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MEGA GROUP PROJECT REPORT PART

Case Title:
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No.

Name

Student No.

1
2
3
4
5
ITEM

MARKS

Statement of case

Investigative program
Evaluation of evidential findings
Synthesis/Reconstruction of
scenario leading to failure
Conclusion
Recommendations for remediation
References
Appendices

15
20
25

TOTAL

100

CO1:
PO7

CO2:
PO4

CO3:
PO6/8

10
15
5
5

Softcopy included
Use this page as the front cover of your hardcopy report.

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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

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Course Outcome
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
CO1 Analyze structural and infrastructural failure claims/events using fundamental scientific and
engineering principles and practices.
CO2 Formulate likely causes of problem and formulate workable alternative solution.
CO3 Conceptualize the investigative findings to the public via effective written and verbal
communication techniques.

Program Outcome
1. PO4 Ability to investigate complex civil engineering problems using research-based
knowledge including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis
of findings to provide valid conclusions.
2. PO6 Ability to act in response to societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues with the
consequent responsibilities relevant to professional civil engineering practice.
3. PO7 Ability to understand the impact of civil engineering practices in societal and
environmental contexts and demonstrate knowledge of and need for sustainable development.

4. PO8 Ability to exercise professional engineering practices and norms ethically

Course Outcomes Programme Outcomes Matrix

COURSE CODE

CEG 562

CENTRE OF STUDY

GeoTrEn

COURSE NAME

FORENSIC ENGINEERING

UPDATED BY

Dr. Ng KS

CREDIT HOURS

3.0

DATE

MAC 2015

COURSE
OUTCOMES

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7

1. Analyze structural
and infrastructural
failure
claims/events
using fundamental
scientific and
engineering
principles and
practices.
2. Formulate likely
causes of problem
and formulate
workable
alternative
solution.
3. Conceptualize the
investigative
findings to the
public via effective
written and verbal
communication
techniques.

PO8

PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12

TEACHING
ASSESSMENT
METHODOLOGY
Lectures

Tests

Audio-visual
presentation

Mini Group
Projects

Mega Group
Project

Lectures

Tests

Audio-visual
presentation

Mini Group
Projects

Lectures

Mega Group
Mega Group
Project

Audio-visual
presentation

Group
presentations

= Issue addressed in this assessment

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Tasks
Working in a pair of opposing groups, select one (1) of the following well-known major
construction failure in Malaysia:
1. Highland tower apartment building collapse in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor on
11th December 1993.
2. Rock fall at Majestic height.
3. Landslide at Puncak Athenaeum Condominiums, Bukit Antarabangsa, Hulu Kelang,
Selangor on 15th May 1999.
4. Landslide at Taman Bukit Mewah, Bukit Antarabangsa, Hulu Kelang, Selangor on 6th
December 2008.
5. Collapse of the roof of Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium in Kuala Terengganu
Terengganu on 2nd June 2009.
Imagining your group representing either the plaintiffs or the defendants & the other group
representing the opposing party, prepare & submit an expert-opinion report on the project
covering all of the following issues:
1. Statement of case
(i) Project background Type of development, location, commencement-completion
date, etc.
(ii) Project stakeholders Land & property owner(s), developer, consultants,
contractors, etc.
(iii) Statement of dispute Claims, counter-claims, lawsuit, plaintiffs, defendants, etc.
(iv) Legal stand Pro-plaintiffs or pro-defendants.
Investigative program
(i) Gathering of eyewitness accounts, evidential sampling & exhibits, and intuitive photo
shoots.
(ii) Collection of existing technical plans & documents, contractual document,
meteorological records, soil investigation & material testing results, construction work
records, etc.
(iii) Performance of collaborative field & laboratory testing.
Evaluation of evidential findings
(i) Design aspect For compliance to standard codes & guidelines.
(ii) Construction aspect For compliance to standard work practice & specifications.
(iii) Environment aspect For detecting peculiar environmental conditions beyond
reasonable expectation.
(iv) Economical, social and/or cultural aspect For ascertaining influence of nontechnical factors.
Synthesis/Reconstruction of scenario leading to failure At least conceive 2 hypothetical
sequences of event that led to failure.
Conclusions
(i) Persuasive arguments on the most likely failure scenario.

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(ii) Persuasive arguments on failure responsibility or liability.

(iii) Technical assessments on project viability after the facts.
Recommendations for remediation
References
Appendices

Additional Instructions
1. Form a group of not more than 5 student members. A pair of opposing groups needs
to be identified, and assigned to the imagined plaintiffs & defendants respectively
before a project title can be reserved.
The project should be taken up with strict observance to the following milestones as
highlighted in the opening lecture early in the semester:
(i) Milestone 1: Commencement of the group project.
(ii) Milestone 2: Instructors approval of the selected case for the group project.
(iii) Milestone 3: Submission of the group project.
Proper time management is of the essence.
Each group shall endeavor to obtain as genuine & realistic of information as possible for the
bulk of the report content. Where informational assumptions or fabrications were
intentionally made due to the lack of resources, such issues should be made known to the
instructor for approval, and be kept to the minimal & believable.
Report shall be submitted in hardcopy & softcopy forms. For the hardcopy, printing criteria
shall be as follows: paper size A4, font size 12, font type Arial, paragraph spacing single &
paragraph alignment justified. All appended plans bigger than A4 size shall be folded to that
size in accordance to prevailing industrial practice. For the softcopy, apart from the report
document, all associative information that have been obtained in hardcopy form & used in
the report shall be scanned & filed in high resolution picture file format e.g. jpg, bmp, etc. All
CAD & multimedia information used should also be included in their original editable form.
Failure to submit the softcopy shall be penalized with 20% mark deduction.

