SEMESTER I

Sub. Code

Subject

QCM 101

Engineering Statistics and Research Methodologies

QCM 102

Construction Equipment

QCM 103

Resource Management in Construction

12

13

THEORY

QCM 104* ELECTIVE I

Total
Total Hours: 13

Total Credits: 13

SEMESTER II
Sub. Code

SUBJECT

THEORY
QCM 201

Safety in Construction Engineering

QCM 202

Advanced Construction Techniques

QCM 203

Construction Project Management

12

12

QCM 204* ELECTIVE II

Total
Total Hours: 12

Total Credits:

12

SEMESTER III
Sub. Code

Subject

THEORY
QCM 301

Quality Control and Assurance in Construction

QCM 302

Project Formulation and Appraisal

QCM 303

Computer Applications in Construction Engineering 3

and Planning

12

12

QCM 304* ELECTIVE III

Total Hours: 12

Total Credits:

12

SEMESTER IV
Sub. Code

Subject

THEORY
QCM 401

Construction Planning, Scheduling and Control

QCM 402

Contract Laws and Regulations

11

QCM 403* ELECTIVE IV

PRACTICAL
QCM 404

Construction Engineering Laboratory

Total

Total Hours: 12

Total Credits:

11

SEMESTER V
Sub. Code

Subject

THEORY
QCM 501

Energy Conservation Techniques in Construction

QCM 502

Project Work (Phase I)

18

18

12

Total
Total Hours: 21

Total Credits:

12

SEMESTER VI
Sub. Code SUBJECT

Practical
QCM 601

Project Work (Phase II)

Total Hours: 30

30

15

Total Credits:

15
*Denotes Electives A and B respectively
Total credits for the course: 75

LIST OF ELECTIVES
Sub. Code
QCM 104A
QCM 104B
QCM 204A
QCM 204B
QCM 304A
QCM 304B
QCM 403A
QCM 403B

QCM 103

UNIT I

SUBJECT
Building Bye Laws
Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Structures
Town Planning
Modern Construction Materials
Shoring, Scaffolding and Form work
Business Economics and Finance Management
Smart Materials and Smart Construction
Building Services

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION

RESOURCE PLANNING, MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

10

Resource Planning, Procurement, Identification, Personnel - Planning

for material, Labour, time schedule and cost control. Types of
resources, manpower, Equipment, Material, Money, Time.
Material: Time of purchase, quantity of material, sources,
Transportation, Delivery and Distribution.
Equipment: Planning and selecting by optimistic choice with respect
to cost, Time, Source and handling.
Manpower Planning, Organizing, Staffing, directing, and controlling
Personnel Principles.
UNIT II

LABOUR MANAGEMENT
10
Systems approach in resource management, Characteristics of
resources, Resources, Utilization, measurement of actual resources
required, Tools for measurement of resources, Labour, Classes of
Labour, Cost of Labour, Labour schedule, optimum use Labour.
Introduction to the field of people management - basic individual
psychology; motivation - Job design and performance management Managing groups at work - self-managing work teams - intergroup
behaviour and conflict in organizations Leadership - Behavioural
aspects of decision-making; and communication for people
management.

UNIT III

ORGANISATION, RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND LEVELLING

10
Organization Span of Control Organization Charts Staffing Plan Development and Operation of human resources - Managerial Staffing
Recruitment Selection - Placement, Training and Development.
Project crashing OR tools- Time-cost trade of, Computer application
in resource leveling examples, resource list, resource allocation
graph, Resource loading, Cumulative cost ETC - Value Management.

UNIT IV

TIME MANAGEMENT
5
Personnel time, Management and planning, Managing time on the
project, forecasting the future, Critical path measuring the changes
and their effects. Cost control: Cash flow and cost control, objectives
of cost, Time and quality.

UNIT V

MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT METHODS

10
Compensation Safety and health GPF EPF Group Insurance
Housing - Pension Laws related to welfare measures. Compensation
- Wages and Salary, Employee Benefits, employee appraisal and
assessment - Employee services - Safety and Health Discipline and
discharge - Special Human resource problems, Performance appraisal.
Rewarding system- Employee handbook and personnel manual - Job
descriptions and organization structure and human relations
Productivity of Human resources.
L
T
P
Total Hours 45 0
0

TEXT BOOKS

1
2
3

Andrew,D., Szilagg, Hand Book of Engineering Management, 1982.

Kumar Neeraj Jha, Construction Project Management, Pearson Education, 2011.
Harvey, A., Levine, Project Management using Micro Computers, ObsorneMcGraw-Hill C.A. Publishing Co., Inc. 1988.

REFERENCES

Carleton Counter II and Jill Justice Coutler, The Complete Standard Handbook of
Construction Personnel Management, Prentice-Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 1989.

