Course
code CB221
credit_hours 3
title Construction Engineering Drawings
arbic title
prequisites ME151
credit hours 3
Description/Outcomes Introduction to construction engineering as related to the overall types of Engineering projects - A brief review of the construction industry site layout, erection of steel and concrete structures - Drawings to demonstrate the concepts of various types of civil engineering and construction projects which include: residential and industrial buildings, water resources projects, urban transportation systems, coastal development projects, and environmental protection projects - Design and construction drawings which include architectural systems, structural systems, mechanical and electrical installation. Field strips and analysis of local construction projects.
arabic Description/Outcomes
objectives The objective of this course to introduce the student with the knowledge of construction engineering drawings.
arabic objectives
ref. books Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers by Merritt, F.S. Publisher: McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, 1983.rn Civil Engineering Drawings by Abd El-Rehim, M., and Mostafa, M.R. Publisher: Dar El-Rateb El-Jamiah, Beirut, Lebanon, 1984.rn
arabic ref. books
textbook Construction Engineering Drawings by S.Ibrahim, Publisher: Arab Academy for Science & Technology & Maritime Transport, Alexandria, Egypt, Latest Edition.
arabic textbook
objective set combined
content set combined
Course Content
content serial Description
1 Week No.1 :Construction industry ( Phases of projects execution & operation to turn-key and contract documents (designs and specification drawings).
2 Week No.2:Building structural systems (Foundations, frames, columns, and bearing walls).
3 Week No.3: Retaining walls (Application in building & water resources, Stepped retaining walls, Plain concrete retaining walls, Reinforced concrete retaining walls.
4 Week No.4:Retaining walls(cont.).
5 Week No.5:Earth work (canals) .
6 Week No.6: Earth work (Roads).
7 Week No.7 :Stairs (Types of stairs, Geometric design of stairs).
8 Week No.8: Residential & Commercial buildings (Architectural plans, Electrical plans, Plumbing plans, Phases of building execution.
9 Week No.9: Residential & Commercial buildings (cont.)
10 Week No.10: Steel drawings and construction.rnSteel columns on column bases, Trusses with angles, Trusses with hollow section.rn
11 Week No.11: Steel drawings and construction(Cont).
12 Week No.12: Transportation systems. rn
13 Week No.13: Reinforced concrete bridges.
14 Week No.14: Rolled steel joint bridges.
15 Week No.15: Timber bridges.
16 Week No.16: Final Exam.