QSV 303 Construction Technology III

COURSE PARTICULARS
Course Code: QSV 303
Course Title: Construction Technology III
No. of Units: 3
Course Duration: Two hours of lecture and three hours of practical per week for 15 weeks.
Status: Compulsory
Course Email Address: qsv303@futa.edu.ng
Course Webpage: http://www.qsv.futa.edu.ng/courseschedule.php?coursecode=QSV%20303
Prerequisite: QSV 204

COURSE INSTRUCTORS
Dr. J.O. Abiola-Falemu
Room 6, First floor, SET Building,
Dept. of Quantity Surveying,
Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
Phone: +2348034708799
Email: joabiola-falemu@futa.edu.ng

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is an overview of building construction in a more complex outlook. It is designed
primarily for students of Quantity Surveying with a view to ground their knowledge of
Construction Technology in preparation for the Measurement of Building works I. The focus of
the course include: complex foundation details such as preliminary investigation, pad, stepped
and raft foundations. Further are piling system, basement construction, shoring, underpinning,
upper floor, timber floor, steel floor and precast unit. Others include roofing system for large
spans-lattice girder, portal frame, shells. Proprietary systems-suspended ceilings, curtain walling,
cladding, industrialised system building (ISB), open and closed system, structural steel work and
dimensional coordination. This course also includes a compulsory field trip to be decided by the
instructors.

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COURSE OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this course are to:
Further the knowledge of students in building construction technology; and
provide students with the methods and technologies involved in the advanced building
construction.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES / COMPETENCIES

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
carryout simple site preliminary investigation and understand how to construct pad, raft
and stepped foundations;
understand the construction of complex groundworks such as basement, piling systems,
shoring and underpinning;
understand the construction of floors at different level, with different materials and spans;
understand the concept and usage of industrialised system building (ISB); and
understand the structural requirement and the construction of roofing system for large
span such as lattice girder, portal frame and shells.

GRADING SYSTEM FOR THE COURSE

This course will be graded as follows:
Assignments 5%
Test(s) 15%
Practical (s) 20%
Final Examination 60%
TOTAL 100%

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Attendance: It is expected that every student will be in class for lectures and also participate in
all practical exercises. Attendance records will be kept and used to determine each persons
qualification to sit for the final examination. In case of illness or other unavoidable cause of
absence, the student must communicate as soon as possible with any of the instructors, indicating
the reason for the absence.

Academic Integrity: Violations of academic integrity, including dishonesty in assignments,

examinations, or other academic performances are prohibited. Students are not allowed to make
copies of another persons work and submit it as their own; that is plagiarism. All cases of
academic dishonesty will be reported to the University Management for appropriate sanctions in
accordance with the guidelines for handling students misconduct as spelt out in the Students
Handbook.

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Assignments and Group Work: Students are expected to submit assignments as scheduled.
Failure to submit an assignment as at when due will earn a zero for that assignment. Only under
extenuating circumstances, for which a student has notified any of the instructors in advance,
will late submission of assignments be permitted.

Code of Conduct in Lecture Rooms and Laboratories: Students should turn off their cell phones
during lectures. Students are prohibited from engaging in other activities (such as texting,
watching videos, etc.) during lectures. Food and drinks are not permitted in the class and
practical workshops.

READING LIST
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Chudley R. (1995). Construction Technology; Volume 2. Longman Group Ltd., Essex,
England. 239p.
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Fadamiro J. A. and Ogunsemi D. R. (1996). Fundamentals of Building: Design, Construction
and Materials. Fancy Publications Ltd. 208p
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Stephen E. and Christopher G. (2005). Barrys Introduction to Construction of Buildings.
Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK.

Legend
1- Available in the University Library
2- Available in Departmental/School Libraries
3- Available on the Internet.
4- Available as Personal Collection
5- Available in local bookshops.

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 COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topic Remarks
1 Introduction and Course Overview During this first class, the
Preliminary site investigation expectation of the students from
the course will also be
documented.
Students will be introduced to
preliminary site investigation and
its various methods.
Further complex building foundation-Pad, Raft Lecture will include complex
2&3 and Stepped building foundations:
Pad
Raft
Stepped
4 Piling system Students will be introduced to the
various types of piles under the
following categories:
Method of construction
Materials used for
construction

5&6 Basement construction Lectures will include discussions

Temporary support systems: shoring and underpinning with
Shoring particular emphasis on the reason
underpinning for usage and method of
construction. So is the
construction of basement.
MID-SEMESTER TEST
7&8 Upper floor in timber, steel and precast units Students will be introduced to the
concept of upper flooring.
Furthermore, upper flooring will
be discussed under timber, steel
and precast units and their
functional requirements.

9 & 10 Roofing system for large spans Roofing system with span greater
than 12.00m will be discussed
under lattice girders, portal
frames and shells.

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11 & 12 Proprietary systems Discussions under proprietary
systems in building will include:
suspended ceilings
curtain walling
cladding

13 Industrialised system building (ISB) Students will be introduced to

evolution of ISB, the trend since
evolution, the practice of ISB and
the construction using standard
and modular elements

14 Structural Steel works Structural steel works will be

discussed under:
Steel trusses
stanchions
15 REVISION This is the week preceding the
final examination. At this time,
evaluation will be done to assess
how far the students expectations
for the course have been met and
further questions will be
entertained.