Jyotsana Sing, Personnel Management, Centrum Press, 2011.

Josy. J. Familaro, Handbook of Human Resources Administration, McGraw-Hill

International Edition, 1987.

QCM201

SAFETY

IN

CONSTRUCT
ION
ENGINEERIN
G
UNIT I

CONSTRUCT

ION
ACCIDENTS
Accidents and
their causesHuman
factors
in
construction
safety-cost of
construction
injuriesOccupational
and
Safety
hazard
assessmentlegal
and
financial
aspects
of
accidents in
construction Environmenta
l issues in
construction
UNIT II

SAFETY

PROGRAMM
ES
Elements
of
an
Effective
safety
program-Job

site
Safety
assessment safety
meetings

Safety
and
Health
Act
--safety
incentives
Safety
in
construction
contractsSubstance
Abuse-Safety
record
keeping
UNIT III

DESIGNING

FOR SAFETY
Safety
culture-Safe
workersSafety
and
first
line
supervisorsSafety
and
Middle
Managers-Top
Management
Practices,
Company
Activities and
Safety-Safety
Personnel-Sub
contractual
obligation,
Project
Coordination
and
Safety
ProceduresWorkers
Compensatio
n
UNIT IV

FIRE SAFETY11
Fire
Prevention
_Fire
Detection

Fire Alarm
Fire
Extinguishing

 Fire Salvage
Opearions

Codes

and

Local

Bye

Laws

Classification
of

Building

based

on

occupancy

General
Principles
Fire

of

grading

of building as
per IS 1641 Grading
Structural
Elements

Compartment
ation

of

building
UNIT V

Venting
SAFETY

INSTALLATI
ON
Safety
hand

in
tools-

Safety

in

grindingHoisting
apparatus
and
conveyorsSafety in the
use of mobile
cranesManual
handling-

Safety

in

demolition
work- Trusses,
girders

and

beams- Firstaid-

Design

Fire

Escape

Route
Total Hours

L
45

T
0

P
0

TEXT BOOKS

1.

R. K. Mishra Construction Safety ", Aitbs Publishers, 2011.

2. Alan Griffith Construction Health and Safety Management ", Longman, 2001.
3. V.K. Jain, Fire Safety in building, New Age International Publishers, New Delhi,
2006

REFERENCES

1. David V. MAccollum, Construction Safety Engineering Principles, McGraw

Hill Professional, 2007
2. Allan St John Holt, Principles of Construction Safety, Blackwell Publishing
Company,UK,2006
3. Hand Book on Construction Safety Practices, SP:70, BIS, 2001.
QCM 202 ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES
L
T
P
C
3
0
0
3
UNIT I
SUB STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION
12
Box jacking - pipe jacking - Under water construction of diaphragm
walls and basement - Tunneling techniques - piling techniques driving well and caisson - sinking cofferdam - cable anchoring and
grouting - driving diaphragm walls, sheet piles - laying operations for
built up offshore system - shoring for deep cutting - large reservoir
construction with membranes and earth system - well points dewatering and stand by plant equipment for underground open
excavation case study on construction field visit.
UNIT II

SUPER STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION

10
Vacuum dewatering of concrete flooring concrete paving technology
techniques of construction for continuous concreting operation in
tall buildings of various shapes and varying sections launching
techniques suspended form work erection techniques of tall
structures, large span structures launching techniques for heavy
decks - case study on construction field visit.

UNIT III

CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIAL STRUCTURES

10
Erection of lattice towers and rigging of transmission line structures
construction sequence in cooling towers, silos, chimney, sky scrapers,
bow string bridges, cable stayed bridges launching and pushing of

box decks - construction techniques in offshore construction practice case study on industrial visit.
UNIT IV

CONSTRUCTION MACHINERIES

Construction sequence and methods in domes and Prestress

domes supporting structure for heavy equipment and
conveyor and machinery in heavy industries erection of
articulated structures, braced domes and space frames petrol
bunk structures - case study on industrial visit.
UNIT V

PREFABRICATING STRUCTURES
7
Advanced methods and techniques in-situ pre-stressing in high rise
structures, aerial transporting handling erecting lightweight
components on tall structures.
Case Study Work on Best Practices in India & Abroad.
L
Total Hours 45

T
0

P
0

TEXT BOOKS

1
2

Allen E, lano, J. Fundamentals of Building Construction subscription E Book,

Material and Method, John Wiley and SSONS, 2011.
Cameron K.Andres,Ronald C.Smith,Principles and Practices of Commercial
Construction, 8th Ed., Prentice Hall, 2009.

