ENG09034 2019 Structural Inspection and Assessment of Bridges

Derive an understanding of bridge construction history, bridge types and construction techniques, including masonry arch construction, reinforced and prestressed concrete, and steel and composite construction.

Critically assess and evaluate bridge management systems, including appraising and advising on any limitations associated with the management systems and bridge inspection, assessment, and maintenance strategies.

Evaluate, select and apply appropriate bridge (and associated structures) inspection and assessment techniques to determine appropriate data for the design of appropriate maintenance strategies, repair and strengthening of bridges.

Critically evaluate the application of bridge (and associated structures) repair, strengthening and modification techniques for concrete, steel and masonry bridges and assess their environmental and heritage implications.

Effectively collaborate and communicate with others in the inspection and assessment of bridges (and associated structures).

This module will consist of lectures supported by learning through group and individual projects to further develop expertise in topics.

This module will be delivered to part-time online learners through a mix of live online lectures and online tutorials. The lectures and tutorials
will be recorded and made available to the learners through Moodle.

Workshops will also be used to bring learners together for special lectures or design workshops

This module is 60% continuous assessment and 40% final examination at the end of the semester. The continuous assessment is by
group project work. 

Both individual and team performance will be assessed at different stages during this project work with an emphasis on teamwork.

Peer assessment will be incorporated into marks awarded for all practical work. The sizing of the slice method of group assessment (Clelford & Hopkins, 2014) will be used to allocate marks to the individual members of the project group. A copy of this method of allocating marks will be given to the students at the start of the module.  

Clelford, T. & Hopkins, A., 2014. Sizing the Slice: Assessing Individual Performance in Group Projects, CEBE Funded Case Study retrieved on 5/12/2014 from http://www‑new1.heacademy.ac.uk/cebe/themes/alldisplay?type=resources&newid=casestudies/cebe/sizing_the_slice&site=cebe

The learners must pass both the continuous assessment and final examination.

Where a learner or group of learners fail the project element of the module they will be required to resubmit the project again for assessment.

Learners who fail the end of module terminal examination will have the opportunity to resit the examination during the repeat examination
session.

1. Bridge construction history, bridge types and construction techniques.
2. Bridge Management Systems, maintenance strategies, whole-life costing and asset management.
3. Environmental management and assessment including heritage aspects.
4. Bridge (and associated structures) Inspection & Condition rating e.g. Eirspan.
5. Bridge (and associated structures) Assessment and Evaluation.
6. Non-destructive testing, load testing, and stress monitoring of bridges (and associated structures).
7. Durability and protection of bridges (and associated structures).