Courses
Courses primarily for undergraduates:
Credits: Required. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Orientation to the design and construction industry. Emphasis on teambuilding and professionalism, including teamwork, communication, career opportunities, leadership, and interacting with engineers in other disciplines. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Laboratory 2.
Integration of first-year and transfer students into the engineering profession and the Construction Engineering program. Assignments and activities completed both individually and in learning teams involving teamwork, academic preparation, and study skills. Introduction to construction industry professionals. Teamwork topics include interdisciplinary teamwork, skills for academic success, diversity issues and leadership. Introduction to organization of program, department, college, and university. Overview of faculty, staff, policies, procedures and resources. (Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Laboratory 2.
Continuation of CONE 1210. Integration of first year and transfer students into the engineering profession. Career preparation, professional ethics, construction research, leadership. Introduction to construction industry professionals including how they interact with engineers in other disciplines. Continued introduction to program, department, college, and university organization. Overview of faculty, staff, policies, procedures and resources. (Typically Offered: Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: Credit or concurrent enrollment in (CHEM 1670 or CHEM 1770); Credit or concurrent enrollment (ABE 1600 or AERE 1600 or BME 1600 or CE 1600 or CHE 1600 or CPRE 1850 or EE 1850 or ENGR 1600 or IE 1480 or ME 1600 or SE 1850); Credit or concurrent enrollment ENGL 1500; Credit or concurrent enrollment ENGR 1010; Credit or concurrent enrollment LIB 1600; Credit or concurrent enrollment MATH 1650 or MATH 1650H; Credit or concurrent enrollment MATH 1660 or MATH 1660H; Credit or concurrent enrollment PHYS 2310 or PHYS 2310H; Credit or concurrent enrollment PHYS 2310L
Entry level course for construction engineering: integration of significant engineering and management issues related to construction company operations. Company organization and operations; construction and project administration; construction contracts; project delivery systems; quality management; construction safety; contract and project documents.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 3.
Prereq: Engineering Basic Program Courses
Introduction to materials and methods of building construction and to construction drawings. Foundation, structural framing, floor, roof, and wall systems. Blueprint reading and quantity takeoff techniques.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Laboratory 3.
Prereq: Credit or enrollment in CONE 2410
Introduction to the materials and methods for mechanical and electrical construction systems and drawings. HVAC, water and waste water, power distribution, lighting, and fire protection. Blueprint reading and quantity takeoff.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: CONE 2410; (CONE 2220 or CE 3060)
Selection and acquisition of construction equipment. Application of engineering fundamentals and economics to performance characteristics and production of equipment. Heavy construction methods and economic applications.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: EM 3240 and CONE 2220 or CE 3060
Planning and field engineering for concrete and steel construction. Design and applications of concrete formwork to construction. Erection of structural steel. Emerging industry themes.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: (CONE 2220; CONE 2510; PHYS 2320; PHYS 2320L) or Permission of Instructor
Comprehensive coverage of mechanical systems, plumbing, fire protection. Analysis techniques and design principles for each system. Required comprehensive design project for a major building project.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: ([Credit or concurrent enrollment in CONE 3520]; PHYS 2320 or PHYS 2320H; PHYS 2320L) or Instructor Permission
Comprehensive coverage of building electrical systems including power, lighting, fire alarm, security and communications. Analysis techniques and design principles for each system. Required comprehensive design project for a major building project.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: CONE 3520 or Permission of Department
Energy performance of buildings, building shells, HVAC, electrical and other building systems. Analysis and evaluation of building performance, energy efficiency, environmental quality, first costs, and operating costs. Strategies to exceed energy code requirements through the ASHRAE Standard 90.1.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: Junior classification
Introduction to law and judicial procedure as they relate to the practicing engineer. Contracts, professional liability, professional ethics, licensing, bidding procedures, intellectual property, products liability, risk analysis. Emphasis on development of critical thinking process, abstract problem analysis and evaluation.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Team development of construction process designs and cost estimates for transportation construction projects under closely simulated conditions. Examine project sites, consult with construction industry mentors, obtain subcontractor and supplier quotations, and submit bids.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: CONE 2410 and CONE 2510
Conceptual and detailed cost estimating. Theory and practice of estimating construction costs of materials, labor, equipment, contingency, overhead and markup. Estimating competencies and bid ethics. Electronic quantity take off and pricing methods. Assemblies costs, unit costs, production rates. Analysis of project profitability, cost analysis and cost control methods. Value engineering. Life cycle cost analysis.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: Credit or enrollment in CONE 4220
Integration of previous construction coursework into the planning, scheduling, and management of time, costs, and other resources. Emphasis on preparation and analysis of network schedules. Comprehensive planning and scheduling project. Computer project management applications.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Laboratory 2.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Similar to CONE 3810, except students with previous experience attempt projects with larger scope or lead students with less experience.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: CONE 3400; CONE 3520; CONE 3530; CONE 4220; CONE 4410; Senior classification
The integrated delivery of project services as a team, including preliminary engineering design process, constructability review, interaction with the client, identification of engineering problems, developments of a proposal, identification of design criteria, cost estimating, planning and scheduling, application of codes and standards, development of feasible alternatives, selection of best alternative, and delivery of oral presentations.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 1, Laboratory 5.
Prereq: CONE 3400; CONE 3520; CONE 3530; CONE 4220; CONE 4410; within two semesters of graduation
Application of team design concepts to a construction engineering project. Project planning. Advanced construction and project management.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 1-3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Department Permission for Course
Individual study in any phase of construction engineering. Pre-enrollment contract required.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)