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051 CE 71 ESTIMATION AND VALUE ENGINEERING

Subject Description of Hours Credits

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ESTIMATION AND VALUE

051 CE 71 3 1 1 1 9
ENGINEERING

1. INTRODUCTION
General - Units of measurements – Requirements of estimation - Methods of
estimates – Advantages – simple problems – Estimation of different foundations,
steps and boundary walls.

2. ESTIMATE OF BUILDINGS
Load bearing and framed structures – Calculation of quantities of brick work, RCC,
PCC, Plastering, white washing, colour washing and painting / varnishing for shops,
rooms, residential building with flat and pitched roof – Various types of arches –
Calculation of brick work and RCC works in arches – Estimate of joineries for
panelled and glazed doors, windows, ventilators, handrails etc.

3. ESTIMATE OF OTHER STRUCTURES

Estimating of septic tank, soak pit – sanitary and water supply installations – water
supply pipe line – sewer line – tube well – open well – estimate of bituminous and
cement concrete roads – estimate of retaining walls – culverts – estimating of
irrigation works – aqueduct, syphon, fall.

4.SPECIFICATION AND RATE ANALYSIS

Object of specifications – General and Detailed specifications for various items of
work – earth work excavation – lime mortar - cement concrete – damp proof course –
form work – brick and stone masonry - Flooring – painting and wood work.
Purpose – requirements - Schedule of rates and Data book – procedure of rate
analysis – Requirement of labour and materials for different works – Obtaining rate
for different works namely cement mortar – cement concrete – RCC – RR masonry –
Brick masonry – DPC – Plastering – flooring – weathering course – pointing –
painting.

5. VALUE ENGINEERING
Objects of valuation - definition of various terms such as free and lease hold property
–Market value – Book value – Assessed value – Mortgage Value - Replacement Value
–Gross and Net Income – Capital cost – Cost Escalation - sinking fund – Depreciation
–Methods – phases in value engineering Audit.

TEXT BOOKS:
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1) S.C.Rangwala, 2003, Estimating, Costing and Valuation, Charotar Publishing

House, Anand
2) Mr. B.Kanagasabapathy, 2002, Practical Valuation – Vol I M/s.
EhilalarasiKanagasabapathy, Thiruchirappalli.
3) Kohli, D.D and Kohli, R.C., “A Text Book of Estimating and Costing (Civil)”,
S.Chand& Company Ltd, 2004

REFERENCES:

1) S.C.Rangwala, 2003, Valuation of Real Properties, Charotar Publishing

House, Anand
2) B.N Dutta, 2003, Estimating and Costing in Civil Engineering, UBS Publishers
Distributors Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
051 CE 72 ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS FINANCE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS

Subject Description of Hours Credits

Subject Name
Code L S/T AS IS P

ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

051 CE 72 3 - 1 2 9
FINANCE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS

1. ECONOMICS
Role of civil engineering in industrial development - Advances in civil engineering
and engineering economics - Support matters of economy as related to engineering
Market demand and supply choice of technology and quality control and quality
production - Audit in economic, Law of returns governing production.

2. LAND AND CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS

Urban land use and values - Construction development in housing, transport and
other infrastructures –Economics of ecology, environment, energy resources, local
material selection, form and functional designs –Construction workers - Urban
problems - Poverty - Migration -Unemployment - Pollution.

3. FINANCING
The need for financial management - Types of financing - Short term borrowing -
Long term borrowing –Leasing - Equity financing - Internal generation of funds -
External commercial borrowings - Assistance from government budgeting support
and international finance corporations - analysis of financial statement – Balance
Sheet - Profit and Loss account - Funds flow statement - Ratio analysis - Investment
and financing decision –Financial control Job control and centralized management.

4. ACCOUNTING METHOD
General overview - Cash basis of accounting - Accrual basis of accounting -
Percentage - Completion method - Completed contract method - Accounting for tax
reporting purposes and financial reporting purposes.

5. LENDING TO CONTRACTORS
Loans to contractors - Interim construction financing - Security and risk aspects.

TEXT BOOKS:

1) Warneer Z, Hirsch, 1998, Urban Economics, Macmillan, New York,.

2) Prasanna Chandra, 1999, " Project Management ", TMH. New Delhi
3) Gray, Clifford F and Larson, Erik W, 2000, Project Management, McGraw-Hill,
New Delhi.
 051 CE 73 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

Subject Description of Hours Credits

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Code L S/T AS IS P

051 CE 73 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT 3 1 1 1 9

1. PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

Definition – importance – function of Construction Management – relevance to govt.,
Quasi govt. departments private contractors and contracting firms – organization –
Types of organizations & Hierarchy of organization.

