LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Lecturers
Amer Ali (Module Leader)
Martin Pritchard
Phil Garrison
Dave Allen

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 Content

Content Page

Module Guide 3

Indicative Reading 4

Schedule of Lectures/ Activities 5

Summary of Project 6

Section 1- Highway Design 6

Section 2- Geotechnical Design 7

Section 3- Structural Design 8

Section 4- Civil Engineering Management 9

List of Tables
1.5a Roundabout geometric parameter allocated unique value 13

1.5b Roundabout geometric parameter allocated unique value 14

2.1a Foundation size 15

2.1b Foundation size 16

List of Figures
1.1a Layout of the development site showing the proposed
road location and contour lines 10

1.1b Layout of the development site showing the proposed 11

road location and other information

2.1 Level site for the four-story office development showing boreholes detail 12

3.1 Proposed Beam 17

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 LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

CIVIL ENGINEERING

LEVEL 2 DESIGN PROJECT: Module Guide

Module Title: Civil Engineering Design Project

Module Reference: HQ2.51
Semester: 2

Description

The module aims to give students an appreciation of the highways, geotechnical, structural, and
management aspects of a civil engineering project.

Aims

To produce design and management related solutions for a civil engineering scenario based
project. Students will utilize and develop principles and techniques introduced earlier within
Level 2 modules.

Outcomes and Competencies

On completion of the module students should be able to:

• Demonstrate application of appropriate design principles and techniques to a range
of scenario based problems
• Program the proposed works

Indicative Content

• Road geometrical and structural design, Junction design, Car park layout, Analysis
of site investigation data, and use of DfT and Local Authorities Designs.
• Physical and structural geology as derived from borehole data. Consolidation
characteristics of soil.
• Structural elements analysis and design.
• Management aspects of the project.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

The module is made up of 4 main components and is project based.

Delivery is by keynote lecture at the start of the module and at the introduction of the main
component parts.

Assessment

Students will, typically, be individually assessed on four coursework components that span the
range of project activities attempted. If there is a site visit, then its report will also be assessed.

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Indicative Reading

Bennison GM, (1997), “An Introduction to Geological Structures and Maps”, 6th Edition, Arnold.

Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, DfT.

Can be accessed via: http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/dmrb/index.htm

Craig RF, (1999), “Soil Mechanics”, E& FN Spon.

Harris F and McCaffer R, (1995), “Modern Construction Management” (4th Edition), Blackwell
Science, ISBN 0 632 03897 7.

IHT, (1997), “Transport in the Urban Environment (1997)

The above is a replacement of the IHT book “Roads and Traffic in Urban Areas”, (1987).

Lockyer K and Gordon J, “Project Management and Project Network Techniques”, Pitman.

Macpherson G, (1993), “Highway and Transportation Engineering and Planning”, Longman.

Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works, DfT.

Can be accessed via: http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/mchw/index.htm

Maylor H, (1996), “Project Management Pitman”, ISBN 0 273 61236 0.

O’Flaherty, (1986/1988), “Highway Engineering”, Volumes 1 and 2 (3rd Edition), Arnold.

Reiss G, “Project Management Demystified”, E& FN Spon.

Salter R J, (1988), “Highway Design and Construction”, (2nd Edition), MacMillan Educational.

Smith GN, (1990), “Elements of Soil Mechanics”, 6th Edition, BSP Professional Books.

Waltham T, (2002), “Foundations of Engineering Geology”, Spon Press.

Whitlow R, (1983), “Geotechnics 4 Casebook”, Butterworths.

Note: In this module, you are expected to apply what you have learned in Semester-1 modules of
Highways-A, Geotechnics-A, Structures, and C E Management, therefore your lecture notes of these
modules would be useful.

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 LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
CIVIL ENGINEERING
LEVEL 5 C. E. DESIGN PROJECT: Schedule of Lectures (Thursdays 9-11am) / Activities

Date Topic and Activity Lecturer

03/02/11 Introduction to Civil Engineering Design Project AA
10/02/11 Highway Design:
Road Alignments and Layouts, Junctions & Car Parks. AA
Arcady Lab for FT/SW students
Tues. 15/02/11 AA
(surnames A-K: 10-11am), (surnames L-W: 11am-12)
Computing Rooms LSB 404 &409,
Arcady Lab for PT students
17/02/11 AA
(surnames A-K: 9-10am), (surnames L-W: 10-11am)
Computing Rooms LSB 404 &409,
(no lecture/no class for the remaining students)
Site Visit
24/02/2011 AS
(no lecture/no class)
03/03/11 Civil Engineering Management: Briefing DA

Highway Design:
10/03/11 AA
Foundation and Pav. Design, Earthwork/Cut& Fill.
AA
17/03/11 Revision
24/03/11 Geotechnical Design: Geology Aspects
MP
31/03/11
Geotechnical Design: Foundation Design – Settlement MP
Structural Design:
07/04/11 Design Calculations PGa
Bearing & Bulking Design Checks

Coursework hand in date for Highway Design and for

Civil Engineering Management
Submit them separately via Coursework Post-box
14/04/11 Revision PG
18/04/11-29/04/11 Easter Holiday
Revision or Field Visit to a Construction Site (TBC)
05/05/11 Coursework hand in date for Geotechnical Design and AA (TBC)
for Structural Design.
Submit them separately via Coursework Post-box

Each section must be submitted by the stated deadline via the school office box in a separate folder
showing your full name with the relevant lecturer’s name, i.e.
Section 1 Highway Design – Amer Ali (AA)
Section 2 Geotechnical Design – Martin Pritchard (MP)
Section 3 Structural Design – Phil Garrison (PGa)
Section 4 Civil Engineering Management B – David Allen (DA)
Note: Failure to comply with this format could result in your work being marked late or even lost
– students should always retain a copy of their submitted coursework until they have received
their original piece of coursework back, which has been marked.

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 LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
CIVIL ENGINEERING
LEVEL 2 DESIGN PROJECT

Summary of Project:

This project consists of undertaking a series of in-depth Civil Engineering calculations for a
proposed four-storey office building. In the following sections the client has asked you to
produce specific design calculations relating to highways, geotechnics, structures and civil
engineering management for the proposed building.

All design charts are to be annotated and presented in the report. The presentation of the report
must be to a very high and accurate standard i.e. you are employed by the client to produce a
series of professional design calculations – marks will be deducted if this is not achieved.

Section 1 - Highway Design:

A proposed access road is required to the office block leading from the existing road at the
northern edge of the site (Figure 1.1); the client has asked you to:
1.1. Calculate the pavement thickness for the new road given that the Subgrade CBR value is
6% and that the Base is Dense Bitumen Macadam (DBM), give all possible alternatives,
using the DfT Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Vol. 7 Section 2. Produce a cross
section of the new road showing the details of pavement layers/thickness, camber, and
interfaces with the kerb and footway, using examples given in the lecture notes.
1.2. Produce both a horizontal alignment and vertical alignment for the proposed road
between points ‘A’ and ‘B’, in a similar format to the layouts/alignments shown in the
worked example issued to you.
1.3. Calculate the required cut and fill material showing the calculation procedure and the
geometry of the corresponding sections.

1.4. Design a car parking layout for 10 vehicles adjacent to the building within the bordered
area of the office block, using examples given in the lecture notes.
1.5. Use ARCADY and the provided input file (from X-Stream) of geometric and traffic data
to model/analyse a modified version of the Roundabout (connecting the new access
road and the existing road). You need to run Arcady on the existing input file first and
then run it again on a modified input file using your unique value for the specified
geometric parameter (see the attached Table 1.5). Remember to save each of the two
output files, which you should later annotate and attach to your report of Highway
Design. Based on these two files compare the performance of the junction particularly
in terms of capacity, queues and delays.

(25Marks)

Note: All design charts used must be annotated and presented in the report.
All volumes of the DoT Design Manual for Roads and Bridges are available from:
http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk
Highway Design (Section 1) must be submitted separately from the other sections and must:
• Be clearly marked for the attention of Amer Ali
• Have your name on the work
• Be submitted by the deadline: 7th of April 2011 via the box of the school office.

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Section 2 – Geotechnical Design:

Part A - Geology aspects:

Figure 2.1 attached shows a level site intended for the four-story office development. The logs of
boreholes drilled at the marked locations are as shown on the diagram. Using this information the
client has asked you to:

2.1. Determine the heights above datum for all the junctions recorded in the boreholes (work
to an accuracy of 0.5 m).
2.2. Use a strike line construction to draw a geological cross-section for line LM and
calculate the direction and angle of dip.
2.3. Determine the vertical thickness of the limestone.
2.4. Determine the depth below ground level of the base of the limestone at points P, Q, R
and S on the plan.
2.5. Describe any significant features of the ground conditions that you would take into
account in the design and construction of various types of foundation appropriate for
the four-storey office building PQRS.

