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)

Properties of different soils. Soil construction properties. Volume terms of soil materials. Machine capacity in soil construction. Measurements in soil construction and machine automation. Soil construction machinery and transport. Compacting. Soil construction work environmental considerations. A project work from the construction site. Eg. a quality plan, quality assurance plan, project plan, technical work plan etc. Presentation of the project work.

Prerequisites (course unit)

No prerequisites needed.

Location and time

Online course in Moodle.

Exam schedules

Exams and assignments in Moodle. Student Can do whenever she/he wants.

Assessment methods and criteria

Average of all exams + assessment of project work.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

CampusOnline Nonstop online course in Finnish

Learning materials

Lecture material 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 13. EXCAVATION AND ROAD STRUCTURE LAYERS Project work

Completion alternatives

Nonstop online course in English in CampusOnline (Soil Construction).

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.