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BLAR12054 - Structural Design Processes

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit develops an understanding of: structural drawings and computational methods associated with timber, reinforced concrete and steel structures; design processes for timber structures including: beams, columns, tension members, compression members and connections; design processes for reinforced concrete structures including; approximate analysis and sizing of members; singly reinforced beams; doubly reinforced beams; T beams; L beams; One-way slabs; Two-way slabs; columns-short and long; footings; design process for steel structures including approximate sizing of beams and columns, tension members, compressing members, beams, columns-short and long, stiffeners and connections.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisites - BLAR11032

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 30%
2. Written Assessment 30%
3. Written Assessment 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student Unit Teaching Evaluation Unit comments Report- T1- 2024
Feedback
Fabulous examples were embedded in the lectures and tutorials. This made the process for assessments quite easy to follow. Lecturer explained the concepts really well.
Recommendation
Similar teaching strategy is recommended to adopt in the next and future deliveries.
Action Taken
The current delivery adopted the same teaching strategy. Positive student feedback is evidence of the effectiveness of this teaching strategy.
Source: Five Year Built Environment Course Review in 2020 aligned with the recommendation given by the Building Design Queensland (BDQ)/ National Association of Building Designers (BDAA) in CU65 accreditation renewal in 2019.
Feedback
It is suggested to merge two structural units into one in expense of a unit added to all built environment courses that enhances built environment students' CAD drafting skills.
Recommendation
It is recommended to implement this task in one year time.
Action Taken
Implementation of the merged unit started with this delivery. Built environment students now have the opportunity to include a CAD drafting unit in their study planner.
Source: Students Unit Teaching Evaluation Unit Comments Report- T1- 2025
Feedback
Students found the unit was well presented, and the lecturer incorporated student feedback into his teaching and the unit delivery.
Recommendation
The same teaching strategy is recommended to adopt for the next delivery.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Students Unit Teaching Evaluation Unit Comments Report- T1- 2025
Feedback
Some of the assessment questions could be further improved for clarity.
Recommendation
Generally, all assessment questions are peer-reviewed internally to improve clarity before they are released in Moodle. Apart from that, it is recommended to discuss all the assessment questions in class and in online forums, mainly using 'Discussion Forum'. Students are encouraged to contact the teaching team if further clarification is required.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Describe structural analysis processes.
  2. Analyse statically indeterminate structures by both rigorous and approximate methods.
  3. Perform preliminary designs for structures and also sizing and design of simple structural members in buildings
  4. Use effectively a range of appropriate communication modes.


Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
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