MHH223204/MHH225189 Adv Structural Engineering (2024-25)
Coursework 2: Group Project on the Concrete Centre Structural Concrete Design Competition 2025
COURSEWORK 2 (2024-25)
GROUP PROJECT ON THE CONCRETE CENTRE STRUCTURAL CONCRETE DESIGN COMPETITION 2025
Note: This coursework part contributes to 40% of the final marks of the module.
This group project is to be working on Structural Concrete 2025 which sets a demanding challenge for all students studying structural design as part of UK University BSc, BEng, MEng and MSc degree courses in Civil and/or Structural Engineering by the Concrete Centre. You are required to form. groups of 3-4 yourselves.
This student design competition aims to encourage interest and raise competence in designing with concrete. The competition offers a stimulating and fun challenge to students, while supporting the curricula of civil and structural engineering departments of UK universities. The main benefit for a student is in being able to present their work to prospective employers, some of whom are involved in setting and judging the competition. The national winners will be presented with their prizes at an event in London where their award-winning entries will be presented to the audience.
The 2025 project is to design a hotel building which is to be constructed as part of the redevelopment of a former dock area on an estuary close to the centre of a large UK town. The client, a hotel owner and operator, has commissioned an initial structural design from a firm of consulting engineers for the 4-star hotel that is to be known as the Port Aspdin Hotel. The building is to include a conference centre/banqueting suite, a feature restaurant projecting over the water, as well as bedroom accommodation on five floors. Entrants must respond as though they are the engineer responsible within the consultant’s team. More technical specifications can be seen in the Structural Concrete 2025 brochure produced by the Concrete Centre.
The provisional marking schemes are given as follows. Also peer marking method is used to objectively reflect individual contributions to the project, see Appendix.
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No
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Item
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Remarks
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Weighting
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1
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Structural concrete solutions
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Two distinct and viable structural concrete solutions with column/wall layouts, load
transfer mechanism, framing and stability
functions, construction methodology, and
evaluation of their merits and disadvantages
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10%
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2
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Foundation scheme
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Description of foundation scheme for the preferred solution with no full design
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5%
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3
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Concrete and
reinforcing materials
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Technical specifications for the selected construction materials
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5%
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4
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Construction method
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A method statement for a safe construction procedure for the building
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5%
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5
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Robustness statement
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A statement to confirm avoidance of disproportionate collapse is satisfied
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5%
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6
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Required details A, B and C
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Outlining what could be achieved and how this would change the design of the structure
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5%
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7
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Structural design calculations
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Sufficient design calculations by hand to
establish the form. and size of all structural
elements for the selected scheme under both ULT and SLS, including stairs
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20%
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8
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Engineering drawings
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Three A3 size drawings to present general arrangements, sections and elevations of the building and to show the layout, disposition and dimensions of structural elements
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10%
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9
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Sustainability appraisal
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Prepare a section on the structural aspects, including any mitigating measures, fire
safety and fabric protection, material efficiency and resilience
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10%
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10
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Group presentation
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Include your options, your selection and
other relevant technical issues, together with individual contributions to the project
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15%
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11
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Report editing
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No more than 60 single sided A4 pages and three A3 size drawings
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10%
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Total
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100%
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All groups are required to present their design projects on Monday and Tuesday, 28th-29th April 2025 in Room M232 in Week 14 and a PDF file of the whole coursework need to be submitted online via GCULearn per group by Wednesday, 30th April 2025 in Week 14, together with individual peer assessment sheets to be be submitted separately on the same day online.