The course exposes the student to the various phases of the construction process from its inception to its successful completion and operation. Specifically, the course covers the following topics: Project feasibility study, project organizational structures, contracting pricing schemes, cost estimating, contracts and specifications, project scheduling, construction productivity, cost control, quality control, risk assessment, and construction safety.

The course exposes students to basic concepts and methodology used for planning and scheduling construction projects. This includes CPM-related techniques such as activity on arrow method, precedence diagrams computations, resource allocation and leveling, lean design in construction scheduling, concurrent delays, etc. in addition to Program Evaluation Review Techniques (PERT), and linear scheduling.

The course covers the principles of force and moment vectors, the distribution of loads, the use of free-body diagrams and the internal forces, with applications to shear and moment diagrams under different loading conditions. It also covers the mechanical behavior (stress-strain relationships) of different materials under tension, compression, torsion, bending, and shear stress. Mohr’s circle, transformation equations, and Hooke’s law are discussed.`

Engineering Profession and Ethics is a complete study course on the role of ethics in engineering in their historical, philosophical and professional contexts. The course examines the impact of ethical theories and their application to issues encountered in the engineering profession, such as employee rights, whistleblowing, safety, risk and liability, professional responsibility to consumers and employers, conflicts of interest, codes of ethics, legal obligations, environmental and social responsibility. Through the use of real and hypothetical case studies, the course focuses on developing analysis techniques and applying them to ethical problems through independent critical thinking and moral sensitivity.

This course covers the fundamentals of Engineering Economics for engineering professionals to match engineering practice today. It recognizes the role of the engineer as a decision maker who has to make and defend sensible decisions. It emphasizes on the analytical consideration of money and its impact on decision making as well as on other factors such as environmental and social factors and tasks. By the end of the course students will be equipped with basic analytical skills for solving problems of an economic nature real-world example.