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KAMPUS PULAU PINANG

MEGA GROUP PROJECT PRESENTATION

PART
Case Title:
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No.

Name

Student No.

1
2
3
4
5

No.

Role Assumed

Area of Expertise

1
2
3
4
5

Pro-plaintiffs Pro-defendants
Present this page to instructor before the start of the presentation.

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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

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Course Outcome
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
1. CO1 Analyze structural and infrastructural failure claims/events using fundamental scientific
and engineering principles and practices.
2. CO2 Formulate likely causes of problem and formulate workable alternative solution.
3. CO3 Conceptualize the investigative findings to the public via effective written and verbal
communication techniques.

Program Outcome
1. PO4 Ability to investigate complex civil engineering problems using research-based
knowledge including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis
of findings to provide valid conclusions.
2. PO6 Ability to act in response to societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues with the
consequent responsibilities relevant to professional civil engineering practice.
3. PO7 Ability to understand the impact of civil engineering practices in societal and
environmental contexts and demonstrate knowledge of and need for sustainable development.
4. PO8 Ability to exercise professional engineering practices and norms ethically

Course Outcomes Programme Outcomes Matrix

COURSE CODE

CEG 562

CENTRE OF STUDY

GeoTrEn

COURSE NAME

FORENSIC ENGINEERING

UPDATED BY

Dr. Ng KS

CREDIT HOURS

3.0

DATE

MAC 2015

COURSE
OUTCOMES

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7

4. Analyze structural
and infrastructural
failure
claims/events
using fundamental
scientific and
engineering
principles and
practices.
5. Formulate likely
causes of problem
and formulate
workable
alternative
solution.
6. Conceptualize the
investigative
findings to the
public via effective
written and verbal
communication
techniques.

PO8

PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12

TEACHING
ASSESSMENT
METHODOLOGY
Lectures

Tests

Audio-visual
presentation

Mini Group
Projects
Mega Group
Project

Lectures

Tests

Audio-visual
presentation

Mini Group
Projects

Lectures

Mega Group
Mega Group
Project

Audio-visual
presentation

Group
presentations

= Issue addressed in this assessment

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Tasks
Continuing from the preparation of the expert-opinion report, a mock legal proceeding in
English shall be organized to provide platform for both opposing teams to present & argue
their sides of the case, and be judged solely on the merits of their arguments to arrive at an
incontrovertible verdict. Each proceeding shall consist of the following members:
1. Panel of judges Represented by instructor(s).
2. Plaintiffs legal team Represented by a team in the pair of opposing groups.
3. Defendants legal team Represented by the other team in the pair of opposing
groups.
The panel of judges shall preside and arbitrate on contending issues raised over the course
of the proceeding. They shall not interfere & interrupt with the on-going case presentation
unless categorically requested by the lawyers. Consequently, their final judgment shall only
be based on the merits of the presented evidences.
Each member of individual legal team shall be assigned different roles and responsibilities
in the on-going proceeding:
1. Lawyer This role shall be undertaken by a team member. Its responsibilities include
giving opening (case introduction) & closing (case conclusion) addresses, conducting
examinations & cross-examinations of expert witnesses from both sides of the case
and raising objections to opposing statements that are meant to present scenario
which is unfairly biased to the side it represented. A lawyer is expected to pose at least
2 questions to each of its own expert witnesses and at least 1 question to each of the
opposing expert witnesses.
2. Expert witnesses These roles shall be undertaken by the remaining 4 team member.
Their responsibilities include answering questions posed by lawyers from both sides of
the case based on the pre-assigned area of expertise: design, construction,
environment, and economical, cultural & social aspects. No single expert witness on
the same side shall present overlapping areas of expertise. No two expert witnesses in
the opposing side having similar area of expertise shall present non-contending views.
In giving testimonies, the answer should be concise and convincing right to the kind of
question posed supported by evidential exhibits if requested so by the lawyer. Each
expert witness is expected to uphold its professional work ethics at all times, and
provides arguments that are based on pre-established facts & figures, and not be
manipulative, presumptuous, accusative or non-conjectural, regardless of its personal
leaning.
The proceeding shall commence with the reading of the case by the judges. This shall be
followed by opening address from the defendants lawyer, and then that of the plaintiffs.
Next, each expert witness on the defendant side shall be called to testify in turn, and be
subjected to alternate questioning first by the defendants lawyers, followed that of the
plaintiffs. After that, similar treatment shall be meted to the expert witnesses from the
plaintiff side with their lawyer now having the precedent in alternate questioning process.
Finally, the defendants lawyer shall give the closing address, followed by that of the
plaintiffs. The judges shall give their comments on the case & verdict shortly after. The
entire process should not take longer than 1 hours.

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The presentation assessment shall be based on individual efforts throughout the

proceeding based on the following criteria:
1. Personal demeanors Attire, attendance, punctuality, in-group interaction &
cooperation, etc.
2. Preparedness Line of questionings, collection of evidences or exhibits, etc.
3. Performance of task Role-playing, commanding presence, astute, convincing, etc.
4. Communication skills Command of language, articulate, persuasive, etc.
All proceeding could be videotaped for use as future learning aids. As such, correct and
proper conduct throughout the running of the proceeding is warranted.