Part B - Foundation design:

It has been decided that a pad foundation for the four-storey office building will be situated on
the top of the clay layer (i.e. 2 m below ground level).
The office block is to be erected quickly, ultimately imposing a uniform net stress of 450 kN/m 2
to the soil. The bulk unit weight (γ ) of the clay is 20 kN/m3 and the bulk unit weight of the made
ground is 19.4 kN/m3. The clay has undrained modulus (Eu) of 48 MN/m2, a coefficient of
volume change (mv)of 8.4 x l0-5 m2/kN and a coefficient of consolidation (cv) of 5.2x10-8 m2/s.
Your foundation size is given in Table 2.1a or 2.1b. The client has asked you to:

2.6 Determine the average immediate settlement the clay will undergo and to comment on
this value.

2.7 Produce calculations to predict the total amount of consolidation settlement of the clay
layer under the imposed loading of the building and to comment on this value. The stress
changes at the mid-height of the clay may be regarded as being representative of the
whole layer.
2.8 Construct a ‘full’ time settlement curve for the foundation due to the consolidation of the
clay.

(25 Marks)

Geotechnical Design (Section 2) must be submitted separately from the other sections and must:
• Be clearly marked for the attention of Martin Pritchard
• Have your name on the work
• Be submitted by the deadline: 5th of May 2011 via the box of the school office.

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Section 3 - Structural Design:

The client has asked you to design the beam shown in Figure 3.1. All loads given are unfactored,
and include the self-weight of the beam. A 610 x 229 x 101 kg/m steel universal beam is to be
used. Assume the beam is fully laterally restrained along its entire length. The left-hand end of
the beam is supported by a 10mm thick angle seating cleat with 2mm projection past the end of
the beam. Carry out the following tasks:

3.1. Calculate the end reactions and produce shear force and bending moment
diagrams based on ultimate loading.
3.2. Using either BS5950 or EC3, produce a design check for the beam in
bending, shear and deflection.
3.3. Produce a design check for bearing failure.
3.4. Produce a design check for buckling failure.
3.5. At this stage the client introduces depth restrictions to accommodate
service pipes and requests you to redesign the beam within a depth zone of 470mm.
Select a suitable section size and repeat steps 3.2 – 3.4 above for this beam section.
3.6. On plain A4 size paper, produce a suitable detail (plan and section) to scale
to show how four 610 x 229 x 101 kg/m steel beams would be connected to a 203 x
203 x 46 kg/m UC steel stanchion using angle beam cleats. Show all dimensions and
notes. Assume:
(a) All top flanges are level with the top of the stanchion.
(b) 2 No. 70 x 70 x 8 angle web cleats to each beam.
(c) M20 diameter bolts in 22mm diameter holes.
(25 Marks)

Structural Design (Section 3) must be submitted separately from the other sections and must:
• Be clearly marked for the attention of Phil Garrison
• Have your name on the work
• Be submitted by the deadline: 5th of May 2011 via the box of the school office.

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 Section 4 – Civil Engineering Management

For this component you are required to:

4.1. Produce the pre-construction information document which should be made available
to a potential Principal Contractor in accordance with the ACOP, Managing Health and Safety in
Construction (2007). Assume that you are the CDM Coordinator for this project and in the
document you must make such assumptions as are necessary for the information to be site-
specific.

4.2. On a copy of the plan, indicate the location of the temporary site facilities. Produce
and label a sketch layout of the components of these facilities necessary to satisfy office
accommodation, welfare facilities, site security, health and safety and any other features
considered necessary. All aspects need to be shown and this needs to be linked to the construction
sequence.

4.3. Produce, for this specific development, a short Environmental Impact Statement on
the key environmental and sustainability issues and how these might be addressed during the
project life cycle.

4.4. Prepare, in accordance with the Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement
3rd Edition (CESMM3), taking off and a Bill of Quantities for all Class R aspects of the proposed
development.

(25 Marks)

Civil Engineering Management (Section 4) must be submitted separately from the other sections
and must:
• Be clearly marked for the attention of David Allen
• Have your name on the work
• Be submitted by the deadline: 7th of April 2011 via the box of the school office.