REFERENCES

Robertwade Brown, Practical foundation engineering hand book, McGraw-Hill

Publications, 1995
2 Roy Chudley, Roger Greeno, Advanced Construction Techniques, Pearson
Prentice Hall, Sep, 2006.
3 Jerry Irvine, Advanced Construction Techniques, CA Rocketr, 1984
QCM203 CONSTRUCTION
PLANNING
AND L
T
P
C
MANAGEMENT
3
1
0
4
UNIT I
9
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FORMULATION
Introduction-Principles of Management - different types of construction
projects -Project Life Cycle- phases in project life cycle- Pre-feasibility
report and clearance- project estimate - Techno Economic feasibility
report - Detailed project report.
UNIT II

CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING

9
Introduction - work breakdown structure- plan development processscheduling-definition -types of construction schedules-scheduling
techniques-CPM - Terms and definitions -Earliest and Latest times different types of floats - significance- calculation of critical path
method- PERT - terms and definitions - network and solving problems
using PERT - standard deviation and probability calculation in PERT.

UNIT III RESOURCE PLANNING

Materials: Quantity of materials - time of purchase- inventory control

- terms and definitions - types of inventory -EOQ -reasons for maintain
inventory - different tools for inventory.
Equipment: Classification of major construction equipment- planning
and selecting of equipment- task consideration - cost consideration.
Labour : Classes of labour - cost of labour- labour schedule - optimum
use of labour.

UNIT IV

RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND CONTROL

Introduction- resource allocation-resource leveling-resource loading
graph - cost control - earned value concepts- "S" curve technique in
cost control - Risk cost management- stages in risk managementcontrolling the risk.

UNIT V

OPTIMISATION TECHNIQUES
Introduction to optimization- Linear programming - formulation of LP
problems- solving LP problem using graphical method-Transportation
problems-Assignment problems - replacement model (Value of money
does not change with time) -Time cost trade off - crashing- computer
application in construction management.
L
Total Hours 45

T
15

P
0

TEXT BOOKS
1 Chitkara.K.K, Construction Project Management planning, Scheduling and control,
Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2010
2 Joy.P.K, Total Project Management - The Indian context, Macmillan India Ltd, New
Delhi, 2000
3 Vohra.N.D., Quantitative Techniques in Management, Tata Mcgraw Hill Publishing
Company, New Delhi, 2006
REFERENCES
1 Billy E.Gillett., Introduction to Operations Research - Computer Oriented
Algorithmic Approach, Tata McGraw Hill, 2005
2 Galhot.P.S., and Dhir.B.M., Construction Planning and Management, New Age
Publishers, New Delhi,2002
3 Kasana.H.S, and Kumar.K.D., Introductory to Operation Research: Theory and
Application, Springer Publisher, New Delhi., 2011
QCM 302
PROJECT
L
T
P
C
FORMULATI
ON AND
APPRAISAL
3
0
0
3
OBJECTIVES The students will be able to

To study elements of project formulation and appraisal

10

To study the costing and financial aspects of projects

To study the implications of private sector participation in
construction projects

OUTCOME
At the end of the course the student will

UNIT I

Get exposure to formulation, costing, appraisal and finance of

construction projects

PROJECT

10

FORMULATI
ON
Generation
and
Screening of
Project Ideas Project
identification
Preliminary
Analysis,
Market,
Technical,
Financial,
Economic and
Ecological
Pre-Feasibility
Report and its
Clearance,
Project
Estimates and
TechnoEconomic
Feasibility
Report,
Detailed
Project Report

Different
Project
Clearances
required
UNIT II

COST

10

APPRAISAL
Project Cash
Flows
Principles of
cash flow
estimation
Time Value of
Money Cost
of Capital
Application to

11

various kinds
of projects Problems
UNIT III

FINANCE

15

APPRAISAL
NPV BCR
IRR ARR
Urgency Pay
Back Period
Assessment
of
Various
Methods

Indian
Practice
of
Investment
Appraisal

International
Practice
of
Appraisal

Analysis
of
Risk

Different
Methods

Selection of a
Project
and
Investment
Analysis
in
Practice.
UNIT IV

PROJECT

FINANCING
Project
Financing
Means of
Finance
Equity and
Debt
-Financial
Institutions
Special
Schemes
Key Financial
Indicators
UNIT V

PRIVATE

SECTOR
PARTICIPATI
ON
Private sector
participation
in
Infrastructure

12

Development
Projects
BOT,
BOLT,
BOOT
Technology
Transfer and
Foreign
Collaboration
- Scope of
Technology
Transfer and
Foreign
Collaboration
Total Hours

L
45

T
0

P
0

TEXT BOOKS

1
2

Prasanna Chandra, Projects Planning Analysis Selection Implementation &

Review, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi., 2009
Joy P.K., Total Project Management - The Indian Context, New Delhi, Macmillan
India Ltd., 2000

REFERENCES

1
2

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Manual for the

preparation of Industrial Feasibility Studies, (IDBI Reproduction) Bombay, 2007
Barcus, S.W. and Wilkinson. J.W., Hand Book of Management Consulting
Services, McGraw Hill, New York, 2006.

