Soil and Rock Construction (5 ECTS)
Code: TX00BK66-3008
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.12.2019 - 19.01.2020
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 13.01.2020 - 30.04.2020
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 ECTS
- Mode of delivery
- On-campus
- Campus
- Myllypurontie 1
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Civil Engineering
- Teachers
- Anu Ilander
- Course
- TX00BK66
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course the student can
- explain the methods and phases of earth construction as well as the materials used
- describe principles of planning and supervising earth construction
- produce a soil construction work plan
- describe and plan the blasting stages, the most common explosives and detonators
- follow relevant safety and environmental regulations in planning and implementation.
Content
1. Phases of construction
2. Machinery and equipment
3. Materials
4. Work capacity concepts
5. Planning and supervising soil work
6. Phases in rock construction, explosives and detonators
7. Introduction to the publications MaaRYL and InfraRYL
8. Rules and regulations related to blasting and excavation
9. Building information models for soil and rock construction
Prerequisites
Foundation and Soil Engineering
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Students are able to
- explain the soil and rock construction work methods, phases and materials used
- explain rock crushing methods
- comply with the planning and implementation of the relevant safety and environmental regulations
- to describe the work of construction work planning and control principles
- to draw up a work plan of the soil construction
- explain and plan open and tunnel excavation
- describe and plan the extraction stages, the most common explosives and detonator
- explain usual rock bolting methods
- explain basics of vibration in rock and soil due to blasting and its impact to surroundings
Assessment criteria, good (3)
The student knows well aforementioned items
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
The student knows excellently aforementioned items
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Students are able to
- explain the soil and rock construction work methods, phases and materials used
- explain rock crushing methods
- comply with the planning and implementation of the relevant safety and environmental regulations
- to describe the work of construction work planning and control principles
- to draw up a work plan of the soil construction
- explain and plan open and tunnel excavation
- describe and plan the extraction stages, the most common explosives and detonator
- explain usual rock bolting methods
- explain basics of vibration in rock and soil due to blasting and its impact to surroundings