Unit of Study CIVL1008 Construction Materials - Soils (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

6
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Unit description

Introduces students to the geotechnical properties and behaviour of soils and their significance in civil and construction engineering.

Unit content

Soil types and classification

Phase (weight-volume) relationships

Soil stabilisation techniques

Subsoil exploration

Principles of earthworks construction

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2025

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

describe the basic physical and mechanical properties of wet and dry soil and determine these properties using standard laboratory methods

apply the principles of soil stabilisation

apply the principles of earthworks construction.

describe the fundamentals of subsurface exploration

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