ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 4 Expository Class: 14 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 36
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Plant Production and Engineering Projects
Areas: Engineering Projects
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
To provide professional capacity to project, direct, execute and manage all activities related to the field of Environmental Engineering.
To know the necessary methodology for the definition of environmental engineering works throughout all its stages or phases: Aspects prior to the drafting of the project, Feasibility analysis, Approach and selection of alternatives, Drafting of the project and its processing, Contracting and Construction Management.
Which, in particular, translate into the following points:
• Knowledge of engineering project formulation methodology.
• Know the types of projects, their design stages and components.
• To know the methodology of market and technical feasibility studies.
• Determine the environmental and social assessment of engineering projects.
• To know the morphology of a project, its parts and formats.
• To have the ability to handle specific environmental engineering projects such as WWTPs, waste treatment plants, etc. in our environment (Lugo, Vigo, etc.) and the opportunity to learn about practical cases throughout the course.
CONTENTS
The degree report contemplates the following contents for this subject:
• General: project concept, typologies, general design considerations, market studies and technical feasibility.
• Morphology of the engineering project: report, annexes, drawings, specifications, measurements and budget.
• Project management: functions, organization, administration and control. Computer tools.
• Materials: types, design properties, selection criteria, standards and regulations.
• Ethics, safety and environment
These contents will be developed according to the following program:
THEORY PROGRAMME - (14 hours of classroom instruction)
Topic 1.- Introduction. Concept of Project ( 1h)
Introduction to the Project concept. Definition of Project. Classical theory and general theory of the project. The Project as a system. Phases in the process of generating a project. Factors involved in a Project. Project characteristics. Entities involved in the phases of the Project.
Topic 2.- (1 h)
Characteristics of the different types of Projects and organization of the Project according to its typology. Origin and classification of the Projects. Entities involved in the phases of a Project. Introduction to environmental engineering projects.
Item 3.- (1 h)
Legal regulations affecting environmental engineering projects. Legislation affecting the engineer's professional activity. Sectorial legislation. Technical regulations.
Item 4.- (1 h)
Introduction to the Public Sector Contracts Law.
Item 5.- (1 h)
Project formulation methodology.
Methodology. Process. Phases. Multicriteria analysis of alternatives.
Item 6. (1 h)
The morphology of the project. Memory. Content, presentation and usefulness. Descriptive report. Justifying report. Annexes to the report.
Item 7. (1 h)
Plans. Definition and use. Types of plans. Contents. Purpose.
Item 8.
Specifications. Objective and scope of the Specifications. Types of Specifications. Structure and content. Relationship with the budget and its execution.
Item 9.
The Budget. Structure. Work units. Measurements. Unit prices. Price lists. Preparation of a project budget.
Item 10.
Planning and programming of the projected works. Systematization of the project in components, chapters and activities. Allocation of resources. Calculation of execution times. Computer applications.
Item 11. (1 h)
Control and monitoring of the execution of the works and installations of a project. Construction Management. Measurement, valuation and certification of the projected works and installations. Computer applications.
Item 12.
Environmental impact assessment of engineering projects. Basic legislation. Evaluation methods. Computer applications.
Item 13.
Health and Safety Studies and Plans in environmental engineering projects. Basic legislation. Methodology. Elaboration of Basic and Complete Health and Safety Study models. Health and safety coordination in environmental engineering projects.
SEMINAR PROGRAM (10 hours on-site)
Seminar No. 1.
Project formulation and multi-criteria analysis of alternatives. Development of SWOT matrix. Work on a practical case.
Seminar No. 2.
Elaboration of Plans. Case study working in groups of 2-4 students. Elaboration of an execution plan from the plans of a project. Analysis and evaluation of the available plans. Necessary modifications for the execution.
Seminar No. 3.
Preparation of a basic Health and Safety study. Practical case.
Seminar nº 4. (5 h). Technical Field Day
Working visit to the execution of the works of a WWTP. Field work. Study of the state of execution of work units. Material and human resources put into play.
Technical difficulties of execution.
COMPUTER CLASSROOM WORK PROGRAM - (8 classroom hours)
Session 1 - (4 hours)
Preparation of the budget of a project using computerized means
Session 2 - (4 hours)
Programming the execution of a project with computerized means.
MANDATORY TUTORIALS (4 HOURS)
Tutorial 1: Presentation of the rules for the elaboration of the case studies.
Tutorial 2: Orientation for information search.
Tutorial 3: Resolving doubts for Environmental Impact Assessment
Tutorial 4: Resolution of doubts for Health and Safety Study.
Basic bibliography:
• Goncalves, M.C. 2016. Materials for Construction and Civil Engineering. Springer.
• Romero, C. 1993 Técnicas de programación y control de proyectos. Pirámide. Madrid.
• Trueba Jainaga, J.I., Levenfeld González, G., Marco Gutiérrez, J.L. 1991. Teoría de proyectos: morfología del proyecto. E.T.S.I.A., Madrid.
Supplementary bibliography:
• Canter, Larry W. 1997. Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment. Techniques for the preparation of impact studies. Mc Graw-Hill. Aravaca. Madrid
• Castro Fresno, D., Aja Setián, J. 2005. Organization and control of works. Publications Service of the University of Cantabria, Santander.
