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CEE 404 Infrastructure Construction

Winter 2009

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Schedule

Week Topic Reading Assignments
Wednesday
1/7/09
Infrastructure
Overview and Relevance
  OUT: final project
Friday
1/9/09
Final Project Overview
Construction, Productivity & Logistics
ASCE Infrastructure Report Card
Balancing Production Rates...
OUT: HMA production rates
Wednesday
1/14/09
Movies with Jeralee Hong Kong Airport
Boston's Big Dig
 
Friday
1/16/09
Construction, Productivity & Logistics
Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA)
Pavement Interactive
Computer Simulation...
Fast-Track Urban Freeway...
 
Wednesday
1/21/09
Construction, Productivity & Logistics
Portland Cement Concrete (PCC)
Pavement Interactive
Case Study of Urban Concrete... Integrated Design/Construction...
OUT: HIPERPAV example
Friday
1/23/09
Construction, Productivity & Logistics
Crack, Seat & Overlay (CSOL)


IN: HMA production rates
Wednesday
1/28/09
CA4PRS & HIPERPAV
Computer Lab
Construction Analysis for Pavement...
Productivity Aspects of...

OUT: I-90 productivity
Friday
1/30/09
FLOAT    
Wednesday
2/4/09
Speaker: Jim Tobin
Dir. Const. Services
NW Chapter - ACPA
  IN: HIPERPAV example
Friday
2/6/09
Traffic Impacts

Full Road Closure for Work Zone... OUT: I-90 traffic
Wednesday
2/11/09
CA4PRS - traffic impacts
Computer Lab
   
Friday
2/13/09
Cost Estimating
WSDOT Unit Bid Analysis
Highway Construction Cost Survey
Underestimating Costs...
IN: I-90 productivity
Wednesday
2/18/09
Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
Pavement Fundamentals
LCCA in Pavement Design
South Carolina DOT Study...
OUT: I-90 cost estimate
Friday
2/20/09
Movies with Jeralee
Mileau Viaduct, Gotthard Tunnel
   
Wednesday
2/25/09
Speaker: Dan Howell, Kiewit NW
Renewable Energy construction
  IN: I-90 traffic
Friday
2/27/09
FHWA RealCost v2.5
Computer Lab
   
Wednesday
3/4/09
In class discussion, exam review   IN: I-90 cost estimate
Friday
3/6/09
FINAL EXAM: 1:30pm to 3:20pm Open book, open notes bring your calculator
Wednesday
3/11/09
Report and Presentation Preparation
Computer Lab
   
Friday
3/13/09
Final Presentations
1:30pm to 3:20pm
Course Evaluation too!  
Monday
3/16/09
Final Presentations
2:30pm to 4:20pm
  IN: final project