2. CONSTRUCTION PLANNING & MANAGEMENT

CONSTRUCTION PLANNING: Collection of field data – preliminary estimates –

approval and sanction of estimates – budget provision – construction stages –
scheduling methods – progress report and charts.
RESOURCE PLANNING: Planning for materials, machines, men and organization –
resource allocation.
LABOUR AND LABOUR WELFARE: Relationship between management and labour
–
problems – labour legislation – minimum wages Act – settlement of disputes –
industrial
psychology.
COMPUTER APPLICATION IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT: Planning –
Scheduling and Resource analysis - Recording and operations- Project accounting,
costing and finance – usage of project management software

3. MANAGEMENT METHODS
Concepts of network – Bar chart (Gantt Chart) network planning methods
CPM/PERT –
management by network analysis and control – principles of cost control, Cash flow
–cash inflow – outflow – cost control-tools and techniques – cost control in
construction projects – Exercise on cash flow in Civil engineering projects and cost
control by graphical representation by bill of quantities and by network analysis –
Resource
Levelling.

4. EXECUTION OF WORKS
DEPARTMENTAL WORKS: Procedure – departmental labor – quality control,
inspection and duties of personnel – safety requirements.
CONTRACTORS: Contract system – types of contracts – specifications, documents,
procedures, conditions, taxes, law of constructions and Legal implications and
penalties.
TENDER AND TENDER DOCUMENTS: Definition – calling for tenders – tender
documents – submission of tenders – processing of tenders – negotiations and
settlement of contracts.

5. ACCOUNTS AND STORES

Measurements of work – recording – check measurements – types of bills – mode of
payment – budget estimate – revised estimates – completion of report and certificates
–
claims and transfer classification of transaction – ledger accounts – interest account –
cash book. Suspense classification – stores – maintenance inspection – inventories –
transfer of surplus and accounting of shortage – stores.

Text Books
1. Seetharaman,S., Construction Engineering and Management, Umesh Publications,
1997.
2. Sengupta,B., and Guha,H., Construction Management and Planning, Tata
McGraw-Hill Co, 1995.
References
1. SangaReddy,S., and Meyyappan, PL., Construction Management, Kumaran
Publications, Coimbatore, 1995.
2. Ranna,V.K., Construction Management Practice, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing co,
1998.
3. Chitkara,K.K., Construction Project Management, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing
co,
1998.
4.JosephL.Massie, Essentials of Management, Prentice Hall of India,2009
5.Sharma J.L., 1999, Construction management and accounts, SathyaPrakashan, New
Delhi.
6.Srinath,L.S. 1998, An introduction to project management, Tata McGraw Hill
publications, New Delhi
051 MG 74PROFESSIONAL ETHICS (COMMON TO EEE, ECE, CSE, ISNE)

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051 MG 74 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS 2 - 1 1 6

1. ENGINEERING ETHICS
Senses of Engineering Ethics- variety of moral issues- Types of inquiry – Moral
dilemmas. Moral Autonomy- Kohlberg’s theory – Gilligan’s theory – Consensus and
Controversy- Professions and Professionalism – Professional ideals and virtues-
theories – Theories about right action- Self- interest- Customs and religion- Use of
Ethical Theories.

2. ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION

Engineering as experimentation- Engineers as responsible experiments – Codes of

Ethics- A Balanced Outlook on Law- The Challenger Case Study.

3. ENGINEER’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR AUTHORITY

Safety and risk – Assessment of safety and risk –Risk Benefit Analysis- Reducing
risk- The Three Mile Island and Chernobyl case Studies.

4. RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS

Collegiality and loyalty - Respect for Authority – Collective bargaining-

Confidentiality – Conflicts of Interest – Occupational Crime – professional rights –
Employee Rights – Discrimination.

5. GLOBAL ISSUES & ENGINEER ROLE

Multinational Corporations – Environmental Ethics – Computer Ethics- Weapons

Development – Engineers as Managers- Consulting Engineers- Engineers as Expert
Witnesses and Advisors – Moral Leadership- Sample code of conduct.

Total No Of Hours: 45
TEXT BOOKS
1. Mike Martin and Roland Schinzinger, 2000, Ethics in Engineering, McGraw
Hill, New York,
2. Charles D Fledderman, 1999 Engineering Ethics, Prentice hall, New Mexico,
051 CE 14 WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING

1. GENERAL

Water Resources Survey - Water Resource of Tanzania- Description of Water

Resources Planning - Economics of W.R.Planning - Physical and Socio - economic
data - National water Policy - Collection of meteorological and hydrological data for
water resources development

2. NETWORK DESIGN

Hydrologic measurement – Analysis of hydrologic data - Hydrologic station network

- Station network design - Statistical techniques in network design.

