Construction Safety and Engineering Ethics

Course Code:

CE462

Course Period:

Spring

Course Type:

Core

Credits:

3

Theoric:

3

Practice:

0

Laboratory Hour:

0

ECTS:

5

Course Language:

English

Course Objectives:

The goal of this course is to acquire the ability to identify the occupational safety and health hazards in construction, to propose measures for prevention of accidents at workplace, to describe financial and legal consequences of workplace accidents, to explain enforcements of the Occupational Health and Safety Law, and to assess business situations within the framework of professional and ethical responsibilites of the engineer as well as ethical codes.

Course Content:

Content

Accident statistics in construction industry, most common causes of accidents, legal responsibilities imposed by the Occupational Health and Safety Law on the employer and the engineer, risk assessment, possible legal prosecutions, occupational health and safety management system, accident prevention measures, occupational safety and insurance relationship, engineering ethics and professional responsibility concepts, ethical codes in civil engineering, case studies, classroom discussions.

Contribution of the Course to the Professional Education

Increasing awareness of engineers about their responsibilities to the profession and society, to enable them prioritize job safety in both design and in establishing site management systems; to encourage them to avoid legal consequences that may result from negligence or unethical conduct in these tasks; to integrate the concepts of “occupational safety and health management system”, “professional engineering” and “ethical standards” into their professional lives and to ensure that they contribute to the improvement of professional standards.

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture by instructor , 5: Problem solving assignment , 8: Term research paper, 9: Presentation by guest speaker, 10: Sample Project Review

Course Evaluation Methods:

A: Written exam, B: Multiple-choice exam C: Take-home quiz, D: Experiment report, E: Homework, F: Project, G: Presentation by student, H: …

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Course Learning Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes	Detailed Program Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1) Ability to interpret occupational accident statistics and awareness about the most common occupational accidents in construction	11a	1	A, B
2) Ability to identify responsibilities of engineers, employers, workers and other parties within the framework of occupational health and safety laws and regulations; ability to explain legal and financial consequences of work accidents	6c,7b,7c,8b,9a, 9b,10c,11b,11c	1,8,9	A, B, E
3) Ability to determine components of the occupational health and safety management system and the documentation, training and inspection requirements.	10a,11b	1	A, B
4) Ablity to identify hazards and make risk assessment in a specific construction site, ability to define preventive measures for work accidents	6c,7b,7c,8a,8b, 9b,10a,11a	1, 8	A, B, E
5) Ability to make assessment according to the professional and ethical responsibilities of an engineer against employer, the law, society and the colleagues; ability to relate the assessment to the relevant ethical codes	6c,7b,7c,9a, 9b,10c,11b	1, 5,8,10	A, B, E
6) Ability to access cases, contemporary knowledge and regulations on occupational safety and professional ethics, to compile information, to make an effective presentation.	6a,7b,7d,8a,8b, 9a,10a,11a	8	G

Course Flow

Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Work Accident Statistics and Most Common Types of Accidents in Construction Sector; Financial and Legal Consequences of Work Accidents.	Lecture Notes and Textbook
2	Turkish Occupational Health and Safety Law	Lecture Notes and Textbook
3	Risks in Construction Works, Risk Assessment and Occupational Health and Safety Management System	Lecture Notes and Textbook
4	Design for Safety Concept	Lecture Notes and Textbook
5	Ocupational Safety Measures for Excavations and Temporary Structures	Lecture Notes and Textbook
6	Safety Measures for Fall from Height Accidents	Lecture Notes and Textbook
7	Safety Measures for Struck by Object Accidents	Lecture Notes and Textbook
8	Safety Measures for Electricity Contact Accidents	Lecture Notes and Textbook
9	Personal Protective Equipments	Lecture Notes and Textbook
10	Midterm	Lecture Notes and Textbook
11	Ethics, Engineering Ethics and Professional Liability	Lecture Notes and Textbook
12	Codes of Engineering Ethics	Lecture Notes and Textbook
13	Case Studies on Engineering Ethics	Lecture Notes and Textbook
14	Term Project Presentations	Lecture Notes and Textbook

Recommended Sources

Textbook

Presentation Notes

Occupational Health and Safety Law and Regulations

Occupational Safety Standards and Handbooks

Health and Safety Executive’s Publications

Additional Resources

Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

Author: Phil Hughes and Ed Ferrett, 6th Efition, 2016.

Health and Safety: Risk Management

Author: Tony Boyle, Routledge, 4th Edtiion, 2018.

Professional Ethics fort he Construction Industry

Author: Rebecca Mirsky and John Schaufelberger, Routledge, 2015.

Material Sharing

Documents	Slides are shared with the students on electronic media (Moodle)
Assignments	In term homeworks for research papers are shared on Moodle system and the students are required to upload their research reports on Moodle system for grading; end-of-term group research study is also shared on Moodle system, students are required to select the group members and a research topic which should be orally presented, and the slide presentation should be uploaded on the Moodle system.
Exams	Students can review their exam papers if they demand, and their learning is improved by learning from their mistakes.

Assessment

IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms	1	35
Research Reports	5	35
Oral Presentation	1	30
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		60
Total		100

Course’s Contribution to Program

No	Program Learning Outcomes	check √
1a	Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering subjects pertaining to the relevant discipline,
1b	Ability to use theoretical and applied knowledge in these areas in complex engineering problems.
2a	Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems,
2b	Ability to select and apply proper analysis and modeling methods for this purpose.
3a	Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way as to meet the desired result,
3b	Ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose.
4a	Ability to devise, select and use modern techniques and tools needed for analyzing and solving complex problems encountered in engineering practice.
4b	Ability to employ information technologies effectively.
5a	Ability to design experiments for investigating complex engineering problems or discipline specific research questions,
5b	Ability to conduct experiments, gather data, analyze and interpret results for investigating complex engineering problems or discipline specific research questions.
6a	Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary teams,	√
6b	Ability to work efficiently in multi-disciplinary teams,
6c	Ability to work individually.	√
7a	Ability to communicate effectively in Turkish, both orally and in writing,
7b	Knowledge of a minimum of one foreign language,	√
7c	Ability to write effective reports and comprehend written reports, prepare design and production reports,	√
7d	Ability to make effective presentations,	√
7e	Ability to give and receive clear and intelligible instructions.
8a	Recognition of the need for lifelong learning, ability to access information, ability to follow developments in science and technology,	√
8b	Ability to continue to educate him/herself.	√
9a	Consciousness to behave according to ethical principles and professional and ethical responsibility.	√
9b	Knowledge on standards used in engineering practice.	√
10a	Knowledge about business life practices such as project management, risk management, change management.	√
10b	Awareness in entrepreneurship and innovation.
10c	Knowledge about sustainable development.	√
11a	Knowledge about the global and social effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety,	√
11b	Knowledge about contemporary issues of the century reflected into the field of engineering.	√
11c	Awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.	√
12	Knowledge about project award mechanisms and tendering procedures.
13	Knowledge about the interaction of designers and constructors.

ECTS

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration	14	3	42
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	2	10	20
Research Reports	5	10	50
Oral Presentation	1	16	16
Final	1	2	2
Total Work Load			130
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			5.2
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

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