CVEN9741 Engineering Construction

Workshop 10 – 08Aug19

1. Readings
There are no additional readings for this week.

2. ‘My Experience’ course survey

You have been given notification this week about completing the ‘My Experience’
course survey for this and other courses you have studied during Term 2, 2019.
Please spend the time to complete the feedback.

3. Individual Assignment

Those of you who saw me at the end of the lecture in Week 9 concerning your
Assignments I will have those reviews completed next week.

4. Group Assignment

The Group Assignment results will become available in Week 11.

5. Consultation times on lead-up to the Final Examination

As Thursday evening between 6-9pm has been the assigned time for the course I will
be available for consultation at my office on the 15th and 22nd August from 6pm to
answer questions at my office, (CE211). I will stay until the last question on each
evening is answered. This will allow students who are undertaking their studies part
time to consult with me.

The following additional consultation times are also offered at my office:

Tuesday 13th August (2-6pm)
Tuesday 20th August (2-6pm)
Monday 26th August (4-7pm)
Tuesday 27th August (9am-1pm)

I would advise that if you have two calculators which have the ‘UNSW APPROVED’
sticker attached, then take them both to the Final Examination, as there will no doubt
be a person who has not brought their own with them on the day and they will value
your assistance.

A student is also able to borrow my calculator on the day of the Final Examination if
they find themselves in the predicament of being without their calculator on the day.
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6. Remaining solution from Workshop Week 7

Example 2

A mass foundation is to be cast with a surface area of 400 m2. The formwork design on this
foundation design allows only a height of 125 mm of concrete to be poured per hour and the
foundation is 750 mm thick.

a) Determine the duration of the concrete pour and the average placement rate in cubic metres
per hour.

b) Using the tabulated information below, determine how many trucks and pumps would be
needed for this job?

c) The job is designed to operate out of one concrete production plant. Discuss the aspects that
would be in your contingency plan if the concrete production plant broke down during this
job.

Planning Data

Concrete Truck: Maximum volume = 5.0 m3

: Allow 2 extra trucks in the fleet for breakdowns contingency

Concrete Loading Time: Travel to job : Unloading time: Return to Plant: Total cycle time:
Truck cycle
time 180 seconds 30 minutes 12 minutes 25 minutes 70 minutes

Concrete The selected concrete pump has a throughput of 75 m 3 per hour for a 50 minute
Pump working hour and the concrete pumps are deemed the critical plant item

Allow only 2 concrete trucks per pump to unload at any one time

Allow one spare pump to cover the contingency of concrete pump breakdowns

SOLUTION

a) Duration of the pour

Concrete delivery cubic metres / h = 3600 s ÷ 180 s/ load

= 20.0 loads/ h

Plant capacity rate of concrete delivery/ h = 20.0 loads/ h × 5 m3/ load

= 100 m3/ h

Job maximum volume of concrete required/ h = 400 m2 × 0.125 m / h

= 50.0 m3/ h
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As plant capacity exceeds the required delivery volume i.e. 100 m3/ h > 50.0 m3/ h; this
means that concrete plant will be able to meet concrete production demand for this job.

Duration of the concrete pour = 750 mm ÷ 125 mm/ h

= 6.0 h

Average concrete placement rate

Average concrete placement rate = 50.0 m3/ hr

b) Number of concrete agitator trucks required

Cycle time for concrete agitator trucks is 70.0 min (= 4200 s)

(i) If there was no restriction on the rate of delivery (i.e. remove the concrete height
placement restriction: 125 mm/ h limitation), then the trucks could be batched
sequentially based on the plant loading time, viz;

Therefore the amount of trucks needed to be batched in the first cycle = 4200 s ÷ 180 s/ truck

= 23.3 trucks (round up)

Therefore 24 trucks are needed.

Total required concrete truck fleet = 24 + 2 (contingency)

= 26 trucks

(ii) By enforcing the 125 mm/ hr concrete height placement limitation the average
concrete placement rate was shown to be 50.0 m3/ h, and therefore 10 trucks could
be loaded at 6-minute intervals, (as 10 trucks/ h × 5 m3/ truck = 50.0 m3/ h).

Therefore the amount of trucks needed to be batched in the first cycle = 60 min ÷ 6 min/ truck

= 10 trucks

As the first truck would return by the 70th minute it would require two (2) more trucks be used
to commence the second hour’s production batching on the 60th minute and the 66th minute.
The first truck returning from the site on the 70th minute would be loaded for the
commencement of the second cycle on the 72nd minute.

Therefore 12 trucks are needed.

Total required concrete truck fleet = 12 + 2 (contingency)

= 14 trucks

Number of concrete pumps required

Each pump has a throughput of 75 m3 per hour for a 50 minute working hour
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Average concrete delivery requirement is 50.0 m3/ h

The number of pumps required to do the work is 50.0 m3/ h ÷ 75 m3/ h/ pump = 0.7 pumps

= 1 pump

Total required concrete pump fleet = 1 + 1 (contingency)

= 2 concrete pumps

c) The concrete plant would have delivery arrangements made for incoming materials of
cement, course and fine aggregates and other additives and admixtures. The plant
contingency arrangements to be made in the case of a plant breakdown would include
having another plant using the same ingredients, being able to load trucks to the job
immediately and then diverting all incoming materials to the substitute production facility
and redirecting trucks coming back from the site to the emergency production plant. It will
require additional trucks being rescheduled for the job since the haul distance has increased.