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Figure 1.1a Layout of the development site showing the proposed road location and contour lines [Scale 1:1000]

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 LC

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 F O - SU T R O R E Y O F F I C E B U I L D I N G
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Made Boulder
ground clay Limestone Siltstone Shale

Figure 2.1 A level site for the four-story office development showing boreholes detail

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Table 1.5a Roundabout geometric parameters- allocated values

Increase/
Increase/decrease
decrease
geometric
Level 2 Design Project 2010 Level 2 Design Project 2010 geometric
parameter (of
parameter (or
ARM-B) by
ARM-B) by
Highway Design (m)
Highway Design (m)
Indrit Ademi E+0.5 Adam Gardner L+18
Waleed E+1 L+19
Alfawzan Paul Gaughan
Mansour
Ben Ali E+1.5 Joe Griffiths L+20
Mark Allan E+2 Peter Gunn L -1
Jaber E+2.5 L -2
Al Mansouri Abdullah Habeeb
Mehanna
Sultan E+3 L -3
Al-Shaibani Phillip Harrington
Awwadh
Roland Apeanyo E+3.5 William Harrison L -4
Christopher Appleton E+4 David Harrison L -5
Mark Atkinson E -0.5 Garron Hinchcliffe L -6
James Barker E -1 David Holt L -7
Craig Bennett E -1.5 Yaadwinder Johal L -8
Nicola Berry E -2 Gavin Jones L -9
E -2.5 James L -10
Simone Bertram Kennedy
Daniel
George Branch E -3 Matthew Lee L -11
Mark Beever E -3.5 Robert Lewis L -12
Steven Brian E -4 Steven Lloyd L -13
Matt Briggs E -4.5 Aidan Marsden L -14
Katy Bullock E -5 Richard Louis Marshall L -15
Samuel Buswell E-5.5 Lisa Martin L -16
Daniel Byrom L+1 Edward McNamara L -17
Swee Yun Chieng L+2 Callum McPake L -18
Timothy Conroy L+3 Alex Minett L -19
Daniel Cook L+4 Stephen Morris L -20
David Cooper L+5 Joe Mulcahy L -21
Dan Cribbin L+6 Romany Odell L -22
Kenneth Critchley L+7 Adam Oliver L -23
Josh Crompton L+8 Christopher Parkes V -0.8
Samuel Curtis L+9 Rebecca Pope V -1.3
Ben Darville L+10 Tom Pritchard V -2.3
David Dick L+11 Joshua Richardson V -3.3
Nicholas Downward L+12 Alice Robinson V -4.3
Thomas Duerden L+13 Ben Roche PHI +2
Win Duong L+14 Scott Rowland PHI +4
Christopher Feeley L+15 Michael Saggerson PHI +6
Christopher Finn L+16
John Fitzsimmons L+17

Table 1.5b Roundabout geometric parameters- allocated values

Level 2 Design Project 2010 Increase/decrease Increase/decrease

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 geometric geometric
parameter (of Level 2 Design Project 2010 parameter (of
ARM-B) by ARM-B) by
Highway Design (m)
Thomas Senior PHI +8 D -10
Othon Sennett PHI +10 D -12
Thomas Sherwood PHI +12 D + 18
Daniel Smurthwaite PHI +14 D + 20
Robert Stansfield PHI +16 D + 22
Claire Stringer PHI +18 D + 24

Daniel Studd PHI +20 D + 26

Daniel Taylor PHI +22 D + 28
Craig Taylor PHI +24
Robert Tennent PHI +26
Gregory Thomson PHI -2
Kok Leong Ting PHI -4
Nicholas Turner PHI -6
James Turner PHI 8
Matthew Vint PHI -10
Anthony Walsh PHI -12
Christopher Ward PHI -14
Luke Welburn PHI -16
Christopher White R+2
Ryan White R+4
Mike Wiles R+6
Daniel Wilkinson R+8
Adam Wilson R+10
Matthew Wood R -2
Thomas Woods R -4
John Wright R -6
Benjamin Wright R -8
R -10
D+2
D+4
D+6
D+8
D+10
D+12
D+14
D+16
D -2
D -4
D -6
D -8

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Table 2.1a Foundation size

Level 2 Design Project 2010 Pad foundation size Level 2 Design Project 2010 Pad foundation size

