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5551

CIVIL 717

: Advanced Structural Timber
2020 Semester One (1203)
Advanced topics in timber design such as: shearwalls, diaphragms, special glulam beams, bolted connections, new fasteners, engineered wood products, laminated bridges, inspection of timber structures. Emphasis will be placed on latest international developments. The core skills are taught and accompanied by an individual project in which independent research is undertaken to solve a challenging timber connection problem.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: CIVIL 451 or 750 or equivalent

Outline is not available yet

5552

CIVIL 720

: Earthquake Engineering
2021 Semester One (1213)
Earthquakes and the effects on civil infrastructure. The passage of seismic waves from inception, propagation, arrival at site bedrock, site specific response, infrastructure response. Including engineering seismology, seismo-tectonic setting of NZ, probabilistic seismic hazard analyses, NZS 1170.5, infrastructure dynamics, base isolation, effects of site geology, geophysical and geotechnical site characterisation, concepts of soil-structure interaction, the Canterbury series of earthquakes.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: CIVIL 313 and ENGSCI 311 or equivalent

Outline is not available yet

5553

CIVIL 720

: Earthquake Engineering
2020 Semester One (1203)
Earthquakes and the effects on civil infrastructure. The passage of seismic waves from inception, propagation, arrival at site bedrock, site specific response, infrastructure response. Including engineering seismology, seismo-tectonic setting of NZ, probabilistic seismic hazard analyses, NZS 1170.5, infrastructure dynamics, base isolation, effects of site geology, geophysical and geotechnical site characterisation, concepts of soil-structure interaction, the Canterbury series of earthquakes.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: CIVIL 313 and ENGSCI 311 or equivalent

Outline is not available yet

5554

CIVIL 721

: Foundation Engineering
2021 Semester One (1213)
Foundation performance requirements. Foundation types. Foundation design loads. Limit state design. Design of shallow foundations. Design of deep foundation. Case histories illustrating construction, performance and failure of foundations. Design and performance of gravity retaining structures, embedded retaining walls and reinforced earth walls.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: CIVIL 312 or equivalent
Restriction: CIVIL 323, 421

Outline is not available yet

5555

CIVIL 722

: Slope Engineering
2021 Semester One (1213)
Slope failure mechanisms, geological controls and classification. Shear strength of rock and soil materials. Laboratory testing of earth materials for slope stability. Limit equilibrium techniques, including analytical, numerical and graphical methods. Effects of water and earthquake on slope stability. Slope monitoring, stabilisation and remediation. Landslide risk management.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: CIVIL 322 or equivalent
Restriction: ENVENG 324, CIVIL 422

Outline is not available yet

5556

CIVIL 728

: Geotechnical Engineering in Professional Practice
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Shear strength of soil – triaxial testing, measurement of pore water pressures, and interpretation of test data. Effective and total stress paths for drained and undrained loading in laboratory tests and field applications. Consolidation. Application of elastic solutions in geomechanics. Geotechnical numerical modelling. Includes a project.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: Departmental approval
Restriction: CIVIL 324

Outline is not available yet

5557

CIVIL 731

: Water Resources Modelling
2021 Semester One (1213)
Risk and uncertainty in water resources systems; evaluation of alternatives in water resources; hydrologic modelling; hydraulic modelling; river basin modelling; water resources economics.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

5558

CIVIL 734

: River Engineering
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Scales; flows; fluvial processes; mixing; ecohydraulics.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

5559

CIVIL 743

: Special Topic: Building Information Modelling
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Introduction to the main principles and tools of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the Architecture-Engineering-Construction (AEC) industry. This course is suitable for different AEC professionals such as civil and structural engineers, architects, among others.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

5560

CIVIL 744

: Special Study in Earthquake Engineering
2021 Semester One (1213)
An advanced course on topics in earthquake engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

5561

CIVIL 745

: Seismic Assessment of Existing Buildings
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Principles of assessing the response of buildings to earthquakes and identification of vulnerabilities for different building types. Example buildings will be assessed using these advanced methodologies and independent research conducted on appropriate forms of retrofit.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

