Courses
Fundamentals of Hydraulic Engineering
Water, wastewater and storm water systems, pipe flow, laminar and turbulent flow, losses in pipes and pipe networks, open channel hydraulics, syphons, and culverts, basics of hydrology and ground water flow, roadway drainage systems, and overview of other hydraulic structures. The course also includes an introduction to irrigation systems.
Major Elective (2)-Building Information Modeling
Utilization of Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology. The course incudes principles of components modelling, process of components assembly, and exported and imported BIM models. Parts of the lectures will be delivered by guests from industry to understand the technology from that perspective.
Major Elective (1)- Real Estate & Urban Planning Development
Develop a combination of skills and edge in the comprehension of urban planning theories and real estate development market. The course provides the required knowledge in ceasing the financial potential of real-estate development opportunities and cultivates awareness in the environmental and social issues involved in contemporary urban planning.
Value & Risk Management in Construction
Overview and benefits of value and risk management in construction, as well as processes and techniques that will help to develop analyze the value and risk and use different techniques for decision making considering the uncertainty.
Strategic Management in Construction
Identifying the benefits and main concepts of strategic management that studying the main processes and techniques. As well as discussing the strategic role of actors in construction industry.
Contracts & Commercial Management
Construction contract types, definition, estimation, risk, responsibilities and breach. Tenders procedures and conditions under Egyptian laws. Egyptian laws related to construction. FIDIC conditions and project disputes and claims.
Infrastructure Asset Management
Principles of infrastructure asset management, analyze decisions and select alternatives using life cycle cost economic analysis, decision tree method and multi-criteria decision-making techniques, Identify fundamentals & processes of asset risk management, Use the concepts of sustainability & life cycle assessment to manage infrastructure assets
Principles of Management & Human Resources
Processes of human resource Management. Topics include; organizational structure, design and planning, staffing, understanding teams, motivation & rewarding employees, leadership productivity. In addition, it clarifying the role of human resource for achieving TQM in construction industry
Construction Planning & Scheduling
Plan and control project using bar chart, S-curve and LOB methods. Draw and calculate project networks for planning and scheduling using CPM, Proceeding and PERT methods. Construction method statement, resource allocation and leveling and time cost scheduling.
Civil Engineering Economics
Fundamental concepts of engineering economy, use factors/multiple factors and spreadsheet functions to account for the time value of money and find equivalent amounts for cash flows. Utilize different techniques to evaluate and select alternatives, use depreciation methods/replacement study for project assets, Explain debt and equity financing and financial accounting.
Quantity Surveying, Estimation and Specifications
Calculation the quantities of project work items, Determine the types of project costs and tender documents, Prepare a priced BOQ, Analyze and estimate the price of construction work items, Estimate project cost/budget during different project phases, Draw project cash flow and control project budget.
Structural Analysis-3
Basic concepts of superposition, flexibility, and work and strain energy, analysis of statically indeterminate structures such as trusses, beams, arches, and frames. Topics include determination of element stiffness matrix, transformation of coordinates, structure stiffness matrix and load vector, boundary conditions, and introduction to finite element method.
Graduation Project II
The project tasks aim at applying the gaining skills, knowledge, and studies to an actual project to be able to manage a construction project. The project includes time management, cost management, resource management, quality management, risk management, and safety management.
Graduation Project I
It is a research-oriented project is aimed to develop the state-of-the-art outcomes in the major academic area and contribute to the existing knowledge. The research project should include analytical works. Writing a research paper and formal presentation are required.
Introduction to Transportation & Highway Engineering
Transportation system characteristics, functional classification of road network, criteria of geometric design, design of roadway horizontal and vertical alignments, cross section elements, type of road pavement, and design of highway flexible/rigid pavements.
Introduction to Surveying
The course covers the basic concepts of surveying as it relates to civil engineering by providing both technical knowledge and practical experience. Students will learn the basics of surveying theory, how to use and properly care for surveying instruments, how to record field data (mainly, distances, angles, and height differences) and how to interpret and utilize the collected data. Emphasis will