3. WATER RESOURCE NEEDS

Consumptive and non-consumptive water use - Estimation of water requirements for

irrigation, for drinking and navigation - Water characteristics and quality – Scope
and aims of master plan - Concept of basin as a unit for development - Water budget
and development plan.

4. RESERVOIR PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

Reservoir - Single and multipurpose - Multiobjective - Fixation of Storage capacity -

Strategies for reservoir operation - Sedimentation of reservoirs - Design flood -
Levees and flood walls - Channel improvement.

5. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Estimation of cost and Evaluation of Benefits - Discount rate - Discounting factors -
Discounting techniques – Computer Application.

No. of Hours : 60
TEXT BOOKS:

1) Linsley R.K. and Franzini J.B, 2000, Water Resources Engineering, McGraw
Hill Inc,
2) Douglas J.L. and Lee R.R., 2000, Economics of Water Resources Planning, Tata
McGraw Hill Inc.

REFERENCES:

1) Chaturvedi M.C., 2000, Water Resources Systems Planning and Management,

Tata McGraw Hill Inc., New Delhi,
2) Goodman Alvin S., 1999, Principles of Water Resources Planning, Prentice-
Hall,
3) Maass et al. 1998., Design of Water Resources Systems, Macmillan,
051 CE 81 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

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TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND
051 CE 81 3 1 2 9
MANAGEMENT

1. INTRODUCTION

Significance and scope, Characteristics of Vehicles and Road Users, Skid Resistance
and Braking Efficiency (Problems), Components of Traffic Engineering- Road, Traffic
and Land Use Characteristics

2. TRAFFIC SURVEYS AND ANALYSIS

Surveys and Analysis - Volume, Capacity, Speed and Delays, Origin and Destination,
Parking, Pedestrian Studies, Accident Studies and Safety Level of Services- Problems

3. TRAFFIC CONTROL

Traffic Signs, Road Markings, Design of Traffic Signals and Signal Co-ordination
(Problems), Traffic control Aids and Street Furniture, Computer Applications in
Signal Design

4. DESIGN OF GEOMETRIC INTERSECTIONS

Conflicts at Intersections, Classification of Intersections at Grade, Grade Separators

(Concepts only), Principles of Intersection Design, Elements of Intersection Design,
Channelisation and Rotary Design (Problem)

5. TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Traffic Management- Traffic System Management (TSM) and Travel Demand

Management (TDM), Restrictions on Turning Movements, One-way Streets, Traffic
Segregation, Traffic Calming, Tidal Flow Operations, Exclusive Bus Lanes -
Introduction to Intelligence Transport System (ITS)
No. of Hours : 60

TEXT BOOKS:

1) Khanna K and Justo C E G, 2001, Highway Engineering, Khanna Publishers,

Roorkee,.
2) Kadiyali L R, 2000, Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning, Khanna
Technical Publications, Delhi
051 CE 77 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND DRAWING

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Code L S/T AS IS P

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND

051 CE 77 - - 2 2 6
DRAWING

1. Design and drawing of R.C.C. cantilever and counterfort type retaining walls
with reinforcement details.
2. Design of solid slab and R.C. Tee beam bridges for loading and reinforcement
details

3. Deign of rectangular, pressed and hemispherical bottomed steel tank –staging

–riveted joints – detailed drawing
4. Design of circular, rectangular and intze type water tank reinforcementdetails

5. Design of plate girder – twin girder deck type railway bridge – through type
and deck type highway bridges – Truss girder bridges – detailed drawing –
riveted connections.

051 PJ 89 PROJECT PHASE I

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053 PJ 89 PROJECT PHASE-I 2 4 9

The Objective of project work is to enable the students to work in convenient groups
of not more than three members in a group on a project involving theoretical and
experimental studies related to Civil Engineering. Every Project Work shall have a
Guide who is a member of the faculty of the College or University. Time shall be
allotted in the Time Table for this important activity and this time shall be utilized by
the students to receive directions from the Guide, on library reading, laboratory
work, computer analysis or field work as assigned by the Guide and also to present
in periodical seminars the progress made in the project.

Each student shall finally produce a comprehensive report covering background

information, literature Survey, problem statement, Project work details and
conclusions. This final report shall be typewritten form as specified in the guidelines.

The continuous assessment and semester evaluation may be carried out as specified
in the guidelines to be issued from time to time.