Bachelor of Engineering (Civil): Year 3

• (a) Laboratory work in soil mechanics and environmental engineering
• (b) Communications
• (c) Design of structures in steel and concrete
• (d) Engineer in Society.

Characteristics, standards and sources of waters and wastewaters. Water purification processes in natural systems; rivers, lakes, estuaries and soils. Engineered systems for water purification; settlement, coagulation, softening, filtration and disinfection. Engineered systems for wastewater treatment and disposal; primary, secondary and advanced treatment. Water distribution and wastewater collection systems. Air, noise, sludges, solid wastes, agricultural wastes; characteristics and engineered systems for pollution control. Environmental law and environmental impact assessments. Introduction to geotechnical engineering. Characteristics of soils, phase relations; effective stress, total stress and pore water pressures; undrained and drained shear strength; MohrCoulomb failure criterion; laboratory testing of soils; earth pressures; seepage. Introduction to bearing capacity, consolidation and slope stability. Geometric design of highways: sight distance, horizontal and vertical alignment, transition curves, aesthetics and computer applications with digital terrain models. Signposting. Junction design. Isolated traffic signals. Roundabouts. Speed, flow and density. Level of service. Specifications for roadworks. Sub-base materials. Roadbase materials. Surfacing materials. Equilibrium moisture content. Equivalent wheel load factor. CBR test. Empirical flexible pavement design.

• (a) Laboratory work in soil mechanics and environmental engineering
• (b) Communications
• (c) Design of structures in steel and concrete
• (d) Preparation of Environmental Impact Statements
• (e) Engineer in Society.

Introduction to: contractual roles and relationships, contracts and contract documents, construction planning and control, project network analysis, health, safety and welfare in construction, disputes claims and arbitration, economic appraisal and evaluation of construction projects. Further topics on: contractual roles and relationships, contracts and contract documents, construction planning and control, project network analysis, health, safety and welfare in construction, disputes claims and arbitration, economic appraisal and evaluation of construction projects. Basic structural concepts including equilibrium, linearity, superposition, determinacy and geometric stability. Member forces and deflections in statically determinate trusses; shear and moment diagrams. Introduction to real work, virtual work. Strain Energy. Fixed Beams. Continuous Beams. Stiffness and Flexibility. Introduction to moment distribution. Time-independent and time-dependent behaviour, elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity. Bending, torsion, combined loading, principal stresses and strains. Introduction to the stiffness method. Computer applications by means of structural analysis software packages through interactive computer packages. Influence lines for simple structures. Maxwell’s and Betti’s theorems. Mueller-Breslau’s principle. Moment distribution, application to continuous beams and simple frames. Two pinned segmental and parabolic arches. Suspension bridge. Applications to beams, frames, pressure vessels. Principle of virtual work. Buckling and related topics. Statically indeterminate stress systems. Energy methods; impact loading. Theories of failure. History of concrete in structures. Limit state design principles. Loading. Analysis of reinforced concrete sections in flexure. Shear. Bond. Deflection and cracking. Durability. Design of simple reinforced concrete slabs, beams and columns. Pad foundations. Introduction to reinforcement detailing. Computer-aided drafting. Simple computer analysis of frames. Introduction to modern design principles for steelwork. Introduction to codes of practice for loading and steelwork BS6399, BS5950 and EC3. Loading of Structures. Tension members including eccentric loading. Local buckling, effective section area and moduli. Compression members including eccentric loading. Basis of strut design curves. Design of laterally supported beams. Connections. Bolts, types and grades. Welds, types, electrodes. Direct shear joints. Eccentrically loaded joints – shear and torsion, and shear and tension types. Joints in simple and rigid design. Design of simple buildings incorporating the above elements which also include bolted and welded trusses. Bracing. Geometric design of highways: sight distance, horizontal and vertical alignment, transition curves, aesthetics and computer applications with digital terrain models. Signposting. Junction design. Isolated traffic signals. Roundabouts. Speed, flow and density. Level of service. Specifications for roadwork's. Sub-base materials. Roadbase materials. Surfacing materials. Equilibrium moisture content. Equivalent wheel load factor. CBR test. Empirical flexible pavement design.