QCM 303

UNIT I

COMPUTER
APPLICATIO
NS IN
CONSTRUCT
ION
ENGINEERIN
G AND
PLANNING

INTRODUCTI

ON
Introduction
to
System
HardwareLanguagesDatabase

13

ManagementSpread
SheetsApplications.
Software for
computer
aided
engineering.
UNIT II

OPTIMIZATI
ON
TECHNIQUE
S
Linear,
Dynamic and
Integer
ProgrammingBranch
and
Bound
TechniquesApplication to
Project
Scheduling,
Equipment
Replacement,
Material
Transportatio
n and Work
Assignment
ProblemsSoftware
Development.

10

UNIT III

INVENTORY

10

PROBLEMS
Deterministic
and
Probabilistic
Inventory
ModelsSoftware
Development.
Engineering
database
management
systems.
Concepts of
data base
programming.
Artificial
Intelligence
and expert
system.
UNIT IV

PROJECT

15

14

SCHEDULIN
G
APPLICATIO
NS
PERT and
CPM-Software
Development
- Use of
Management
Software.
Development
of knowledge
networks
representatio
n, rules,
frames and
semantic
networks.
Inference
strategies.
UNIT V

RISK

MANAGEME
NT TOOLS
Decision
Making-Bayes
TheorySimulation
Models
Decision
Theory

Decision
Rules

Decision
making under
conditions of
certainty, risk
and
uncertainty
Decision trees

Utility
Theory
Case
Study
Work on Best
Practices
in
India
&
Abroad.
Total Hours

L
45

T
0

TEXT BOOKS

15

P
0

1
2
3

Bily E. Gillet., Introduction to Operation Research - A Computer Oriented

Algorithmic Approach, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2005
Lucio Soibelman, Burcu Akinci, Computing in civil engineering American Society of
Civil Engineers, 2007.
Paulson, B.R., Computer Applications in Construction, McGraw-Hill, 1995.

REFERENCES

1 Feigenbaum., L., Construction Scheduling With Primevera Project Planner,

Prentice Hall Inc., 2001

Harri, Planning Using Primavera Project Planner P3 Version 3. 1, Paul Eastwood,

2006.

Saleh A. Mubarak, PhD, Saleh Mubarak, Construction Project Scheduling and

Control, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.

QCM 402CONTRACT LAWS AND REGULATIONS

UNIT I

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
Indian Contracts Act Elements of Contracts Types
Features Suitability Design of Contract Documents
Contract Document Standard Contract Document
Case study on highway engineering deportment - case
provision.

L
3

T
0

P
0

C
3
10

of Contracts
International
Law of Torts.study on Code

UNIT II

TENDERS
10
Prequalification Bidding Accepting Evaluation of Tender from
Technical, Contractual and Commercial Points of View Contract
Formation and Interpretation Potential Contractual Problems World
Bank Procedures and Guidelines Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders
Act. .- Case study on PWD deportment case study on Public Works
Department.

UNIT III

ARBITRATION
5
Comparison of Actions and Laws Agreements Subject Matter
Violations Arbitration Act - Appointment of Arbitrators Conditions of
Arbitration Powers and Duties of Arbitrator Rules of Evidence
Enforcement of Award Costs. .- Case study on COURT

UNIT IV

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
10
Insurance and Bonding Laws Governing Sale, Purchase and Use of
Urban and Rural Land Land Revenue Codes Tax Laws Income Tax,
Sales Tax, Excise and Custom Duties and their Influence on

16

Construction Costs Legal Requirements for Planning Property Law

Agency Law Local Government Laws for Approval Statutory
Regulations. .- Case study analysis on G O

UNIT V

LABOUR REGULATIONS
10
Social Security Welfare Legislation Laws relating to Wages, Bonus
and Industrial Disputes, Labour Administration Insurance and Safety
Regulations Workmens Compensation Act Indian Factory Act
Tamil Nadu Factory Act Child Labour Act - Other Labour Laws. .- Case
study on Labour Organization.

L
Total Hours 45

T
0

P
0

TEXT BOOKS

Gajaria G.T., Laws Relating to Building and Engineering Contracts in India,

M.M.Tripathi Private Ltd., Bombay, 1982

Jenny B. Wahl, Jenny B. Wahl, Economic Analysis of Contract Law, Antitrust Law,
and Safety Regulations, Routledge, 1998.

