Soil Construction (5cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The student knows the most important properties of soil in soil transfer work as well as the influences of working conditions on performing the work. The student knows the legislation related to extractable land resources. The student knows the principles of work planning and is able to dimension the needed machine combinations and knows the aspects of environmental protection. The student knows the basics of basic geodetic measurements and geodesy basic accounting. The student knows the methods of measurement used in construction and for basics work machine automation.

Content (course unit)

1. Soil and soil types 2. Soil construction properties 3. Lowering the groundwater and trench supporting 4. Volume terms of soil materials 5. Machine capacity of soil construction and how the machine costs consist 6. Measurements in soil construction and machine automation 7. Soil construction machinery and transport 8. Soil construction work planning 9. Soil construction work environmental considerations 10. Strengthening the ground 11. Geosynthetics 12. Extraction of soil material and processing of aggregates 13. Road excavating and layers

Prerequisites (course unit)

No prerequisites needed.

Location and time

Online course in Moodle.

Exam schedules

Exams and assignments in Moodle.

Assessment methods and criteria

Average of exams + assessment of project work.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

CampusOnline Nonstop online course in English.

Learning materials

Lecturematerial in Moodle

Student workload

The dimensioning value of the student's learning work is 27 h / cr, so the student's planned workload for the entire 5 cr course is 135 hours.

Content scheduling

1. SOIL AND SOIL TYPES 2. SOIL CONSTRUCTION PROPERTIES 3. LOWERING THE GROUDWATER AND TRENCH SUPPORTING 4. VOLUME TERMS OF SOIL MATERIALS 5. MACHINE CAPACITY OF SOIL CONSTRUCTION AND HOW THE MACHINE COSTS CONSIST? 6. MEASUREMENTS IN SOIL CONSTRUCTION AND MACHINE AUTOMATION 7. SOIL CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND TRANSPORT 8. SOIL CONSTRUCTION WORK PLANNING 9. SOIL CONSTRUCTION WORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS 10. STRENGTHENING THE GROUND 11. GEOSYNTHETICS 12. EXTRACTION OF SOIL MATERIAL AND PROCESSING OF AGGREGATES Project work

Completion alternatives

Nonstop online course in Finnish in CampusOnline (Maarakennustekniikka).

Practical training and working life cooperation

Lecture material based on working life. Exercise on a practical project. Videos about working life.

International connections

Implementation in English CampusOnline.fi.

Further information

Not applicable.