
by manual and computer 1) Based on previous frame reinforced concrete
software analysis of column and foundation (CO1-PO3)
beam reactions, students 2) Justify design results
9 should come out with the from software
(5 hours) complete design of pad
footing.
2) Students are to compare
design results from manual
calculation with software
outputs.

Chapter 3: Reinforced Lecture and individual activity At the end of the lesson,
concrete structure design students should be able to
-design of RC staircase Studio Activities: manually design of reinforced
manually 1) Students are required to concrete staircase.
find information regarding (CO1:PO3)
types of staircase and
loadings acting on
10
staircase.
(5 hours)
2) Then, they are required to
identify the type of
staircase based on
architectural drawing
3) Hence, propose the
suitable number of steps (if
not given)
 4) A complete loading
analysis of the staircase
should be done together
with complete design and
detailing.

Site Visit / Professional Talk

(CO4:PO7)
*site visit / professional talk to Addressing:
be conducted outside lecture CO4:PO7
hours
Students are required to attend LL (TUA)
a professional talk or site visit,
and prepare a report for the talk
/ site visit.

Chapter 4: Steel structure Lecture and studio activity
design
- steel beam design Project 2: Steel structure design
Steel structure project:
1) In a group, students have
to brainstorm, discuss and
decide on a small scale
11 steel structure (i.e.,
(5 hours) pedestrian footbridge,
elevated water tank etc)
which fulfills the following
requirements:
a) The structure must fulfill the
requirements of Jabatan
Kerja Raya Malaysia
b) The structure must fulfill the
requirements of local
At the end of the lesson,
students should be able to:
a) Sketch out a small
scale steel structure Addressing
b) Identify loadings for a CO2-PO3
selected steel beam
c) manually perform PS (TUA)
design calculations for
the selected steel
beam. (CO2-PO3) *Refer to
appropriate rubrics
for assessments.
 authorities.
c) The design of the steel
structure must be cost
effective
2) Students to delegate
flexural member,
compressive member,
tension member and simple
connection steel design
tasks among members of
the group.
3) Each student to find the
loadings on a selected steel
beam, and come out with
the SFD and BMD for the
steel beam.
4) Students to propose a
suitable size for the steel
beam and perform design
calculation fo the steel
beam.

At the end of the lesson,

Chapter 4: Steel structure students should be able to
design carry out manual calculation
12
-steel column design of steel column design.
(5 hours)
(CO2-PO3)
 Chapter 4: Steel structure Lecture and group activity At the end of the lesson,
design students should be able
-steel tension member Studio activities: to manually design for
13 design 1) Each student to draw out a tension members. (CO2-
(5 hours) selected tension member PO3)
and design the member.

14 Chapter 4: Steel structure Lecture and group activity At the end of the lesson,
(5 hours) design students should be able
-steel connection design Studio activities: to manually design for
1) Each student to draw out a simple connection.
selected steel connection (CO2-PO3)
and design the connection.

Completion and Group activity: At the end of the lesson,

presentation of both students should be able
project reports Students are required to present to complete design Addressing:
both their Reinforced Concrete report and make a CO3-PO10
and steel project findings in presentation including of
groups (CO3:PO10). project information, CM (TUA)
manual calculation and
detail drawing for both *Refer to appropriate
reinforced concrete and rubrics for assessments.
steel structure design
projects. (CO3-PO10)

*4 hour common test

CO1:PO3; CO2:PO3 to be
conducted outside lecture
hours
Note: PS – Thinking skill and problem solving, CM – communication, LL – life-long learning (i.e., sustainable development).
TUA – Teach, Utlize, Assess
A&E – Active learning and experiential learning, D&B – Design & build

PO3 – Design solutions for well-defined technical problems and assists with the design of systems, components or processes to meet
specified needs with appropriate consideration for public health and safety, cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.

PO7 – Understand and evaluate the sustainability and impact of engineering technician work in the solution of well defined
engineering problems in societal and environmental contexts.

PO10 – Communicate effectively on well-defined engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, by
being able to comprehend the work of others, document their own work, and give and receive clear instructions.

For RC building design project, lecturers are free to modify the double storey house to double storey shophouse or any double storey
buildings.

Prepared by Resource Person

Date: 6/9/2017