Description

Advanced topics in the area of construction engineering including underground construction: dewatering systems shoring systems and underpinning. Formwork systems in building construction: horizontal formwork and vertical formwork systems. Cranes works. Belt-conveyor systems. Tunnel construction: driving tunnels in rock, drilling rock, drill jumbos, drilling patterns, and driving tunnels with tunnel-boring machines. Bridge construction: traditional construction cantilever carriage method and flying shuttering. Dam construction.

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Objectives

• The aim of the course is to provide the students with an understanding of advanced topics in the field of constructing engineering, building construction, bridge construction and tunneling.