REFERENCES

1
2
3

Tamilnadu PWD Code, 1986

Jimmie Hinze, Construction Contracts, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001
Joseph T. Bockrath,Contracts and the Legal Environment for Engineers and
Architects, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2000

QCM 404CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING LABORATORY

L
3

T
0

P
0

MATERIALS TESTING LAB

Testing and analyzing the steel rods and flexural strength of beam
using U.T.M, testing of brick, blocks and concrete cubes using
compression testing machine, Designing and testing concrete mix Verifying the quality of given water sample, Non-destructive testing on
existing structure using Ultrasonic Concrete Testing equipment,
Rebound Hammer - analyzing the strength properties of given soil
sample.

17

C
3

II

ACOUSTICS AND LIGHTING LAB

Measuring and analyzing the acoustic and light level in a meeting hall,
lecture hall etc. using Noise and vibration measuring equipment and
Illumination measuring equipment. Sound Engineering materials
testing procedures.

III

IV

COMPUTING LAB
Construction Project Scheduling,
PRIMAVERA and MS project.

PERT

and

CPM-analysis

using

ADVANCED SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS LAB

Surveying using Electronic total station, Electronic Theodilite and
distance meter- Mapping using Geographic Information System, Global
Positioning System, applications, Integration with GIS and GPS Simulation tools - COMSOL Multiphysics, DX Studio, SciLab, NEi Nastran.
L
Total Hours 0

T
0

P
45

List of Equipments:

U.T.M,

compression testing machine

Non-destructive testing such as Ultrasonic Concrete Testing, Rebound Hammer,

Noise and vibration measuring equipment

Illumination measuring equipment

Electronic total station

Electronic theodilite and distance meter

Geographic Information System

Project Management Software

Advanced CAD & visualization Software

Triaxial and direct shear testing equipments

QCM 501

ENERGY CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES IN

CONSTRUCTION
OBJECTIVE
S

To study the design of energy efficient buildings which balances all

aspects of energy, lighting,space conditioning and ventilation by
providing a mix of passive solar design strategies and to learn the use
of materials with low embodied energy.

OUTCOME

To know the various kinds of renewable energy installation in building

construction

18

To understand the concepts of green building

systems and LEED standards

To appreciate the fundamental principles in energy efficient design

strategies and embodied energy

To understand the concept of energy auditing

To impart knowledge in the field of energy, the different types of

energy conservation techniques and their applications to smart
building construction

OBJECTIVE
S

UNIT I

technology , rating

To study the design of energy efficient buildings which balances all

aspects of energy, lighting,space conditioning and ventilation by
providing a mix of passive solar design strategies and to learn the use of
materials with low embodied energy.

INTRODUCTION TO ENERGY

Fundamentals of Energy-Energy production systems-Solar Energy

and conservation-Energy Economic Analysis-Energy Conservation
And Audits-Domestic Energy Consumption-Savings-Primary Energy
use in Buildings-Residential-Commercial-Institutional and Public
Buildings
UNIT II

ENVIRONMENTAL

Energy and resource conservation-Principles, Design of green

buildings-rating systems-LEED Standards- Embodied and operating
energy Peak demand Comfort and Indoor Air quality Visual and
acoustical quality Land, water and materials - Airborne emissions
and waste management.
UNIT III

DESIGN

Natural building design consideration Energy efficient design

strategies Contextual factors Longevity and process Assessment
Renewable Energy Sources and design Advanced building
Technologies Smart buildings Economies and cost analysis
UNIT IV

ENERGY

9
E
F
F
I
C
I
E
N
C
Y

Energy
Efficient and
Environmental

19

Friendly
BuildingClimate-solar
radiationPsychometrics
-Passive
Heating
and
Cooling
SystemsEnergy AuditTypes
of
Energy auditEnergy
consumption/
Unit
productionIdentification
of
wastagePriority
of
conservative
measuresMaintenance
of
Energy
Management
Programme
UNIT V

ENERGY

9
M
A
N
A
G
E
M
E
N
T

Energy
Management
of
Electrical
EquipmentImprovement
of
Power
FactorManagement
of Maximum
DemandEnergy
Savings
in

20

Pumps-FansCompressed
Air SystemsEnergy
Savings
in
Lighting
Systems-Air
Conditioning
Systems- Heat
RecoverySteam Plants
and
Distribution
SystemsEnergy
Savings
in
Pumps-FansCompressed
air
systemsApplications
Total Hours

45

45

TEXT BOOKS
1. Dean Hawkes, Wayne Forster , Energy Efficient Buildings: Architecture, Engineering,
and
Environment, 2002 , W.W. Norton & Company
2. Donald Watson, Kenneth Labs ., Climatic design: energy-efficient building principles
and practices ,1983, McGraw-Hill.
3. Susan Roaf, Mary Hancock ., Energy efficient building: a design guide, 1992, Halsted
Press,
4. Terence Conran., Eco House Book , 2009 , Octopus Books
REFERENCES.

1
2

Moore F., Environmental Control system Mc Graw Hill, Inc. 1994.

3
4

Cook, J, Award Winning passive Solar Design, Mc Graw Hill, 1984.