5562

CIVIL 746

: Nonlinear Structural Analysis
2021 Semester One (1213)
Nonlinear behaviour of structures and the formulation of elements to model such behaviour; solution strategies; nonlinear material and section response; nonlinear dynamic analysis; nonlinear geometry; application of nonlinear analysis in engineering practice. Research and critically compare modeling approaches used for real buildings. Includes an independent research project involving nonlinear analysis of a real structure as a ‘blind prediction’.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

5563

CIVIL 746

: Nonlinear Structural Analysis
2020 Semester One (1203)
Nonlinear behaviour of structures and the formulation of elements to model such behaviour; solution strategies; nonlinear material and section response; nonlinear dynamic analysis; nonlinear geometry; application of nonlinear analysis in engineering practice. Research and critically compare modeling approaches used for real buildings. Includes an independent research project involving nonlinear analysis of a real structure as a ‘blind prediction’.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

5564

CIVIL 750

: Timber Engineering
2020 Semester Two (1205)
The practical understanding of timber and its use in the construction industry. Design and detailing techniques for connections in timber structures, plywood structures, pole structures, timber floor systems, bridges, multi-storey buildings, formwork and falsework, arches and cable stayed systems.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: CIVIL 312 or equivalent
Restriction: CIVIL 451

Outline is not available yet

5565

CIVIL 756

: Capstone Project
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Final year team exercise with students in multi-disciplinary civil and environmental roles integrating technical learning into realistic design outcomes. Comprehensive investigation of an open ended, complex, real or synthetic civil engineering problem with simulated professional design office constraints. Includes technical, economic and environmental impact components to complete a scheme assessment report.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: 90 points from Part III courses listed in the BE(Hons) Schedule for Civil Engineering

Outline is not available yet

5566

CIVIL 758

: Traffic Systems Design
2021 Semester One (1213)
Traffic signal timing analysis. Gap acceptance parameters. Intersection analysis of performance (priority, roundabouts and signalised). Some human factors. Introduction to transportation planning modelling. Planning land transport in NZ under the Resource Management and other requirements. Computer modelling and simulation.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: CIVIL 361
Restriction: CIVIL 403, 460, 660

Outline is not available yet

5567

CIVIL 762

: Transportation Planning
2021 Semester One (1213)
Provides an in-depth exploration of various components of the urban transportation planning process, with emphasis on theories on modelling. The principle behind the conventional four-stage transport planning model, namely, trip generation, trip distribution, modal split and trip assignment, is covered in detail.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: 15 points from CIVIL 660, 758, or equivalent

Outline is not available yet

5568

CIVIL 765

: Infrastructure Asset Management
2021 Semester One (1213)
Advanced theories and techniques fundamental to the management of infrastructure assets, with a primary focus on Asset Management Plans. Covers the entire spectrum of infrastructure, including roads, water networks and buildings. A major independent project incorporates a literature review and selection, and then critical review, of an Asset Management Plan from industry.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

5569

CIVIL 770

: Transport Systems Economics
2021 Semester One (1213)
Advanced specialist topics in transportation economics including economic analysis, the theory of demand and supply of transport, government intervention policies, and the theory of externalities and agglomeration. Students are required to undertake a major research project by analysing two major transportation infrastructure projects to determine the likely future social and real time benefits and dis-benefits which accrue to the wider community.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

5570

CIVIL 773

: Sustainable Transport: Planning and Design
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Pedestrian planning and design; cycling facilities and planning; land use and trips; travel behaviour change and travel plans; integrated transport assessment; transport impact guidelines for site development.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

5571

CIVIL 787

: Project X
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Students are required to submit a report on a topic assigned by the appropriate Head of Department.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: Departmental approval required

Outline is not available yet

5572

CIVIL 787

: Project X
2021 Semester One (1213)
Students are required to submit a report on a topic assigned by the appropriate Head of Department.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: Departmental approval required

Outline is not available yet

5573

CIVIL 787

: Project X
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Students are required to submit a report on a topic assigned by the appropriate Head of Department.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: Departmental approval required

Outline is not available yet

5574

CIVIL 787

: Project X
2020 Semester One (1203)
Students are required to submit a report on a topic assigned by the appropriate Head of Department.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: Departmental approval required

Outline is not available yet

5575

CIVIL 788B

: Research Project
2025 Semester One (1253)
Students are required to submit a report on a topic assigned by the appropriate Head of Department.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: Departmental approval required To complete this course students must enrol in CIVIL 788 A and B, or CIVIL 788