MEng4DesignStudy_2011Brief

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CITY UNIVERSITY LONDON

School of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences

ETM062 MEng Design Study 2011-12

Sustainability of the London Olympic Village

Scenario

The Construction Sector has been identified to be a significant contributor to CO2 emissions. Amidtargets set by the UK Government for reduction on CO2 emissions, changes in construction practice,including building design, have been and continue to be necessary. This is not a problem exclusive tothe UK Construction Industry; other countries, in Europe and other continents, are faced with similarchallenges. Therefore, it is now crucial that major, large scale construction projects, especially ones ofglobal interest, incorporate an appropriate level of sustainability. This contributes to achieving targets,ensures minimal effect on the environment and helps avoid criticism.

Task

You are required to produce an outline group report on the London Olympic Village, for considerationby a group of Civil Engineers and Environmentalists. This report must focus on the strategy adopted indesigning the Olympic Village and must take into account environmental, social and economicaspects.

A written group report must be produced, comprising an Executive Summary and a number ofchapters written by identifiable group members (see page 2-3 of this brief). Upon submission of thereport, there will be an oral presentation involving all members of the group.

Each group member must write a synopsis of the whole study. A percentage of the marks will beallocated for contribution to the group effort as well as for individual work, as outlined in the markingscheme of page 4.

Group details, deadlines and other important information will be posted on Moodle.

Specialist seminars

Some specialist seminars on relevant topics will be arranged during Term 1. Details will be posted onMoodle, where a detailed schedule will be maintained for the complete duration of the project.

Group Working

Each group must hold 'formal' meetings weekly (normally during the timetabled period every Thursdaymorning).

Each group must:

- elect or select a Chairman (the Chairman may hold the post throughout the project or the postcan rotate)

- elect or select a secretary (permanent or rotating) who must take minutes of the meetingsindicating:

attendance (noting chair and secretary) apologies for absence


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agenda report on work carried out since previous meeting actions (and who is to take the actions) to be done before next meeting date and time of next meeting

These minutes, together with an up-to-date planning chart, will be submitted on a

monthly basis (see schedule on Moodle).

The group must divide the workload into roughly equal tasks so that all group members are given theopportunity of equal contribution and all parts of the report are covered.

If any member of a group is thought to be underperforming (e.g. fails to attend meetings or does notcarry out actions required) and the issue cannot be resolved within the group, then the remaininggroup members should report this to the Module Lecturers without delay.

Online Discussion

In addition to the above group work for the formulation of the group reports, all MEng4 students are

expected to participate in Discussion, which will be facilitated through Moodle. This may, for example,be on current issues as reported in News headlines, etc.. More details about this will be given duringthe first timetabled session.

Submission

A hard copy and an electronic copy of reports must be submitted by the given deadlines. Electronicsubmission will be facilitated through Moodle.

Full participation is a compulsory part of the MEng programme.

The Report

The Executive Summary (by the Group) will be followed by individual chapters and sections accordingto the following:

Part 1: Background (2,000 words approx.)

This part of the report should consider at least the following:

background to sustainable development

discussion on necessity of targets for reducing carbon emissions

discussion on carbon footprints

discussion on EU and UK Government actions the London Olympic Village

Part 2: Environmental Impact of the London Olympic Village (3,000 words approx.)


CO2 emissions in Construction

impact on surroundings, including the impacts on both the environment and public health

social and economic aspects

use post Olympics 2012

life cycle implications

Part 3: Landscape and Natural Resources (2,000 words approx.)


site landscape and ecology


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availability of natural resources

recycling

demolition

likely problems

Part 4: Power Supply (2,000 words approx.)


details of power supply

contribution of renewables

accordance with government action

long term implications (e.g. cost, maintenance)

opportunities for further improvement

Part 5: Case studies (2,000 words approx.)

This section should identify two specific structures and compare these in terms of cost effectivenessand sustainability. At least the first structure must be from the London Olympic Village. The secondstructure may be from a different site, in the UK or overseas, but must be suitably comparable to the

first structure. For a valid comparison, the capacity of the structures must be taken into account. Someof the aspects addressed in Parts 1-4 above will need to be revisited and both short and long termconsiderations must be presented.

Part 6: Conclusions and Recommendations (1,000 words max.)

Here, everything covered in previous sections should be brought together, drawing conclusions on theextent to which opportunities to maximise the sustainability of the London Olympic Village have beentaken advantage of. Each group must summarise their own proposal for necessary actions that shouldbe taken in order to ensure sustainable use of the Village after the 2012 Olympics.

Each student is required to make an identifiable contribution to each of the four parts of the report.

The report must also include:

List of references (that must be properly cited in the main text of the report) An Appendix with details of which student has written or contributed to which part of the report

Individual Synopses

In addition, each student is required to submit an individually written synopsis of the whole project.This is to indicate to the examiners that each student, who will have been concentrating on particularaspects of the project, has a good understanding of the overall project. The synopsis should be about1500 words in length and synopses of all group members should be included in an Appendix at theend of group reports.

The report should be concise, and must not exceed 100 pages (including Appendices).


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Marking

The marking scheme is as follows:

1. Attendance at Group meetings, contribution to actions and Group activities* 10 marks

2. Individual written report section(s) ('technical' quality presentation, innovativeness) 30 marks

3. Coherence of components of report into a whole 10 marks

4. Presentation of report (e.g. neatness diagrams, style) 10 marks

5. Individual Synopsis 15 marks

6. Individual oral presentations 15 marks

7. Participation in Moodle Discussion 10 marks

Total 100 marks

* Note that participation as Chairman or Secretary will be taken into account and these two roles willbe equally weighted i.e. for all group members to receive maximum marks, they would need todemonstrate 100% attendance at group meetings and the two roles of Chairman and Secretarywould need to be equally shared among group members. In case of absence from a groupmeeting due to illness, etc., the group member should notify the Secretary prior to the meeting andapologies should be recorded in the Minutes.

References

In order to get students started, two relevant documents have been uploaded onto Moodle.

Module Lecturers

Dr C Dymiotis-Wellington Dr S YanRoom C165 Room [email protected] [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

Documents

MEng4DesignStudy_2011Brief