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CEE426 Traffic Engineering
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisites: CEE322
This course provides knowledge of fundamentals of traffic engineering, with emphasis on traffic
studies, traffic control devices, safety and crash prediction and traffic impact analysis. It includes
driver behaviour and interactions between vehicle, road and traffic environment determine both
traffic performance and safety. Planning, design, regulation and operation of road traffic are
covered.

CEE427 Transportation Systems Management
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisites: CEE322
This course covers fundamentals of transportation engineering. Design, operations and planning
of transportation systems and modes with applications of various technologies, emphasizing road
and public transit. It also covers highway geometric and pavement design principles.

CEE428 Cost Engineering: Estimating, Budgeting and Control
Credits: 3 (2,0,3) Prerequisites: CEE323
The course explores Cost Engineering for construction organizations, projects, and operations.
Topics covered include: construction financing; break-even, profit, cash flow analyses, capital
budgeting, equipment costs and procurement decisions; construction financial accounting, cost
accounting, and cost control systems; cost breakdown, fixed and variable costs, direct and indirect
costs, insurance and bond premiums, and overhead and markup; cost indices and conceptual
estimates, parametric estimates, detailed estimates, unit price proposals, measuring work and
payment determination.

CEE429 Project Planning, Scheduling and Control
Credits: 3 (2,0,3) Prerequisites: CEE323
Study of the concepts used in planning, scheduling and controlling construction projects.
Investigation of the planning activities for construction projects starting with Work Break Down
Structure (WBS), resource, equipment and materials analysis and selection; productivity, time and
cost estimates. Scheduling techniques including precedence diagrams, Critical Path Method
(CPM), Program Evaluation Review Techniques (PERT), linear scheduling methods, resource
leveling, time-cost analysis, bar charts, time-scaled diagrams, and computer applications
(Primavera, Microsoft Project, or equivalent software); Project updating, evaluation and control,
and earned value analysis.

CEE430 Construction Equipment and Methods
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisites: CEE323
This course explores issues and concepts relating to contemporary developments in materials,
construction and building engineering technology and introduces students to techniques
appropriate for the production of medium to large scale buildings. Students will engage with these
new theories and technologies in an exploratory environment to develop an understanding of
various structural systems and elements, building fabric, materiality, detailing, and the
relationship between design, construction and structures.

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