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3.00 Credits
Interpreting commonly used financial reports in the construction engineering industry sector will be taught. Skills developed in this course will better prepare students to become competent consumers of financial information utilizing the same to influence future results the construction business. Models for financing public and private sector projects will also be explored.
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3.00 Credits
Comprehensively studies quality and safety for construction projects. Extensively reviews OSHA regulations and industry safety programs and the legal and economic ramifications of a safe construction site. Thoroughly reviews quality control and quality assurance topics, including organizations, measurement, and procedures. Briefly reviews ISO 9000 impact on construction projects.
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3.00 Credits
Comprehensively studies construction management including the contractor's role in preconstruction and construction activities; and the particular application of CPM techniques to the planning, scheduling, and control of a construction project. Applies the techniques of the course to a term project.
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3.00 Credits
Applies law in engineering practice; contracts, construction contract documents, construction specification writing, agency, partnership, and property; types of construction contracts; and legal responsibilities and ethical requirements of the professional engineer. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Same as CVEN 4087.
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3.00 Credits
Studies and analyzes construction top- and upper- middle management responsibilities, particularly relating to union craft labor, on- and off-site production and workmanship, construction financing, total quality management, value engineering, disputes and claims, and engineering technology. Stresses investigations to improve construction management efficiency. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
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3.00 Credits
Prereqs., CVEN 3246 and AREN 3406. Same as CVEN 4266. CVEN 5276 (3). Engineering Risk and Decision Analysis. Acquaints students with the fundamental principles and techniques of risk and decision analysis. Oriented toward project-level decisions in which risk or uncertainty plays a central role. Introduces students to Monte Carlo analyses, influence diagrams, and various types of multicriteria decision analyses. Culminates in a larger term project. Recommended prereq., CVEN 3227.
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3.00 Credits
Considers topics associated with the effective and efficient design of construction operations. Topics include construction productivity measurement systems, methods improvement, and short interval scheduling. Introduces and applies several computer-based simulation techniques to real-world problems. Concludes with a discussion of quality control and quality assurance emphasizing statistical QC procedures. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
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3.00 Credits
Provides an advanced study of the application and analysis of construction equipment and methods. Topics include drilling, blasting, tunneling, dewatering foundations, earthmoving, and safety. Applicable to both building and public works construction. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the issue that the building industry in the 21st century will be dominated by reuse and retrofit of existing structures. Analyzes the financial, marketing, design, and construction aspects of retrofitting U.S. building stocks such as the Empire State Building and the Seattle Kingdome. Develops and evaluates appropriate reuse and retrofit schemes through student teamwork. Prereqs., AREN 3406 and CVEN 3246. Same as AREN 4417.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of viscous incompressible flows, with first-principle solutions for environmental fluid flows in oceans, rivers, lakes and the atmosphere. Topics include the Navier-Stokes equations, kinematics, vorticity dynamics, geophysical fluid dynamics, and density stratification. Prereqs., APPM 2350, 2360, CVEN 3313, or equivalents.
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