• (a) Project planning and organisation using commercial software (e.g. Primavara)
• (b) Project Manager in Society
• (c) Communications
• (d) Design of Structures in Steel
• (e) Preparation of Environmental Impact Statements
• (f) Soil mechanics laboratory

Flow in pipes, rough and smooth pipe laws, boundary layers, Colebrook-White equation, universal resistance diagrams, empirical resistance formulae, form losses, pipe networks and pumped systems. Energy and momentum principles in steady, open-channel flow including hydraulic jump, critical control sections and water surface profiles, introduction to hydraulic machinery. Selected case studies. Environmental and analytical chemistry are closely connected, for it is only by the application of modern analytical chemistry techniques that it is possible to study environmental problems. The course covers: Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Ecotoxicology, Analytical Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Separation Techniques, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, Electrochemistry. Demand analysis. Individual consumer behaviour, market demand, cross demand, elasticity. Utility approach: Indifference curve analysis. Production: production functions, cost of production, isoquante application of supply and demand analysis. Market structures; purely competitive market, market equilibrium, the theory of the firm, monopoly pricing and output decisions under monopoly and under perfect competition. Imperfect markets, mono polistic competition. Income distribution. Factor markets and determination of factor prices. General equilibrium. Welfare economics. Mathematical modelling approach to managerial decision making; Linear programming; Sensitivity Analysis; Integer Programming; Transportation; Transhipment; Assignment; Network Flow Models; Multi-criteria Decision Making; Decision Analysis. This course builds on the foundation established in first year by introducing students to specific laws on health and safety, e.g. governing industry, the office, construction and offshore installations. Statutes such as the Safety in Industry Act 1980, the Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Act 1987, and many other statutes and regulations will be considered. European and Irish Environmental legislation. Irish and European Legal Systems. Local Government Planning Acts. Environmental Protection Agency Act. Fisheries Acts. Water Pollution Acts. Waste Act. Air Pollution Act. Role of Duchas - the Heritage Service. Environmental Impact Assessment. Statutory Instruments. Licensing. A Bord Pleanala. Appeals procedures. Public inquiries. Arbitration. Contracts for the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Contract definition and formation; contract terms express and implied; defects in the contract; contract performance; remedies for breach; transfer of ownership and risk, reservation of title clauses; consumer protection; Vienna Convention.Commercial Law: Negotiable instruments, bills of exchange, cheques and promissory notes, agency, hire purchase and leasing, insurance law. Company Law: Definition and characteristics of a company; effects of incorporation; types of company; corporate personality; lifting the corporate veil; the formation of a company; memorandum of association; objects clause; ultra vires rule; altering the memorandum of association; articles of association; altering the articles, shareholders, duties of directors, corporate finance, receivership, examinership, liquidation. Partnership Law: Definition and nature of partnership; types of partner; relationship of partners to outsiders dealing with the firm; relationship of partners with each other; expulsion of partners; dissolution of partnership. The objective of this course is to enable students to identify, understand and implement appropriate practices and procedures in the management of human resources at the operational level. Topics include: Fundamental principles in the management of human resources; human resources in the business environment; reward management - compensation and benefits, job analysis and job evaluation, performance appraisal; human resource planning; recruitment and selection; communication and participation; developing personnel policy statements; HRM and the "new" personnel management - issues for management and for unions; training and development; career planning, career development, interface of personal and work life. Water quality and regulation; Water resources and hydrobiology; Water pollution and water quality assessment; Water quality management; Water treatment and distribution; Drinking water contamination; Microbial quality of drinking water; Nature of wastewater; Wastewater treatment; Biological aspects of secondary treatment; Fixed-film systems; Activated sludge; Other biological treatment systems; Anaerobic treatment; Sludge treatment and disposal; Bioremediation; Air contamination; corrosion.