Methods and English

Presentation

Programme (detailed contents):
Methods:
Preparing sites and roadworks – Defining missions and assignments – Site facilities – Temporary works – Special formworks (piles, deck) – Lifting apparatus – Production means – Operating methods and special equipments
Planning:
Cycles and phases study – Equipment and workforce saturation – Implementation.
Budget and site management:
Type a call for tenders in public works – Project manager approach – Enterprise approach – Establishing selling price from cost price - Price study (quantities, sub-details, organization, cost prices, selling prices) – Budget and financial margin.
Lean Management applied to Construction
Lean construction, management of operations and quality, organization and management of flows, logistics
English :
Through targeted activities (contextual presentations, experience reports, projects) students will learn and use English for civil engineering projects
Organization:
Lecture, projects, workshops
Main difficulties for students:
Managing the set of data and information related to the project, performing a complex calculation in several stages.

Objectives

At the end of this module, the student will have understood and be able to explain (main concepts):

• Elaborating means, planning and budget of a construction operation

• Main techniques and methods in various sectors (building, bridges and roads)

• Principles of Lean Management applied to Civil Engineering projects

• Use specific vocabulary of Civil Engineering to complete reports and discuss key elements of a project

The student will be able to:

• Elaborate methods.

• Estimate a budget and establish a planning of works.

• Pilot a project referring to Lean Management concepts

• Communicate in English civil engineering environment

Form of assessment

The evaluation of outcome prior learning is made as a continuous training during the semester. According ot the teaching, the assessment will be different: as a written exam, an oral exam, a record, a written report, peers review...