7. Final Examination update

There will be no formula sheet provided in the Final Examination; however, any
formulae needed in answering a specific question will be given.

Ensure that you have an adequate number of pencils or a pencil sharpener to

answer the multiple-choice questions. You also may need a pencil eraser if you
want to change your answer.

Remember, only mark on answer for each multiple-choice question.

8. Course Selections for 2020

For your awareness regarding course selections in 2020:

in Term 1, CVEN9743 Construction Engineering Practices will be offered and,
in Term 2, CVEN9744 Civil Engineering Practices will be available for enrolment.
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9. Solutions Workshop Questions in Week 2 – 13Jun19

Example 2:

A project utilising experienced drillers will require drilling and blasting of

high-silica granite, with an average efficiency of 50-min hour. No field
drilling tests were conducted. It is proposed to use a 165 mm downhole
drill at 350 psi. The drills have a single-pass capability of 55 m and take
6-m steel lengths. The blasting pattern will be 3-m X 3-m grid with 600
mm of sub-drilling. On average the specified surface is 8 m below the
existing ground surface.

Determine the drilling production, assuming it takes 25 min to change a

165 mm downhole hammer.

Collected Planning data and calculations

Drilling rate using 165 mm bit @ 350 psi for Granite is 30.5 m/ hr = 0.51 m/ min

Data: A 165 mm drill is expected to last for 300 m in drilling High-silica Granite

Drilling time: = 8.6 m ÷ 0.51 m/ min = 16.86 min

Change steel: Need to add a 6 m length (1.1 min) and remove same per
hole (1.5 min) = 2.6 min

Blow hole: (use 0.1 min per 3 m hole) = 0.1 min × 8.6m ÷ 3m = 0.29 min

Move to next hole: (move 3 m at 0.4 km/hr) allow 0.45 min

Align steel: (Tall mast) allow 1 min

Change bit: 25 min × [8.6 m per hole ÷ 300-m life] = 0.72 min

Calculate the total time in the summary below [∑ elements: 3 + 4 + 5 + 6

+ 7 + 8 = (9)]

Operating rate: (1b) ÷ (9) = 8.6 m ÷ 21.92 min = 0.39 m/ min

Use a 50-minute working hour

Hourly production: (10) × (11) = 50 min/ hr × 0.39 m/ min = 19.6 m/ hr

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Summarising:

(1) Depth of hole: (a) 8.0 m face (b) 8.6 m drill

(2) Penetration rate: 0.51 m/ min

(3) Drilling time: 16.86 min (1b) ÷ (2)

(4) Change steel: 2.60 min

(5) Blow hole: 0.29 min

(6) Move to next hole: 0.45 min

(7) Align steel: 1.00 min

(8) Change bit: 0.72 min

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(9) Total time: 21.92 min

[∑elements: 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 = (9)]

(10) Operating rate: 0.39 m/ min (1b) ÷ (9)

(11) Production efficiency: 50 min/ hr

(12) Hourly production: 19.6 m/ hr (10) × (11)

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Example 3:

How would Example 2 be affected if the only available Steel were 4m

lengths? (You are expected to complete the calculation)

The calculations would be the same to (4) Change steel:

As the drill depth is 8.6m then you would have to add two more 4m
steels (= 2 × 1.1 min = 2.2 min) and remove the same (= 2 × 1.5 min =
3.0 min) Therefore, Total time = 5.2 min

So the revised summary would be:

Summarising:

(1) Depth of hole: (a) 8.0 m face (b) 8.6 m drill

(2) Penetration rate: 0.51 m/ min

(3) Drilling time: 16.86 min (1b) ÷ (2)

(4) Change steel: 5.2 min

(5) Blow hole: 0.29 min

(6) Move to next hole: 0.45 min

(7) Align steel: 1.00 min

(8) Change bit: 0.72 min

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(9) Total time: 24.52 min

[∑elements: 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 = (9)]

(10) Operating rate: 0.35 m/ min (1b) ÷ (9)

(11) Production efficiency: 50 min/ hr

(12) Hourly production: 17.56 m/ hr (10) × (11)

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Example 4

Five successive rows of blast holes are to be fired in one shot. The rows
are 16 ft apart and it is desired that good relief will be achieved in each
row.

a) What is the minimum delay in milliseconds to be allowed between

the rows?

b) What is the better delay solution in milliseconds to be allowed

between the rows?

Planning Data

Use 2 to 2.5 ms delay per foot of effective depth

A. 2.0 ms/ ft × 16 ft = 32 ms delay

B. 2.5 ms/ ft × 16 ft = 40 ms delay