Pearson Higher Nationals in Construction and the Built Environment SCHEME OF WORK UNIT: 29 Geotechnics & Soil Mechanics For use with the Higher National Certificate and Higher National Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment First teaching from September 2017 Issue 1
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Please note that Schemes of Work are for guidance and support only. They can be customised and amended according to localised needs and requirements. All schemes of work can be adapted to suit specific establishment time frames in line with GLH delivery. SCHEME OF WORK Programme Title: Higher Nationals in Construction and The Built Environment Level: 5 Unit Title: Geotechnics & Soil Mechanics Tutor: Unit Number: 29 Academic Year: Learning Outcomes (LO) Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4 Review rock types, their formation and uses within civil engineering. Explore and classify soils to current codes of practice. Analyse soil properties determined by geotechnical procedures. Produce a proposal to address identified geotechnical weaknesses and problems. 3
Please note that Schemes of Work are for guidance and support only. They can be customised and amended according to localised needs and requirements. All schemes of work can be adapted to suit specific establishment time frames in line with GLH delivery. Sessions Learning Outcome(s) Session Activities Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Session 7 Topic: Introduction to the unit and rock type formation and classification topics: formation of igneous rock, metamorphic rock, sedimentary rock, petrographic classification and Bowens reaction series. Topic: Susceptibility to weathering and weathering processes Launch Assessment 1 topics: Goldrich s weathering series, physical, chemical and biological weathering processes. Topic: Discontinuous nature of rock mass topics: rock discontinuities and the causes, formation processes, folding and faulting and the problems this causes for civil engineers and how these are overcome. Topic: Formation and uses of un-cemented sediments within civil engineering topics: denudation, erosion, deposition and sedimentation. Topic: Rock and un-cemented sediments uses within civil engineering In groups, students are to prepare a short presentation on one of the following topics: uses of different rock types, quarrying and aggregate production, uses of clay, gravel and sand within civil engineering. Topic: Field Study Trip Students to visit a geotechnical engineering site laboratory to discuss, and observe, ground and site investigation methods and techniques. Topic: Ground and site investigation, soil sampling, soil description Students to visit a geotechnical engineering site laboratory to discuss, and observe, soil sampling and soil description methods to current codes of practice. 4
Sessions Learning Outcome(s) Session Activities Session 8 Session 9 Session 10 Session 11 Session 12 Session 13 Session 14 Topic: Soil classification Students to visit a geotechnical engineering laboratory to discuss, undertake and observe soil descriptions, determination of particle size distribution. Topic: Soil classification Students to visit a geotechnical engineering laboratory to discuss, undertake and observe determination of specific gravity and determination of plasticity index to produce soil classifications. Topic: Assessment Workshop Students receive tutorial assistance with Assessment 1. Topic: Assessment Workshop Launch Assessment 2 Students receive tutorial assistance with Assessment 1. Students to visit a geotechnical engineering laboratory to discuss, undertake and Students to visit a geotechnical engineering laboratory to discuss undertake and Students to visit a geotechnical engineering laboratory to discuss undertake and 5
Sessions Learning Outcome(s) Session Activities Session 15 Session 16 Session 17 Session 18 Session 19 Session 20 Students to visit a geotechnical engineering laboratory to discuss undertake and Topic: Analysis of soil properties determined by geotechnical procedures and the implications for infrastructure projects Topic: Analysis of soil properties determined by geotechnical procedures and the implications for infrastructure projects Topic: Analysis of soil properties determined by geotechnical procedures Topic: Analysis of soil properties determined by Geotechnical procedures Topic: Assessment workshop Students receive tutorial assistance with Assessment 2. 6