Brown, GZ, Sun, Wind and light: Architectural design strategies, John Wiley &
Sons, 1985.
J.R. Waters, Energy conservation in Buildings: A Guide to part L of the Building
Regulations, Blackwell Publishing, 2003.

SUGGESTED LOCAL VISIT

National productivity Council, Ambattur

NSIC Limited, Anna Salai, Chennai

PROJECT
L
WORK

QCM 502

21

PHASE I
0

18

The objective of the project work is to enable the students to work

individually on a project involving theoretical and experimental studies
related to Civil Engineering. Every Project Work shall have a Guide who
is a member of the faculty of Civil Engineering or may be in
collaboration with faculty of other Department of the University. The
hours allotted for this course shall be utilized by the students to receive
directions from the Guide, on library reading, laboratory work, computer
analysis or field work and also to present in periodical seminars the
progress made in the project.

Each student shall finally produce a comprehensive report covering

background information, literature Survey, problem statement, Project
work details and conclusions. The report should be strictly adhered with
standard format of university.
This experience of project work shall help the student in expanding his /
her knowledge base and also provide opportunity to utilize the creative
ability and inference capability.
QCM 601

PROJECT
WORK
PHASE II

30

15

The objective of the project work is to enable the students to work

individually on a project involving theoretical and experimental studies
related to Civil Engineering. Every Project Work shall have a Guide who
is a member of the faculty of Civil Engineering or may be in
collaboration with faculty of other Department of the University. The
hours allotted for this course shall be utilized by the students to receive
directions from the Guide, on library reading, laboratory work, computer
analysis or field work and also to present in periodical seminars the
progress made in the project.

Each student shall finally produce a comprehensive report covering

22

background information, literature Survey, problem statement, Project

work details and conclusions. The report should be strictly adhered with
standard format of university.
This experience of project work shall help the student in expanding his /
her knowledge base and also provide opportunity to utilize the creative
ability and inference capability.
QCM 204A

UNIT I

TOWN
PLANNIN
G

PLANNING
THEORY AND
TECHNIQUES
Process
of
evolution
of
human
settlement
planning
Principles
in
Planning

rationality in
planning,
Blueprint and
process
mode,
disjointed
incremental
mode
of
planning,
Normative
versus
functional
mode
of
planning

Type
of
planning
surveys, data
identification
for
various
plan
preparation.
Aerial
photo
and
remote
sensing
techniques in
planning

Delphi, Trade
off-game,
simulation

23

models,
gravity
analysis,
Lowry model,
Threshold
analysis,
Multivariate
analysis

Optimization
and economic
analysis
methods
in
project
formulation
and
implementatio
n, CPM, PERT,
PBBS.- Using
Software
Analysis.
UNIT II

ENVIRONME
NTAL ISSUES
RELATED TO
PLANNING
Components
of
Environment
Classification
of
Environmental
Resources
Purpose and
Objectives in
Environmental
Protection
Institutional
and
Legal
Support
in
management
of
the
Environment
Environmental
Policies, and
issues
-Environment
al
Impact
Assessment
Practice
in
India - Types,
Conceptual
Approach and
Phases of EIA

Impact
Identification -

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Public
Participation
in the Process
of
Environmental
Decision
Making
Process
Environmental
Concepts

Sustainability
and
Environmental
Carrying
Capacity.Case
Study
On Industrial
Visit.
UNIT III

URBAN
INFRASTRUC
TURE
NETWORK
PLANNING
ISSUES
Obligatory
and
Discretionary
Services,
Implication of
Urban
Form
and Size on
Services,
Norms
and
Standards,
National and
Local
guidelines

Demand
Strategy,
Issues
and
Tasks,
Operation and
Management
Aspects
of
each Service Experimental
Water Supply,
Sewerage
/
Drainage,
Solid
Waste
Management,
roads
and
Street
Lighting

25

schemes and
Living
Environment Priority,
Placement
Network
Options,
Effective
System
Analysis

Private
and
Public
partnership
and
innovative
concepts and
practices
in
infrastructure
Development.
Case
Study
On
Codal
Provisions
UNIT IV

ISSUES
IN9
TRAFFIC
AND
TRANSPORT
ATION
PLANNING
Highway
classification Traffic
characteristic
s Horizontal
and
Vertical
alignment,
hand use &
Transportation
relationships Sight distance

Crosssectional
elements at
grade
and
Grade
separated
intersections Volume Count
Origin and
Destination
Parking
and
Public
Transport
Surveys

Inventory
of

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Transport
facilities

Methods
of
Survey

Analysis

Inferences
Different
modes

Capacities

Limitations
Planning
Aspects
Coordination
Para
Transit
modes

Private
transport
Case
Study
On
code
Provisions
UNIT V

CURRENT
9
TRENDS
AND ISSUES
IN
PLANNING
Concepts
of
sustainable
urban
development,
sustainable
Transportation
,
EGovernance,
Institutional
Development,
and
urban
Governance
Business
Plans, JNURM,
National Rural
Health
Mission,
Competitiven
ess,
Globalization,
Knowledge
base of Towns
and cities
Public private
partnership,
local
bodies
and
urban
finance - Case
Study Work on

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Best Practices
in
India
&
Abroad.

