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How are modular buildings made?

What is meant by modular construction?

When was modular construction invented?

How does modular construction differ from traditional construction (site built)? What are modular units?

What are benefits of modular construction compared to traditional construction? What are disadvantages?

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Project option 5. Use a digital video camera and computer software to produce a three-minute movie about an ethical dilemma concerning the use of science or technology.

Self-Reflection Questions

•What are the important ideas you explored?

•What new discoveries emerge?

•What strategies did you use to learn?

•Which worked well or didn't work well?

•What new questions do you have?

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Designing the Future

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Work in pairs. Choose four of these questions and then discuss them.

How often do you think about the future?

What do you hope for your own future?

Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future? Why?

What futuristic things from science fiction movies do you want to happen in real life?

Would you like to live 100 years in the future or the past? Why?

What technology will we be using in the future?

What comes to mind when you think about design?

How would you like to influence the future?

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Discover Content

Engineering skills to take you into the future

Read the text, fill in the gaps with one of the words below.

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In preparing for professions of the future, developing a strong foundation of skills in engineering could place you at the head of the pack. As we delve deeper into the digital era, automation continues to challenge the world and the future of work. Many jobs are expected to no longer exist in the next few decades due to the introduction of automated processes. However, it’s not all doom and gloom for future workers. There are a number of jobs that are showing promising trends amid emerging technological , and one of these careers is engineering. Automation will offer enormous opportunities for engineering graduates.

In a changing environment, engineering offers the best set of skills that enable students to adapt to many different fields of the future. Students are taught project management skills alongside critical analysis, logical reasoning and a mathematical approach to . They are taught skills that can assist in adapting to the automated workplace and be integrated into other professions as the impacts of technology influence how certain tasks are carried out. Technology plays a major part in engineering, and one of the best ways to adapt to automation is to develop basic knowledge of those underpinning technologies. Engineering trains students to scientific knowledge to solve targeted, real-life problems. Engineers develop critical thinking skills, problem-solving abilities and analytical capabilities, and they draw on and imagination to stay at the forefront of innovation. The future of engineering will see increased collaboration and then integration of different engineering disciplines. The future of engineering will see skills developed in

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areas of reality, robotics, wireless technologies, artificial intelligence and many others. Technical knowledge will be incorporated into all major areas of engineering such as civil, electrical, electronics, mechanical, materials and chemical. Engineering remains a profession that meets the workforce needs of the future. The vital skills engineering students develop can better equip them for career changes and ultimately drive innovation.

Civil Engineering Design Process

Define the correct steps in the design process for building.

Project planning

Design development phase

Schematic design phase

Construction documentation phase

Construction administration phase

Define the usage of the building

1 Recognizing the need for a building

Study Cases

1.Read job posting. What experience and knowledge should the successful candidate have?

2.With a partner, act out the conversation between the employer and a job candidate. Interviewers: discuss the candidates. What were their strenghts and weeknesses? Candidates: discuss the interviewers. Which questions were easy or difficult to answer?

3.Write a letter to a successful candidate. Give the name of the position, the starting date, duties, the salary. Add any other information that will be useful.

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DECORIUM CONSTRUCTION

Job title: Civil Engineer

Location: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Company: DECORIUM CONSTRUCTION

DECORIUM CONSTRUCTION is a civil engineering company that mainly operates in the Nizhny Novgorod region. But besides that, we also have experience in implementing major international construction projects.

Our field of expertise is design, construction, and maintenance of infrastructure projects. This can include roads, bridges, tunnels, dams, and other structures. A civil engineering company may also provide consulting services to government agencies and private companies. We follow the latest industry trends and use modern technologies in our work. All our projects meet the highest quality standards.

DECORIUM CONSTRUCTION is seeking a civil engineer. Applicants need experience designing many types of infrastructure. This includes:

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Small-scale residential and commercial projects. These serve individual clients.

Large-scale municipal. These serve entire community.

We work primarily with land development and road construction project. As

such, we need someone with knowledge of the related water supply issues. Experience with making topographical models is a plus. Knowledge of updated construction techniques is essential. English proficiency above B1 level is preferred.

Invent Ideas

Choose your project

Project Option 1

Designing University

The DECORIUM CONSTRUCTION company is bidding on the contract to build a new university in your city.

Contemporary classrooms that optimize learning and teaching present a challenge to designers and builders because they need to encourage or allow many types of activity. These include reflection, collaboration, group learning, individual learning, presentations, and computer use. Learning environments also need to accommodate activities involving water, display areas, and spaces for teacher meetings.

The team created a design competition in which entrants were asked to use prefabricated systems to develop contemporary learning spaces.

Develop a project for the tender. Draw a Floor Plan.

Prepare a presentation of your project explaining your idea.

Project Option 2

Website for a construction company

Plan (or create) a website for a DECORIUM CONSTRUCTION company.

Before you start building a website, you need to know why you are building it. You might think the purpose is to:

· display their work to potential clients

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·share what you know

·advertise your business

·boost confidence in your team and your work

Decide what your website needs to help you reach your goal.

Show off past projects with high resolution images and videos.

Have accurate company info that matches its physical proposal.

Humanize company with head shots and bios of (your) leadership and key team members.

Project Option 3

Construction site of the future

WHAT DOES THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE?

The construction site will be human-free by 2050. That’s what Balfour Beatty predicted in its Innovation 2050 report back in 2017. While 2050 is far in our future, technology is already changing how we work on construction sites.

Make your predictions about the site of the future.

Use statistics to prove your point of view and increase credibility. Examine all statistics for relevance, validity and authority.

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Categories for Project Evaluation

TEAM NAME:

Points Total will be based on a 100-point scale broken down into the following

categories:

I. Engineering Aspect (40 points)

Drawing (0 to 10 points)

Similar to the real engineering drawing?

Solution to problem (0 to 10 points)

Does the project solve the problem of the customer?

Reliability of the Project (0 to 10 points)

Does the project reliable?

Sustainability of the Project (0 to 10 points)

Does the project sustainable?

II. Communication Aspect (30 points)

Project Worksheet (0 to 10 points)

How clear, concise, and creative is the written explanation of the project?

Project Explanation (0 to 10 points)

How clear, concise, and creative is the video/live explanation of the project?

Teamwork (0 to 10 points)

How well did the team communicate, work together and use checklists?

III.Creativity (0 to 15 points)

Is сreativity shown?

IV. Digital Aspect (0 to 15 points)

Were digital technologies used appropriate?

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Self-Reflection Questions

•What are the important ideas you explored?

•What new discoveries emerge?

•What strategies did you use to learn?

•Which worked well or didn't work well?

•What new questions do you have?

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Smart Cities

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In city planning, there is no limit to be fixed." - Willis Polk

“Cities are often places of great energy and optimism. They are where most of us choose to live, work and interact with others. As a result, cities are where innovation happens, where ideas are formed from which economic growth largely stems.”

- Tim Jones

Discuss the questions.

1.Look at the diagram above. What qualifies as a smart city?

2.Smart cities use a variety of software, user interfaces and communication networks. Which innovation do you think is the most useful? Why?

3.Has a place where you live features of a smart city? Why? / Why not?

4.Would you like to live in a smart city? Why? / Why not?