• Fremond, M. 2005. Mechanical Modelling and Computational Issues in Civil Engineering. Franco Maceri (Eds). Springer.
• González Alonso, S. , Aguilló, M. and Ramos, A. 2001. Guidelines and Techniques for Impact Estimation. Projects Chair. ETSI de Montes de Madrid.
• Construction Institute of Castilla León. Forms for Health and Safety Coordination in Construction Works.
• Public Sector Contracts Law. Law 30/07. BOE 30-10-2007.
• Morilla Abad, I. 2001. Guía metodológica y práctica para la realización de proyectos. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid.
• Revised Text of the Law on Environmental Assessment of Projects. Legislative RD 1/2008. Official State Gazette of January 26, 2008.
In this subject the student will acquire or practice a series of generic competences, desirable in any university degree, and specific competences, specific to engineering in general or environmental engineering in particular. Within the table of competences designed for the degree, the following will be worked on:
Basic and general competencies:
CG1 - Identify and report environmental problems.
CG7 - Lead and manage the organization of work and human resources applying criteria of industrial safety, quality management, occupational risk prevention, sustainability, and environmental management (good practices).
CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity for originality in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context.
CB7 - That students know how to apply the acquired knowledge and problem-solving skills in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
CB8 - That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
CB9 - That students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way.
CB10 - That students possess the learning skills that will enable them to continue studying in a manner that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
Cross-cutting competencies:
CT4 - Demonstrate critical and self-critical reasoning, analytical and synthesis skills.
CT5 - Prepare, write and publicly defend scientific and technical reports and projects.
CT6 - Appreciate the value of quality and continuous improvement, acting with rigor, responsibility and professional ethics within the framework of commitment to sustainable development.
Specific competencies:
CE6 - Manage and supervise all types of facilities, processes, systems and services of the different industrial areas related to the environmental process industry.
CE7 - Direct and manage technically and economically projects, facilities, plants, companies and technology centers in the field of environmental process industry and related industrial sectors.
The expository teaching is approached with participative master classes directed to small groups. The interactive teaching is developed with activities in interactive seminars in small groups, with practices in resolution of concrete works and projects, with practices in computer classroom and group work. The set of methodologies used allows working on all the competencies.
The use of the USC virtual platform will speed up the bidirectional flow of information between student and professor, making the teaching of the subject more agile and facilitating the access to the documentation by the student.
In summary:
• Group lectures: 14 hours
• Interactive seminars: 10 hours
• Practical classes: 8 hours
• Group tutoring: 4 hours
• Evaluation activities: 2 hours
• Attendance to lectures, seminars and practical classes in the computer classroom. It is mandatory and this section represents 20% of the final grade (Na).
• Participation in Seminar No. 4, Technical Field Day for the visit to the construction site of a WWTP, is compulsory. Each student will have to present a paper resulting from it, which will count for 10% of the final grade (Nc).
• There will be a written exam of theoretical-practical character of the totality of the contents of the program, in which it will be necessary to obtain a score equal or superior to 3.50 points. It represents 50% of the final grade (Ne).
• Presentation of the work resulting from the 2 computer classroom practices, which will have a value of 20% of the final grade (Np).
The final grade must be greater than or equal to 5 to pass the subject, and will be obtained from the following formula:
NF = 0,20*Na + 0,10 *Nc+ 0,50*Ne + 0,20*Np
Repeating students, if they have passed the internship, their grade will be kept.
Students who are granted a waiver of attendance will be required to take the exam after submitting the practical work. They are advised to contact the professor as soon as possible to make a specific plan.
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the "Regulations for the evaluation of students' academic performance and review of grades" shall apply.
The evaluation system to be applied in the second opportunity will be identical to that of the first opportunity.
The relationship between the evaluation systems and the competencies evaluated are:
Written test (50%): competences CG1, CG7, CB6, CB7, CT5, CT6, CE6, CE7.
Work submitted (20%): competences GB7, CB8, CB9, CT4, CT5.
The student will receive 14 hours of lectures and will participate in 18 hours of interactive seminars and practices, in which he/she will also be evaluated. In addition, there will be 4 hours of tutorials in small groups. Additionally, the student will have to develop a non face-to-face work, preparing documentation for the face-to-face classes, carrying out works of the subject, preparing the written tests object of evaluation. To these tasks will be dedicated 74.50 hours of personal work, distributed as follows: 35 h to the study and preparation of topics, 25 h to the preparation of practical work and 14.50 h to the preparation of the exam,
Attendance to all teaching activities. Consultation of the recommended bibliography. Make frequent use of the tutorials for any type of question related to the subject. Keeping the subject up to date.
For tutorials, as well as to maintain direct communication both among students and with the professor, they will be carried out through the Virtual Campus forum, MS Teams or by e-mail.
The language in which the subject will be taught will be Spanish.
Florentino Diaz Rodriguez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Plant Production and Engineering Projects
- Area
- Engineering Projects
- Phone
- 982823261
- florentino.diaz [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Mario Valladares Lopez
- Department
- Plant Production and Engineering Projects
- Area
- Engineering Projects
- mario.valladares [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) Associate University Professor
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