Catalog Description: Selection of appropriate equipment based on operational parameters. Principles of construction productivity measurement and analysis. Discrete event simulation. May be repeated for credit.
Pre-requisite(s):
CCE 4003 Introduction to the Construction Industry
Designation: Required (for Construction Option), Elective (for CE)
Contribution of course to meeting the Professional Component:
| Math & Science Topic | 0.0 credit hours |
| Engineering Topics | 3.0 credit hours |
| General Education Topics | 0.0 credit hours |
| Class Schedule: | Laboratory Schedule: | ||
| Number of sessions per week | 2 | Number of sessions per week | 0 |
| Duration of each session | 75 min | Duration of each session | 0 |
Course Objectives: This
course covers modern construction equipment and technologies. This is followed
by coverage of the important topic of productivity measurement and analysis.
The course also introduces discrete event simulation, a tool that assists in
planning construction activities. The course goals are to enable students to:
· Select Construction Equipment
· Assess Eqquipment Productivity Measurement
· Understand issues related to Productivity Measurement
· Productivty Improvement
· Discrete Event Simulation Modeling
Topics:
1. Construction Equipment
Selection
· Excavators
· Dozers
· Trucks
· Scrapers
· Cranes
· Pumps
2. Productivity Measurement
· Definitions
· Work Measurement
· Daily, Average, Moving Average, and Weekly Productivity
3. Productivity Improvement
· Stacking Diagrams
· Productivity Evaluation
4. Discrete Event Simulation
· Model Components
· Probabilistic Distribution
· Queuing
· Manual Calculations and the Event Clock
5. Computer Simulation·
Model Development
· Model validation & verification
· Sensitivity Analysis
Textbook(s):
Managing Construction Equipment, S. W. Nunnally, Prentice Hall Publishers, 2000.
Reference(s):
N/A
Relationship of the
course to Program Outcomes:
This course addresses the following CEE program outcomes - 1, 2 and 5.