Course

Land Management Project - GMAT4400

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

School: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Course Outline: course profile

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5

Enrolment Requirements:

Pre: GMAT2500

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

Design and studio project for a residential neighbourhood development, taking into account a range of issues including: (a) constraint and site analysis: preparation of maps of land use, vegetation, surface and soils, drainage and terrain, slopes, climate and aspect; composite overlay maps; (b) structure plan design: infill subdivisions, residential precincts, schools, commercial areas, industrial areas, active and passive recreation, pedestrian ways and road hierarchy; (c) plan of detailed lot layout: shadow diagrams, consideration of access, grades, drainage reserves, parks and pedestrian ways; (d) engineering design and plans: catchment details, road longitudinal and cross-sections, drainage layout, flow schedule, hydraulic grade line calculations, longitudinal sections of kerb profiles, driveway designs.
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