ARCALES, Angela C.

July 1, 2021
CE176P/A2 Module 1 Final Activity
WHAT I WANT TO
TOPIC WHAT I KNOW WHAT I LEARNED
KNOW
 Bridge is a structure that  The history of Bridge  The longest bridge in terms of
serves as a means of Engineering specifically span is the Golden Gate Bridge
connecting people faster the first bridge to be with its total span of 1.26
and it allows us to stay built and the main kilometers but the world’s
closer with people located component utilized to longest bridge is the Danyang-
at a different place. build it. Kunshan Grand Bridge with its
 Bridge Engineering  The longest bridge that
length of 164.8 kilometers
provides us passages to which is located in China.
was ever built
easily reach our  The three countries that have
 The common causes of
destinations and makes our most of the longest bridges in
failures on bridges
travel time faster. the world are Japan, China, and
 The oldest bridge in the
 A bridge is commonly Taiwan.
Philippines and in the
built with either of the  Stone and timber were the first
world that is still
Bridge following construction materials utilized to construct
functional nowadays.
Engineering materials as its main bridges.
 The most recommended
component: wood, metal,  Romans commonly used stones
material to be used for
and concrete mixture with because they believed that it
construction of bridges.
or without reinforcements. could withstand compressing
 In what situation or
 Bridges greatly contributes forces.
location is a bridge not
on business and generally  Iron was also used in
recommended to be built
the economy since it constructing bridges, but it was
or used
allows fast trading limitedly used since it was
 Average useful life of a
transactions and the speedy expensive back then but when
bridge depending on the
delivery of goods they realize that it can be
materials used for
specifically perishable brittle, they replaced it with
construction.
goods which price may steel, and this is still utilized in
vary depending on its  If bridges are safer than today’s bridge engineering and
quality. tunnels for travelers construction.
Tunnel  Tunnel construction  The process on how soil  Republic Act No. 544 is the
Construction requires a lot of digging investigation is law that encompasses
and excavation works. conducted prior to the provisions for tunnel
 It requires geotechnical approval of a tunnel construction here in the
study for the soil construction project. Philippines.
properties of the surface  The average time  Jungle Drilling Rig is utilized
prior to excavation. duration needed to finish to drill holes on stones to
 I believe that not all types a tunnel construction. increase efficiency of
of soil are suitable for  The average useful life excavation.
construction of tunnels. of a tunnel  Tunnels are commonly
 Tunnels are built starting  What happens to tunnels constructed in other countries
from the endpoints of the when they reach their for military purposes such as to
tunnel also known as the maximum economic serve as storage, hideout, and
opening and closing then it life? evacuation center for civilians.
meets halfway at the end  The proposed tunnel  Five continents in the world
of construction. construction projects always recommend tunnels.
 Tunnel construction here in the Philippines.  Tunnels are safer in times of
requires engineering  Is there a limit for the war, bombing, explosions, or
controls such as good air maximum length of a lightning.
ventilation especially for tunnel?  The technical investigation
long tunnels.  The longest tunnel in the takes up to 3 months to a year
 It is a very hazardous for Philippines in order to finish but for cities
workers since there is a  Does the length of the technical investigation it takes
great probability that they tunnel affect the required longer years to finish.
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CE176P/A2 Module 1 Final Activity
will be buried alive during
thickness of excavation
tunnel construction and  Tunnel construction are less
beneath the ground?
excavation. expensive and cost-effective
 What are other purposes
 It utilizes heavy equipment than bridges. It avoids
of tunnels aside from
such as excavators, disturbance to surface life and
transportation?
jackhammers, trucks, and the daily traffic.
conveyors.

 A project management plan is a

 Construction monitoring
 The detailed process of formal and approved document
refers to the supervision of
construction monitoring. that contains how a project will
a project manager which
 The different be carried out how a project
aims to measure the
construction controls will be monitored and how will
performance of workers.
that could be done it be controlled.
 Construction monitoring is
depending on the  Project Management Plan
conducted to ensure that a
problem a project (PMP) needs to be updated
project achieves the
manager is facing. regularly.
deliverables on time.
 What should the project  PMP defines the approach that
 Engineering or
manager do when the will be utilized by the team to
construction controls are
work is delayed in achieve the project
done to correct or prevent
schedule? deliverables.
Construction problems in the project.
 How much does the  Drones are also utilized in
Monitoring &  Project Management Plan
team need to compensate construction as it allows live
Control must consider the scope of
to the client when the remote overview of the site for
the project, the budget, and
project is delayed? architects, engineers, and
the schedule.
 What do project stakeholders.
 Building Information
managers do when a  Remote construction
Modeling is used in the
client requests for monitoring is the new normal
construction industry in
additional works that are as the COVID-19 has severely
order to prevent problems
not indicated in the impacted the construction
in the project and to make
approved project scope? engineering field.
plans and designs easier.
 The new innovations  Construction monitoring helps
 Robotics can be used to
used for better to prevent damage from a
improve our construction
construction monitoring variety of construction
industry like the utilization
and control. activities which includes
of robotic cranes.
excavations, driving of
equipment, and funding.