Part B -Foundation Design (m) (m) Part B -Foundation Design (m) (m)
Indrit Ademi 2 7 Yaadwinder Johal 6.6 2.4
Waleed MansourAlfawzan 2.1 6.9 Gavin Jones 6.7 2.3
Ben Ali 2.2 6.8 James Daniel Kennedy 6.8 2.2
Mark Allan 2.3 6.7 Matthew Lee 6.9 2.1
Jaber Mehanna Al Mansouri 2.4 6.6 Robert Lewis 7 2
Sultan Awwadh Al-Shaibani 2.5 6.5 Steven Lloyd 2 7
Roland Apeanyo 2.6 6.4 Aidan Marsden 2.1 6.9
Christopher Appleton 2.7 6.3 Richard Louis Marshall 2.2 6.8
Mark Atkinson 2.8 6.2 Lisa Martin 2.3 6.7
James Barker 2.9 6.1 Edward McNamara 2.4 6.6
Craig Bennett 3 6 Callum McPake 2.5 6.5
Nicola Berry 3.1 5.9 Alex Minett 2.6 6.4
Simone Bertram 3.2 5.8 Stephen Morris 2.7 6.3
George Branch 3.3 5.7 Joe Mulcahy 2.8 6.2
Mark Beever 3.4 5.6 Romany Odell 2.9 6.1
Steven Brian 3.5 5.5 Adam Oliver 3 6
Matt Briggs 3.6 5.4 Christopher Parkes 3.1 5.9
Katy Bullock 3.7 5.3 Rebecca Pope 3.2 5.8
Samuel Buswell 3.8 5.2 Tom Pritchard 3.3 5.7
Daniel Byrom 3.9 5.1 Joshua Richardson 3.4 5.6
Swee Yun Chieng 4 5 Alice Robinson 3.5 5.5
Timothy Conroy 4.1 4.9 Ben Roche 3.6 5.4
Daniel Cook 4.2 4.8 Scott Rowland 3.7 5.3
David Cooper 4.3 4.7 Michael Saggerson 3.8 5.2
Dan Cribbin 4.4 4.6 Thomas Senior 3.9 5.1
Kenneth Critchley 4.5 4.5 Othon Sennett 4 5
Josh Crompton 4.6 4.4 Thomas Sherwood 4.1 4.9
Samuel Curtis 4.7 4.3 Daniel Smurthwaite 4.2 4.8
Ben Darville 4.8 4.2 Robert Stansfield 4.3 4.7
David Dick 4.9 4.1 Claire Stringer 4.4 4.6
Nicholas Downward 5 4 Daniel Studd 4.5 4.5
Thomas Duerden 5.1 3.9 Daniel Taylor 4.6 4.4
Win Duong 5.2 3.8 Craig Taylor 4.7 4.3
Christopher Feeley 5.3 3.7 Robert Tennent 4.8 4.2
Christopher Finn 5.4 3.6 Gregory Thomson 4.9 4.1
John Fitzsimmons 5.5 3.5 Kok Leong Ting 5 4
Adam Gardner 5.6 3.4 Nicholas Turner 5.1 3.9
Paul Gaughan 5.7 3.3 James Turner 5.2 3.8
Joe Griffiths 5.8 3.2 Matthew Vint 5.3 3.7
Peter Gunn 5.9 3.1 Anthony Walsh 5.4 3.6
Abdullah Habeeb 6 3 Christopher Ward 5.5 3.5
Phillip Harrington 6.1 2.9 Luke Welburn 5.6 3.4
William Harrison 6.2 2.8 Christopher White 5.7 3.3
David Harrison 6.3 2.7 Ryan White 5.8 3.2
Garron Hinchcliffe 6.4 2.6 Mike Wiles 5.9 3.1
David Holt 6.5 2.5 Daniel Wilkinson 6 3

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Table 2.1b Foundation size

Level 2 Design Project 2010 Pad foundation size

Part B -Foundation Design (m) (m)

Adam Wilson 6.1 2.9
Matthew Wood 6.2 2.8
Thomas Woods 6.3 2.7
John Wright 6.4 2.6
Benjamin Wright 6.5 2.5
6.6 2.4
6.7 2.3
6.8 2.2
6.9 2.1
7 2
2 7
2.1 6.9
2.2 6.8
2.3 6.7
2.4 6.6
2.5 6.5
2.9 6.1
3 6
3.1 5.9
3.2 5.8
3.3 5.7
3.4 5.6
4.2 4.8
4.3 4.7
4.4 4.6
5.8 3.2
5.9 3.1
6 3
6.1 2.9
6.2 2.8
5.3 3.7
5.4 3.6
5.5 3.5
3.8 5.2
3.9 5.1
4 5
3.3 5.7
3.4 5.6
3.5 5.5
3.6 5.4
3.7 5.3
3.2 5.8
3.3 5.7
3.4 5.6
5.9 3.1
6 3

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 F i g u r e 3 . 1 P r o p o s e d B e a m

D = 5 0 k N D = 4 0 k N
L = 8 0 k N L = 7 0 k N
1 m 2 m 2 m

D = 1 2 0 k N L = 6 0 k N

D = 1 2 0 k N ( o w n w e i g h t )

R L
R R

Figure 3.1 Proposed Beam

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