Unit 1 Text: Civil Engineering 1
Reading Material 1 Civil Engineers 5
Reading Material 2 Civil Engineering in 21st Century 7
Unit 2 Text: Concrete as a Structural Material 12
Reading Material 1 Properties of Hardened Concrete 16
Reading Material 2 Concrete Architectural Innovation 18
Unit 3 Text: Reinforced Concrete Structures 22
Reading Material 1 Structural Elements 26
Reading Material 2 Reinforced Concrete—Use, Deterioration and Repair 28
Unit 4 Text: Structural Steel 31
Reading Material 1 Axial Loads 36
Reading Material 2 Concrete vs. Steel 37
Unit 5 Text: Steel Frame Design Methods 42
Reading Material 1 Basic Concepts of Structural Mechanics 46
Reading Material 2 Steel Structures for Architecture in Japan and Asia 48
Unit 6 Text: Ultra High-Rise Structures 55
Reading Material 1 Lateral Loads 61
Reading Material 2 Recent Developments in the Form of Tall Buildings 62
Unit 7 Text: Structural AnalysisⅠ 67
Reading Material 1 Structural Analysis 71
Reading Material 2 Modern Developments in Structural Engineering 73
Unit 8 Text: Steel Bridges 77
Reading Material 1 Bridge Basics 81
Reading Material 2 Examples of Modern Bridge Design 84
Unit 9 Text: Precast, Prestressed Concrete Bridges 89
Reading Material 1 Advantages of Prestressed Concrete Bridges 93
Reading Material 2 Aesthetics and Concrete Segmental Bridges 95
Unit 10 Text: Highway Design and ConstructionⅠ 101
Reading Material 1 Highway Design and Construction 105
Reading Material 2 Flexibility in Highway Design 107
Unit 11 Text: Site Investigation 113
Reading Material 1 Subsurface Exploration 117
Reading Material 2 Development History of Site Investigation 119
Unit 12 Text: Types of Shallow Foundations 123
Reading Material 1 Principle of Foundation Design 127
Reading Material 2 Shallow Foundations for Highway Structures 129
Unit 13 Text: Classification of Piles 133
Reading Material 1 Deep Foundation 137
Reading Material 2 Pile Loading Testing 139
Unit 14 Text: Soil and Its Strength 143
Reading Material 1 What is Geotechnical Engineering ? 146
Reading Material 2 Landslide 148
Unit 15 Text: The Selection of the Construction Method 153
Reading Material 1 Roadbuilding and Traffic Engineering 157
Reading Material 2 Civil Engineering Consultants in Japan 160
Unit 16 Text: Introduce to Project Management 163
Reading Material 1 Characteristic of Projects 167
Reading Material 2 Construction Practices 169
Unit 17 Text: Project Planning 173
Reading Material 1 The Precedence Diagram 177
Reading Material 2 Project Scheduling 179
Unit 18 Text: Financing of Constructed Facilities 181
Reading Material 1 Evaluation of Alternative Financing Plans 185
Reading Material 2 Examples of Construction Facility’s Funding 188
Unit 19 Text: The FIDIC Conditions of Contract—The ContractorⅠ 191
Reading Material 1 The FIDIC Conditions of Contract—The Contractor 194
Reading Material 2 Part of General Provisions for the FIDIC Contract 197
Unit 20 Text: Introduction to Estimating 200
Reading Material 1 Estimating Opportunities 204
Reading Material 2 The Estimate 206
Unit 21 Text: Construction Contract Types 209
Reading Material 1 The Contract Documents 213
Reading Material 2 Instructions to Bidders 216
Unit 22 Text: Characteristics of Real Estate 219
Reading Material 1 The Creation of Real Estate 224
Reading Material 2 Real Estate Development 227
土木工程专业词汇 230
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline, that deals with the design, constructionand maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works such as bridges,roads, canals, dams and buildings. Civil engineering is the oldest engineering discipline aftermilitary engineering, and it was defined to distinguish non-military engineering from militaryengineering. It is traditionally broken into several sub-disciplines including environmentalengineering, geoteclmical engineering, structural engineering, transportation engineering, municipalor urban engineering, water resources engineering, materials engineering, coastal engineering,surveying, and construction engineering. Civil engineering takes place on all levels: in the publicsector from municipal through to federal levels, and in the private sector from individualhomeowners through to international companies.