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Civ E 300 Civil Engineering Project

Civ E 300 Civil Engineering Project. T. Hegazy Department of Civil Engineering. Outline. Course Objectives Course Procedure and Requirements Team, Project Topic Meeting, Reporting, and Presentation… Course Evaluation Course Schedule. What Is Civ E 300 About?.

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Civ E 300 Civil Engineering Project

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  1. Civ E 300 Civil Engineering Project T. Hegazy Department of Civil Engineering

  2. Outline • Course Objectives • Course Procedure and Requirements • Team, Project Topic • Meeting, Reporting, and Presentation… • Course Evaluation • Course Schedule

  3. What Is Civ E 300 About? • You will select and work on a project to address a specific design problem • You will Learn • How to analyze problems • How to search for related information • How to identify and develop appropriate solutions • How to evaluate the solutions • Other Skills You will Learn • How to be a team player • How to give effective presentations • How to write proposals and reports • How to manage a project …

  4. Form a Project Team Technical Advisor Identify a Project Topic Develop a Project Proposal Work on the Project Client/Team Meetings Write a Project Report Present Project How Does It Work?

  5. Project Team • Each team should include 3~4 students • Each team must have a Project Manager for • tasks, schedule, work • meetings • Each team must decide a project topic and sign up (course website) before Jan. 13 (next Tuesday)

  6. Project Topic • What is a Good Project Topic? • Not too big or too small • Not too complex or too simple • Make use of what you have learned (2A, 2B and 3A) • Reflect the common interests of the team members • How to Develop and Select a Project Topic? • Have a brainstorm session • Approach a professor

  7. Technical Advisor ? • Roles of Technical Advisor: • Give advices on the topic you selected • Suggest references/information sources • They are very busy! – consultation time should not exceed 2 hours over your project life.

  8. Client-Team Meetings • I will be the “Client” who has hired you (“Team”) for the “Job” • Each Client-Team Meeting will discuss • What have been done so far? • What are the problems encountered? • What is the plan for the following week(s)? • Each meeting will take app. 10 minutes. • Each team must submit a one-page Progress Summary for each meeting.

  9. Schedule for Client-Team Meetings • See Schedule of events • You can choose your team’s meeting time

  10. Project Reporting • Each Team is Required to Write Three (3) Reports: • Project Proposal (Week 4) • Final Report (Week 10) • Administration Report (Week 11)

  11. Oral Presentations • Each team is required to give three oral presentations: • Proposal (Week 4) in Dr. Hegazy office • Progress (Week 8) in Dr. Hegazy office • Final (Week 11) in Classroom • Each presentation is limited to 10 minutes, plus 2 minutes for questions • In the final presentation only, presenter will be selected at random from his team • Look at “Guidelines for Effective Presentation”

  12. Course Requirements & Evaluation • A formal written proposal (25%) • A formal oral presentation of project proposal (5%) • Interim Client-Team Meetings/Reports (10%) • Final client report (30%) • A formal oral presentation of final report (15%) • An administration report (5%)

  13. Course Website • www.civil.uwaterloo/tarek/hegazy300.html

  14. Your Tasks for This Week? • Find partners and form a team • Develop a project topic and find a tech. advisor • Sign up as a team (Due next Tues.)

  15. Project Proposal? • What Is a Project Proposal? • ~15 pages plus appendices • References: • “Guidelines for Writing Project Proposals” • “Project Proposal Format” • Other References (listed on the Course Website)

  16. Issues in Project Proposals • Very good overall: • Appearance: Format/Tables/Figures • Logical order • Management/Budget • Major issues: • Not sufficient background • Not clear what is the exact problem (project need) • Too much vague statements or lack of quantitative support (Statistics) • Mixed up between Introduction (problems), Objectives and Approach • Little literature review • Lack of details on Technical Approach

  17. Progress Report • 2~3 pages • It should include: • Briefing on the activities performed to-data • Discussion on any additions / deletions to the scope • New improvement ideas, etc. • Revised Plan (Schedule / Cost)

  18. Project Administration Report • 3~5 pages (Required at the end of the term) • It should include • Discussion on the differences between the planned project schedule/budget (from proposal) and the actual schedule/costs (from Records of project activities) • Discussion on how team performance would be improved if you were asked to do it again • Minutes of team meetings • Project Manager Duties

  19. Project Administration Report • Using Microsoft Project • Define tasks and durations • Assign resources • Save Baseline • Tracking • Reports

  20. Final Report • 15~20 pages of text + figures and tables • Objectives: • Define a problem. • Define a method to solve the problem. • Define budget, resources, time & costs. • Develop a solution within the budget. • Conclusions and recommendations.

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