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CEE421 Legal Aspects of Engineering
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisites: ETHC305
A course on the structure for how contractual aspects and relationships work in construction
industry; with respect of contract law and legal rules application in actual practice; similarly how
the legal problem are managed; specifically subject covered the prime construction process,
principal documents for design services and subcontracting service; standard form documents---
for design and prime construction services; Project participants and the Initial Decision Maker
(IDM); the contracts, procurements and bid evaluation, construction contract documents and
specifications, torts, parties in contract, professional liability, changes and variation orders,
insurance expert testimony, arbitration, patents and copyrights, sureties and ethics.

CEE422 Contracts, Specifications and Quantity Surveying
Credits: 3 (2,1,2) Prerequisites: CEE322
The course focuses on the structure of construction documents and their interrelationships. Items
covered include: means of contract procurements; standard agreements, general and particular
contract conditions; construction drawings; administrative and procedural requirements for
construction; and the various types of contracts relating to the construction business. Technical
specifications and methods of quantity surveying are the focus of most of the lab work.

CEE423 Construction Safety
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisites: Senior Level Standing
This course explores Safety practices in the construction industry and the broad range of topics
related to construction projects safety. Items covered include: regulations and standards;
construction projects hazard avoidance concepts and techniques; plant safety applications,
management and its safety responsibilities; analytical trees and fault tree analysis; risk
assessment, emergency planning, personal protection and first aid; and the role of information
systems in safety management. The course is designed to assist the student with the
implementation of safe healthy practices in engineering projects.

CEE424 BIM Construction Management
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisites: Senior Level Standing
This course provides solid hand-on knowledge about BIM through the understanding of its
theoretical and historical backgrounds as well as the practical exercises of the related various BIM
software tools. The course will explore the benefits of BIM tools and methods as used by all
relevant stakeholders, such as clients, design teams, construction manager, contractors and
maintenance operators etc. This course also work with BIM software tools to create 3D models
that extract quantities for estimation purposes on the basis of input resources as well as that
operate construction schedule (4D simulation) for project planning. Furthermore, the course will
focus on the virtual design and construction management process that integrates 3D BIM model
with scheduling and costing, what is called, 5D simulation.

CEE425 Highway and Airport Engineering
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisites: CEE322
This course covers fundamentals of pavement design, requirements of an ideal pavement,
elements of pavement structure, types of pavement, pavement evaluation methods and
rehabilitation and maintenance techniques of highway pavements. It also covers airport planning,
geometric design, inlet size and location design, runoff, surface and subsurface design.

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