Sustainable Construction And Lean Construction detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Civil Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to Civil Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of sustainable construction and lean construction is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION & MATERIALS USED IN SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION 9 Introduction and definition of Sustainability – Carbon cycle – role of construction material: concrete and steel, etc. – CO2 contribution from cement and other construction materials – Recycled and manufactured aggregate – Role of QC and durability – Life cycle and sustainability.
Unit II
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Unit III
GREEN BUILDINGS 9 Control of energy use in building – National Building Code (NBC), ECBC code, codes in neighboring tropical countries – OTTV concepts and calculations – Features of LEED and TERI – Griha ratings -Role of insulation and thermal properties of construction materials – influence of moisture content and modeling -Performance ratings of green buildings – Zero energy building
Unit IV
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Unit V
LEAN CONSTRUCTION TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES 9 Sampling/ Work Sampling; Survey/ Foreman delay survey; Value Stream/ Process Mapping- 5S , Collaborative Planning System (CPS)/ Last Planner System (LPS) – Big Room Approach, IT/BIM and Lean, How to Start Practicing Lean Tools in Project Site.
Course Outcomes:
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Reference Books:
- Charles J Kibert, Sustainable Construction : Green Building Design & Delivery, 4th Edition , Wiley Publishers 2016.
- Steve Goodhew, Sustainable Construction Process, Wiley Blackwell,UK, 2016.
- Craig A. Langston & Grace K.C. Ding, Sustainable Practices in the Built Environment, Butterworth Heinemann Publishers, 2011.
- Ballard, G., Tommelein, I., Koskela, L. and Howell, G., Lean construction tools and techniques, 2002.
- Salem, O., Solomon, J., Genaidy, A. and Luegring, M., Site implementation and Assessment of Lean Construction Techniques, Lean Construction Journal, 2005.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Civil Engineering 5th Sem, visit Civil 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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