CME 306 - Engineering Materials for Sustainable Construction 3 Credits (2 Lecture Hours, 2 Lab Hours) Lecture Meets in 319 Marshall Hall, Monday, Wednesday 10:35-11:30 and 184 Baker Lab on Mondays 1:50 4:50 Instructor Paul Crovella 219 Baker Laboratory Phone X-6839 (470-6839) E-mail plcrovella@esf.edu Webpage www.esf.edu/scme/crovella/default.htm Office hours M,W, 11:30-12:30, Tu, Th 9:30 10:30, F, 10:30-11:30 Text Building Construction: Principles, Materials, and Systems by Mehta, Scarborough, and Armpriest. 2 nd ed. Skyscraper by Karl Sabbagh Other Required Supplies Each student will need to wear the provided safety glasses during lab. Additional personal protective equipment will be provided for field trips. Description - This course will introduce the principal structural materials used for building construction and their engineering properties and environmental impacts. The production and performance of these materials will be explored through class discussion and laboratory experiments. The application of each of the materials during sustainable construction processes will be emphasized. Student Outcomes: 1. Be able to describe the engineering properties of materials that are commonly specified during building construction, and explain the impact of changes in those properties on the building performance. 2. Be able to describe the environmental properties of materials that are commonly specified during building construction. 3. Be able to write a clear technical report to describe a laboratory study of a particular material property. 4. Be able to properly specify the engineering properties of a material for the individual construction application chosen. Relation to Learning Objectives: This course directly supports the following departmental learning objectives: 6. apply the proper use of construction materials in construction projects with
consideration of sustainable construction; specify and procure materials that have the least adverse impact on the environment within project constraints and the construction contract; implement practices that can serve to better our environment such as best and most efficient use and reuse of materials, and development and use of alternative energy sources; This course also meets the ACCE learning objectives in the area of Construction Science Construction Methods and Materials Attendance - Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes and laboratories. If special circumstances such as illness, travel difficulties, family emergencies or active participation in college-sponsored events make absence unavoidable you must see me to make up the work. For these cases, no student will be allowed to complete graded work after that work has been returned to others in the class. Any student with more than 3 unexcused absences will be subject to automatic failure of the course. In the case of absence due to religious observance, students will be provided an opportunity to make up any examination, study, or work requirements that may be missed provided you notify me by e-mail before the end of the second week of classes. Further information about the SU policy that this is based on can be found at http://supolicies.syr.edu/emp_ben/religious_observance.htm While in class, please keep cell phones turned off, this includes during tests (no cell phone calculators). To maintain the proper classroom environment, computers may not be used during lecture without permission of the instructor. When in use, it should be strictly for classrelated activity. Academic Accommodations - Students wishing to utilize academic accommodations due to a diagnosed disability of any kind must present an Academic Accommodations Authorization Letter generated by Syracuse University s Office of Disability Services. If you currently have an Authorization Letter, please present this to me as soon as possible so that I may assist with the establishment of your accommodations. Students who do not have a current Academic Accommodations Authorization Letter from Syracuse University s Office of Disability Services cannot receive accommodations. If you do not currently have an Authorization Letter and feel you are eligible for accommodations, please contact Heather Rice in the Office of Counseling and Disabilities Services, 110 Bray Hall, (315) 470-6660 or counseling@esf.edu as soon as possible. Academic Honesty Honesty and integrity are major elements in professional behavior and are expected of each student. Any assignment (including those in electronic media) submitted by a student must be of the student's original authorship. Representation of another's work as the student s own shall constitute plagiarism. Cheating, in any form, is an unacceptable behavior within all college courses, and the college policy on academic integrity (as outlined in the handbook Academic Integrity ESF at http://www.esf.edu/students/handbook/ ) will be strictly adhered to.
Grading The course grading will be a combination of grades earned on homework, quizzes, tests, group project work, class presentation, and the final exam. The final grade will be based on these percentages Homework 20% Quizzes 30% Semester Projects 15% Lab Reports 10% Class Participation 10% Final Exam 15% Homework - All written work must be word-processed and spell checked. Any calculations may be hand-written neatly with the answer labeled with units and boxed. Any homework not turned in on-time needs to be discussed with me to determine if credit will be given. No late homework will be accepted after the assignment has been graded and returned to the rest of the class. Course Outline: 1 Load Resistance The Structural Properties of Materials Homework Reading Chapter 4, Review Questions Skyscraper Chapter 3 2 Thermal, Air leakage, Water Vapor control, Fire-related, and Acoustic properties of materials Homework Reading Chapter 5-8 Homework Review Questions Chap 5-1,4,5,9,10 Chap 6 Review Questions 1-4, Chap 7 Review Questions 1-5 Skyscraper Chapter 9 Life cycle Assessment, Embodied Energy, and Carbon impact of materials Reading 3 Chapter 10 Review Questions 3-5,7 Skyscraper Chapters 5,7 Steel Material and Structural Steel Construction 4 Chapter 18 Review Questions 1-5, 10,11 Chapter 19 Review Questions 2,3,4
Skyscraper Chapter 13 Lime, Portland Cement, and Concrete 5 Chapter 21 Review Questions all Skyscraper Chapter 4 Concrete Construction (Formwork, Reinforcement, and Slab-on-Grade) 6 Chapter 22 Review Questions all Skyscraper Chapter 4 Concrete Construction (Site-Cast and Pre-cast Framing systems) 7 Chapter 23 Review Questions all Skyscraper Chapter 4 8 Asphalt and recycled shingles PART I SEMESTER PROJECT DUE STEEL ESTIMATING Masonry Materials (Mortar and Brick) 9 Chapter 24 Review Questions all Skyscraper Chapter 8 10 Masonry Materials (CMUs, Natural Stone, Glass Units) Chapter 25 Review Questions 1-6 Skyscraper Chapter 11 11 Masonry and Concrete Bearing Wall Construction Chapter 26 all Skyscraper Chapter 12 PART II OF SEMESTER PROJECT DUE CONCRETE ESTIMATING
12 Rainwater Infiltration Control Chapter 27 Review Questions all Skyscraper Chapter 15 13 Exterior Wall Cladding Chapters 28 and 29 Review Questions Chapter 28 1,2,3,5 Chapter 29 1,2,6 Stucco, EIFS, alternative cladding materials 14 Roofing, Glass Reading Chapter 33,34, 30,31 If time available** - Chapter 30 Review Questions 2,4,5c, 6,7,8 Chapter 31 1,2,3,4,6 Chapter 33 1,7,8,9,10 Chapter 34 1,3,4,5,6
Labs Topic Location Date 1 Steel coupon test Testing Lab - 1/14 2 Thermal Lab - IR camera wall section, 1/28 comparison, air leakage micromanometer, STC classes 3 Steel fabrication Field Trip JPW 2/4 shop Reading steel drawings - welding 4 Steel Dineen Hall Tour 2/11 5 Mix design, slump, Lab 2/18 alternative cementitious materials 6 Cylinder testing Testing Lab 2/25 7 days 7 Pervious concrete Lab 3/4 (void ratio) 8 Cylinder testing Testing Lab 3/18 28 days 9 Concrete St. Joes, Upstate,or RC building 3/25 10 Wall mock-ups Gateway wall mock up 4/1 11 Asphalt plant visit Barrett Paving Materials 4/8 12 Concrete batch Saunders Concrete 4/15 plant 13 CMU Barnes and Cone 4/22 14 Wall mock-ups Gateway wall mock up teardown 4/29