Pre-requisite: 70670
The engineering design sequence includes definition, value and criteria selection; generation of proposals; analysis of proposals; selection of design; and development of details of a particular design selected. While the main thrust of this unit will relate to the structural design of specific schemes, some attention will be given to the conceptual phases preliminary to arriving at a suitable structural system appropriate to the loads, clear spans, height, environmental conditions, etc. applicable to the project. The engineering features for past practice design solutions will be examined via documented case studies of selected notable as built structures and during field trips. The principles involved in non standard loading situations will be studied as well as the means to model their influence on structural behaviour.