Total Hours
QCM 204B

UNIT I

MODERN
CONSTR
UCTION
MATERIA
LS

45

CONCRETE
AND
SHOTCRETE
High Strength
High
Performance
Concrete

Fibre
Reinforced
Concrete

Shotcrete
Cellular
Concrete
Waste
Concrete

UNIT II

METALS
New
Alloy
Steels
Aluminium
and
its
Products

Roof sheets

UNIT III

COMPOSITE

S
Plastics
Reinforced
Polymers
FRP
UNIT IV

OTHER

MATERIALS
Water
Proofing
Compounds Nonweathering

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Materials

Materials for
Flooring and
Facing Work
Concrete
Chemicals
UNIT V

SMART

MATERIALS
AND
TESTING
EQUIPMENT
S
Sensors,
Radars
- Nano
Materia
ls

Testing
method
s
and
proced
ure
Case
Study
Work on Best
Practices
in
India
&
Abroad.
Total Hours

L
45

T
0

P
0

TEXT BOOKS

1. Shan Somayaji, Civil Engineering Materials, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall Inc., 2001
2. Mamlouk, M.S. and Zaniewski, J.P., Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers,
Prentice Hall

Inc., 2010.

3. Gernot Minke, Earth Construction Handbook: the Building Material Earth in Modern
Architecture - Advances in Architecture, Wit Press, 2000.

REFERENCES

1. Modern Earth Buildings: Materials, Engineering, Constructions and Applications,

Woodhead Publishing, 2012.

2. Derucher, K. Korfiatis.G. and Ezeldin, S., Materials for Civil and Highway
Engineers, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall Inc., 1999

3. Aitkens, High Performance Concrete, McGraw-Hill, 1999

4. Harvey M. Rubenstain , A Guide to site and Environmental planning, Newyor

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QCM 304A

OBJECTIVES

SHORING,
SCAFFOL
DING AND
FORMWO
RK

The students will be able to

OUTCOME

Study the materials associated with formwork

Study the design aspects of formwork under various requirements
Study the planning and erection aspects of form work
Study about a few special types of forms

At the end of the course the student will

Get thorough exposure to shoring, scaffolding and formwork procedures in

construction practice by studying the materials, planning and design aspects
and erection procedures.

UNIT I

PLANNING, SITE EQUIPMENT AND PLANT FOR FORM WORK

Overall Planning
9
-Detailed
planning
Standard units Corner units
Schedule
Planning
at
Tender stage
Development of
basic system Planning
for
maximum reuse Planning
examples - Site
layout plan-Crane
arrangements
-Recheck
plan
details Planning
for
safetyTransporting
plant--Wales and
ties - Vertical
transportable
form work.

UNIT II

FORM

MATERIALS
Lumber Types
Finish

30

Sheathing boards
Working
stresses

Repetitive
member stress
Plywood Types
and grades
Textured surfaces
and strength
Reconstituted
wood Steel
Aluminum Form
lining materials
Hardware
and
fasteners Nails
in Plywood
Bolts lag screw
and connectors
Bolt loads.
UNIT III

PRESSURES

ON FORMS
AND
FORMWORK
FOR
BUILDING
FAILURES
Live loads and
Wind
pressure
-Concrete
pressure on form
work- Concrete
density -Height of
discharge
-Temperature
-Rate of Placing
-Consistency of
concrete
Vibration
-Hydrostatic
pressure
and
pressure
distribution
-Examples
-Adjustment for
non-standard
conditions- Basic
simplification Beam forms -Slab
forms- Column
forms
-Wall
forms - Allowable
stresses Check

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for
deflection,
bending
and
lateral stability
Location of job
mill Storage
Equipment

Footings Wall
footing Column
footings Sloped
footings Slab
on grade and
paving work
Highway
and
airport paving
Curb and Gutter
forms Wall
forms External
vibration
UNIT IV

BUILDING

FAILURES
Causes of failures

Inadequate
shoring
Inadequate
bracing
of
members

Improper
vibration

Premature
stripping Errors
in
design

Failure to follow
codes How
formwork affects
concretes quality
ACI Case
studies

Planning
for
safety
Achieving
economy Finish
of
exposed
concrete surface Design
deficiencies
Safety factors
Reshore
installation

Prevention
of
rotation

Stripping
sequence

Advantage
of
reshoring.

