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Civil Engineering Design introduces students to Civil Engineering Design as practised by professional engineers to enable them to build a solid foundation of knowledge for the future development of their design capabilities. Students are guided through the design of a series of contextually relevant real or near-real projects from different areas of engineering (e.g. structural, geotechnical, transport) that must consider their place in the world and impacts on society (sustainability, Health and Safety, feasibility). They identify problem types, quantify the problem, and deploy an appropriate strategy to design a solution. Students deal with issues important to engineering designers and which support the development of their own design skills, e.g. decision making, organising a design team, having an idea, testing a concept, balancing priorities, material selection, engineering judgement, etc. The design process is made explicit, and used as a framework on which students can build their knowledge and create links to learning from elsewhere (personal experience, challenges or scenarios, other taught courses, and professional life). The module will include lectures, workshops and a field trip to enhance student learning / understanding. There are no prerequisites and the module is compulsory for all Engineering (Civil) undergraduate students.

Learning Outcomes

• Introduction to Engineering, Design, Projects, Society and the relationship between them.
• Understanding of Design as a non-deterministic, iterative, convergent sub-process sitting within a greater project process.
• Awareness of different design strategies and be able to identify their own tendencies or preferences for these strategic approaches.
• The importance of properly understanding the downstream part of the project process (construction, operation and decommissioning) if they are to be effective designers.
• The importance of them properly understanding the upstream part of the project process (need, identification and brief preparation) if they are to be effective designers.
• Understand the role and importance of contextual factors in shaping the outcome of a design process.
• The range of tools (thinking, computation, visualisation, communication, etc.) used by designers, and that developing design mastery requires them to understand these tools.
• Understand the role of modelling in the design process.
• The role of regulations, design codes and best practice guidance in modern engineering design.
• That design is carried out as part of a team, and the different roles of those involved in different types of design projects.
• Identifying and quantifying engineering problems and deploying a strategy to design an appropriate solution.
• Understand the importance of precedent study and learning from the past.

Reading List:

• Civil Engineering Procedure (8th Edition), Institution of Civil Engineers
• Sustainable Energy without the Hot Air, Mackay, D., (Download for free from: