CDW2602 – Project 2024
DRAWINGS II PROJECT
CDW2602
Semester Module
Department of Civil Engineering
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Please read the instructions carefully and provide all
drawings in pdf.
Note: Failure to pass this project will result in automatic failure of the module.
This project assesses GA 5 as per rubric attached.
1 Purpose
The purpose of this project is to expose and familiarize the qualifying students to the use of Civil
Engineering design software and be able to perform various operations such as creating various
elevations, cross sections, bending schedules, reinforcement layouts, as well as foundation
layouts. The students should also be able to generate a scaled pdf drawing as well as using
various software functions to present a neat, scaled drawing.
2 Background and Project Location
The community of Letsopa, North West, has a Project to construct a Multi-purpose Centre. The
Client, Department of Education, has appointed your company CDW2602 Consulting Engineers
to undertake the full Consultancy services for the community based in the North West, Letsopa.
Upon completion of the investigations, you are given the task to produce the multi-purpose center
designs and a technical report (Refer to Annexure A). The Client expects that the designs be
completed in two weeks. The project expectations and timelines are as described below:
3 Project brief and specifications
The floor area has been specified by the Project Engineer in consultation with the Client. Certain
details have omitted from the drawing for you to decide where they may be placed.
NB: In your design, ensure that the facility is fully accessible to the disabled.
School hall assumptions and specifications
The main multipurpose center area @ ± 300m²
2 x Private rooms @ ± 40m²
Offices @ ± 40m²
Toilets @ ± 30m²
Kitchen @ ± 15m²
Entrance @ ± 14m²
Lounge @ ± 44m²
Parking and Paving @ ± 100m²
Use brickwork hatching (No plaster),
Allow two (2) entrances into the centre,
Allow enough ventilation (Windows),
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NB: All dimensions are in mm
For you to assume/decide
Window positions
Door position
Roof type
Portal frame size and connections
Reinforcing in the column and slab
4 Deliverables/Project output – Submit both .pdf drawings and project report
a) Produce floor plan according to the floor areas given,
b) Produce all elevations and label them on the floor plan,
c) Propose and include column and slab detail,
d) Include the bending schedules for your proposed reinforcement in the slab, base and column,
e) Include your window and door schedule,
f) Project report.
Total Mark = 100
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Project Part 1
“ANNEXURE A”
BRIEF GUIDE TO REPORT WRITING
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CONTENTS
Description
1 COVER and TITLE PAGE
1.1 Title
1.2 Author
1.3 Date of report
1.4 Place
1.5 Title page
2 SYNOPSIS
2.1 Executive summary of the report
2.2 Key words
3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
4 CONTENTS
4.1 Description
4.2 System of headings
5 SYMBOLS, NOMENCLATURE, GLOSSARY
5.1 Symbols
6 INTRODUCTION
6.1 Problem statement
6.2 Scope and limitations
6.3 Methodology
6.4 Summary of the content of each subsequent chapter
7 BODY OF THE REPORT
7.1 Literature review
7.2 Investigation
7.2.1 Test methods
7.2.2 Data acquired
7.2.3 Analysis
7.2.4 Discussion
8 CONCLUSIONS
9 RECOMMENDATIONS
10 REFERENCES
11 BIBLIOGRAPHY
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12 APPENDIX
13 WRITING THE REPORT
13.1 Format
13.2 General advice
13.3 Checking and editing
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1 COVER AND TITLE PAGE
1.1 Title
Use large capital letters for the title, which should be as short and compact as possible, while still
giving enough information to accurately identify what the report deals with. Avoid phrases like "a
report on investigations into ", as these add nothing relevant to the title.
1.2 Author
The name of the author must be shown on the cover, together with the author's affiliation or the
name of the organisation that will publish the report. This may include a logo.
1.3 Date of report
The date is usually placed at the bottom of the cover and may be the full date of issue of the
report or only month and year.
1.4 Place
The city or town (and country) where the headquarters of the issuing organization may be found
is shown on the cover or on the following title page.
1.5 Title page
The title page is virtually identical to the cover but may contain additional information like the
ISBN number, the publisher, printer, place of publication and year of issue.
2 SYNOPSIS
2.1 Executive summary of the report
The Executive Summary states the problem, the main findings, conclusions and
recommendations in a concise form. Potential readers can scan the summary and decide if the
report interests them or if it contains relevant information for them. The executive summary may
be as short as 200 words for a short report or as long as three pages for a substantial report.
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2.2 Key words
A short list of key words must be given to enable an electronic search to correctly identify the
subject matter of the report. Careful thought is required to choose relevant and important key
words. Include the field of study and the section covered in the report:
eg engineering, road, design or
eg engineering, water, quality
3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
All substantial assistance received in the work reported upon and in the preparation of the
report should be acknowledged.
Acknowledgement of another person's work, published or unpublished, should be given in the
references at the end of the report.
4 CONTENTS
4.1 Description
The contents should be given on a separate page and should strictly follow the structure of the
report, listing the headings and the page numbers. It is usual to list only the first three levels of
headings. The contents list is commonly divided into four sections:
• contents
• figures
• tables
• appendices
4.2 System of headings
• The system recommended is as follows:
• First level headings, chapter or section headings, are numbered consecutively beginning
with 1.
• Second level headings, being important subdivisions of the chapter or section, are
numbered
• Consecutively beginning with 1 within that section.
• Third level headings are numbered consecutively within the second level subdivision.
• Any further headings that might be required are not numbered. See the example below.
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Example:
1 FIRST LEVEL HEADING
1.1 Second level heading
1.1.1 Third level heading
Fourth level heading
Fifth level heading. This leads straight into the text. Italics can be used for the fourth and fifth
level headings, if preferred.
5 SYMBOLS, NOMENCLATURE, GLOSSARY
5.1 Symbols
A list of symbols used in the report should be given in alphabetical order and should follow
common practice within the field of study.
5.2 Nomenclature
Here should be listed commonly used abbreviations and acronyms. Alternatively, the
abbreviations or acronyms can be defined in the text where they first appear. Avoid the extensive
use of acronyms: rather spell out the words in full than dish up an "alphabet soup", which makes
reading of the text difficult.
5.3 Glossary
A glossary is an alphabetical listing of words and phrases that are unique to the field of study.
The glossary serves to speed up the reading and understanding of the text by supplying a
handy "dictionary".
6 INTRODUCTION
The introduction should be subdivided as follows:
6.1 Problem statement
The problem, hypothesis or purpose of the study should be stated clearly and concisely. This
can usefully be followed by a paragraph that establishes the importance of the problem and its
context.
6.2 Scope and limitations
The scope and limitations of the study or report should be given at this stage, so that the reader
has clarity about the breadth of subject matter covered. This step also has the advantage of
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focussing the attention of the writer onto the subject and avoiding the allure of side issues of
little importance.
6.3 Methodology
The broad approach used in the work should be given here. If standard procedures were
followed, then reference should be made to them.
If the work covered by the report is largely experimental, then a comprehensive description of
the procedure followed in the work should be made in the body of the report, or even in each
chapter in the body of the report.
6.4 Summary of the content of each subsequent chapter
This summary should be a preview of the rest of the report, briefly showing how the report has
been structured. Note that the structure must form a logical progression and should not
necessarily be in the chronological order in which the work was carried out.
7 BODY OF THE REPORT
7.1 Literature review
The literature review should give the history and present status of the problem by a brief review
of previous investigations. Their contribution to present understanding of the problem should be
made clear.
The literature review must be properly supported by references.
It may be useful at this stage to summarise accepted theory and give the relevant assumptions
and equations.
7.2 Investigation
7.2.1 Test methods
The methods used in the investigation should be described in sufficient detail so that the
interested reader is able to duplicate the results. In particular, any special precautions or special
apparatus should be described. Drawings can be placed in the appendix and referred to in this
section.
7.2.2 Data acquired
If relevant the raw data can be tabulated. However, if voluminous, it is better to show only
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processed data or summaries of the data here and to keep the raw data for an appendix. It is
critically important to fully describe how the data was processed (equations used, computer
programme used, etc).
7.2.3 Analysis
The analysis of the data should be fully described and the results given. The format of the
results needs some thought, as tables, though perhaps necessary, are not easily interpreted to
show trends. Graphs, drawn at sensible scales, can be used to illustrate trends, peak values
and minimum values. Students should be aware of the importance of the analysis of the data.
From the literature survey certain results should be expected. If these are not apparent, careful
analysis of the data should show why the expected results have not come about. If this is due to
faulty testing it must be investigated and corrected.
7.2.4 Discussion
Discussion of the test methods, the data and the analysis should be undertaken systematically
and presented in a clear and orderly fashion. Reasons must be given for anomalies found, even
if these are tentative. Should further testing be necessary to prove or disprove the tentative
reasons given, then say so and indicate how further testing should be structured.
Criteria used for making decisions must be made clear to the reader and should be based on
the problem statement and objectives. Such criteria simplify drawing conclusions from a mass of
data.
Conclusions should be put into the next section or chapter. However, if the report deals with
disparate subjects, they can be dealt with under separate headings, each structured as above
with section conclusions.
8 CONCLUSIONS
The conclusions of the study should be given in this section, restating the developments and
findings of the previous chapters, but avoiding further discussion. If appropriate, this section can
be a "Summary of Conclusions" presented in order of importance.
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If the study was inconclusive, ie no conclusions can be drawn from the study, this should be
stated and some recommendation made on how the study should be amended.
For a short report, recommendations resulting from the study should be given in this section. A
substantial report would show the recommendations in a separate section.
9 RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendations arising from the study should be given, suitably motivated and explained. As
the objective of a report is usually an action, the action desired by the author should be given in
the recommendations.
10 REFERENCES
References should be chosen to
• give the source of the writer's statements
• acknowledge another person's work
• provide additional and relevant information
All references quoted in the report must be listed. The Harvard System of listing references is
preferred and is illustrated below. The author and the year are shown in the text (eg. Bolton,
1981) and the full reference is given in the reference chapter.
Journal entries:
Bolton, W T. A lesson in interactive television programming. Journal of Library Automation,
vol.14, no.2, Feb.1981, pp.103-108.
Books:
Segre, E. editor. Experimental Nuclear Physics, 1st edition. New York: Wiley, 1953, vol.1, pp.6-
10.
Conference proceedings:
Smith, K A and Waller, A A. New paradigms for engineering education. Pittsburgh: ASEE/IEEE
Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, 1997.
11 BIBLIOGRAPHY
Background reading is often referenced in the Bibliography, but is not referred to in the text of
the report. Entries in the Bibliography should follow the same Harvard System as the
references.
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12 APPENDIX
The appendices are used for information pertinent to the report but too bulky to be placed in the
text. They are particularly useful for information that would otherwise interrupt the flow of the
report. Raw data can be shown in an appendix if necessary for completeness. Note that raw
data is sometimes too bulky for inclusion in an appendix and is unnecessary for a proper
understanding of the study. In this case processed data should be shown in an appendix and
only summaries put into the body of the report.
Additional information that would support the report can be shown in an appendix.
13 WRITING THE REPORT
13.1 Format
The report should be typed in 1½ line spacing, with at least 25 mm margins, using 10 point or
12 point typeface (12 pt preferred) and printed on one side only of A4 paper. Spelling should
follow the Oxford Dictionary. Do not use full stops after abbreviations or acronyms.
Type equations carefully and clearly, preferably in such a fashion that minor formatting changes
will not destroy the format of the equation.
Number all tables and figures, so that reference can be made to any specific one. Table
headings can be numbered for clarity if appropriate.
Use the spell checkers available with all word processor software, first setting the correct
language to "South African English". The default US (American) settings should be avoided. If a
grammar and language style check is available, use it once the first draft of the report has been
written and is being edited.
13.2 General advice
When researching the literature, note the full reference details of every book and journal article,
including page numbers, so that these can be checked at any stage if and when additional
information is required. It is easier to delete a few references than to reread a book or a series
of journals while searching for specific information.
When performing an extended series of tests, do not leave the calculation of results till the end.
Complete the calculations during the testing and make sure that the results behave as
expected. If they don't, the testing procedures can be amended to eliminate spurious results. If
calculation is left to the end, a whole series of tests may have to be repeated or even
abandoned.
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13.3 Checking and editing
Editing is a process of critical evaluation and should include:
• accuracy: the report must be accurate and free from ambiguity and bias.
• brevity: irrelevant wording and unnecessary detail must be eliminated.
• clarity: the report must be easy to read, well structured with a logical flow of statements
and ideas. Part of the logical flow is to ensure that the problem statement, analysis of the
data, discussions and conclusions are all about the same subject, that they hang
together and progress logically from one to the next.
• emphasis: attention must be drawn to significant information. This should not be left to
the reader but must form part of the report.
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Bruckmann C G and Mandersloot W G B. Writing Informative Reports. CSIR, Pretoria, April
1984.
Faculty of Engineering. Guide for the preparation of theses, dissertations and project reports.
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Dec 1990, revised Dec 1994.
SAICE. Notes on the preparation of papers and technical notes. South African Institution of Civil
Engineering, Midrand. Undated.
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“ANNEXURE B”
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES
UNISA
School of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Graduate Attribute Assessment Rubric
Qualification name: Civil Engineering
Module Name: Drawing II
Module Code: CDW2602
Assessment Number: 897306
GA Attached to Assessment: GA 5
Student Initials and Surname:
Student Number:
Student GA Student
Description Mark Range Result
Mark fulfillment Score
Unsatisfactory performance, the
The student meets less than 30% of the required
0 – 30 student has not achieved minimum 1
assessment criteria’s applicable to GA 2&5
requirement
Unsatisfactory performance, work must
The student meets less than 45% of the required
35 – 45 be resubmitted within 7 days of receipt 2
assessment criteria’s applicable to GA 2&5 of assessment.
The student meets more than 50% of the required 50 – 60 Satisfactory performance 3
The student meets more than 60% of the required 60 – 70 Good Performance 4
The student meets more than 70% of the required 80 – 100 Excellent Performance 5
E-02-PN: Qualification Standard for Diploma in Engineering: NQF Level 6 (Rev 5, 01/09/2020)
Graduate attribute GA description Range 1 2 3 4 5 Total
A range of methods, skills and tools appropriate to
the disciplinary designation of the program including:
Sub-discipline-specific tools, processes or
Demonstrate competence to use
procedures; Computer packages for computation,
GA 5: Engineering methods, skills and appropriate engineering methods,
modelling, simulation, and information handling;
tools, including information technology skills and tools, including those
Computers and networks and information
based on information technology.
infrastructures for accessing, processing, managing,
and storing information to enhance personal
productivity and teamwork.
Result
Student passed the assessment and is competent in the applicable Graduate Attribute/s Yes/No
Lecturer Signature: Moderator Signature:
Date: Date:
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1.
“ANNEXURE C”
THE EVALUATION CRITERIA
The table on the next page is an indication of how marks will be allocated. Annexure C (Brief Guide
to Report Writing) of the Tutorial letter should still be followed.
S/N SECTION DESCRIPTION SECTION
MARKS
1 Presentation Project report to be typed 10
2 Introduction, Statement indicating the purpose of 15
Content, Literature the project and what the student
and Conclusion hopes to achieve.
Discussion on how the design was
carried out. Literature review,
references and conclusion
3 Drawings Drawings submitted in pdf on a title 5
block
4 North Elevation 5
5 South Elevation 5
6 East Elevation 5
7 West elevation 5
8 Section drawing 10
9 Floor Plan 10
10 Bending Schedules 20
11 Window and door schedules 5
12 Slab detail 5
13 Column detail 5
TOTAL 100
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