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UNIT V

ADVANCED

FORMWORKS
Slip forms
Principles

Types

Advantage

Functions
of
various
components

Planning of Slip
form operations
Desirable
characteristics of
concrete

Common
problems faced
Safety in slip
forms - Special
structures
built
with Slip form
Technique

Codal provisions.
Case Study Work
on Best Practices
in India
Total Hours

L
45

T
0

P
0

TEXT BOOKS
1. Robert L. Peurifoy and Garold D. Oberlender, Formwork for Concrete Structures, Third Edition
McGraw-Hill, 2010.

2.

Kumar Neeraj Jha, Formwork for Concrete Structures, McGraw Hill Education, 2012.
3. Michael P. Hurst, Formwork, Construction Press, London and New York, 1997.
REFERENCES
1. Leonard Koel , Concrete Formwork, Amer Technical Pub, 2010.
2. Austin, C.K., Formwork for Concrete, Cleaver Hume Press Ltd., London 1996.
3. Tudor Dinescu and Constantin Radulescu, Slipform Techniques, Abacus Press, Turn Bridge Wells,
Kent, 1992.
4. Guide for Concrete Formwork, American Concrete Institute Detroit, Michigan, 1996.
5. Safety Requirements for Scaffolding, American National Standards Institute, New York, 1994.

QCM 403A

SMART
MATERIA
LS AND
SMART
CONSTRU
CTION

33

3
UNIT I

INTRODUCTIO

0
9

N TO SMART
MATERIAL
AND ITS
CONSTRUCTI

UNIT II

ON
Different types of
smart materials
and their specific
properties
and
applications,
Introduction
to
MEMs - different
smart materials Piezoelectric
materials, Optical
Fiber,
Shape
Memory
Alloy
(SMA), Electrorheological fluid,
Magnetorheological fluid,
Magnetostrictive
materials.
ADVANCED

COMPOSITES
CompositesDefinition,
Classification,
matrices and their
properties.
Importance
of
glass,
ceramic
and carbon fibers,
polyesters,
epoxies,
thermosetting and
thermoplastic
materials.
Fabrication,
structure,
properties
and
application;
Common ceramic
matrix composite
material and their
properties,
interfaces
in
composites,
interaction at the
interface. Types
of reinforcement:

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UNIT III

continuous fiber,
short
fiber,
whisker,
glass
fiber,
carbon/graphite
fiber,
natural
fiber,
boron
carbide
silicon
carbide
fiber;
Ceramic Matrix
composites:
STRUCTURE

AND
PROPERTIES
OF
ENGINEERING
CERAMICS
Electrical
behavior,
electronic
conductivity,
ionic
conductivity,
electrical
insulators, semi
conductors,
superconductivity
,
dielectric
properties,
polarization,
dielectric
constants,
dielectric
loss,
dielectric
strengths,
piezoelectricity,
pyroelectricity,
ferroelectricity.
Magnetic
behavior,
Magnetism,
magnetic
exchange
mechanisms,
Optical behavior,
absorption
and
transparency,
colour,
phosphorescence,
laser, index of
refraction, electro
optic
behavior.
Recent advances
in this area.

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UNIT IV

NANOMATERI 9
ALS
Synthesis
of
Nanomaterialstop down and
bottom
up
approach. From
vapor
phase
Sputtering,
Thermal
Evaporation and
Laser methods.
Synthesis
by
Chemical Routes;
Nucleation and
Growth
from
solutions,
Stabilization
against
agglomeration.
Nanostructure by
mechanical
attrition;
Processing
of
Nanomaterials:
Nanostructured
sol-gel materials,
Consolidation of
nanocrystalline
materials
by
compaction and
sintering.
Characterization
of nanostructured
materials;
By
scattering
techniques.
Proximal
microscopy
(AFM and STM),
Properties
of
Nanostructured
materials
particle
size,
porosity, specific
surface, chemical
and
supramolecular
structures
of
Nanomaterials,
Improvement of
mechanical
properties.

UNIT V

TECHNIQUES

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OF
MATERIALS
CHARACTERI
ZATION
Thermal analysis
methodsprinciples,
instrumentation,
data analysis and
applications
in
ceramics; X-ray
diffraction
and
Bragg
Law,
Diffraction under
ideal and nonideal condition,
X-ray scattering
and
structure
factor,
X-ray
diffractometer, Xray data
file
analysis,
Chemical
analysis by x-ray
fluorescence,
Auger Electron
Spectroscopy, Xray Photoelectron
Spectroscopy,
Electron
loss
energy
spectroscopy;
Scanning
Electron
Microscopy

basic principle,
instrumentation,
electron specimen
interaction,
topographical and
atomic
number
contrast.
Case Study Work
on Best Practices
in
India
&
Abroad.
Total Hours

L
45

T
0

37

P
0