Environmental Engineering Projects

To provide the professional capacity to plan, direct, execute and manage all activities related to the field of Environmental Engineering.

To know the methodology necessary for the definition of environmental engineering works throughout all their stages or phases: Aspects prior to the drafting of the project, feasibility analysis, approach and selection of alternatives, drafting of the project and its processing, contracting and works management.

Which, in particular, translate into the following points:
• Knowledge of the methodology for the formulation of engineering projects.
• Know the types of projects, their design stages and their components.
• To know the methodology of market and technical feasibility studies.
• Determine the environmental and social assessment of engineering projects.
• Knowing the morphology of a project, its parts and formats.
• To have the ability to handle specific environmental engineering projects such as WWTP, DWTP, waste treatment facilities, etc. in our environment (Lugo, Vigo, etc.) and the opportunity to learn about practical cases throughout the course.

The degree report includes the following contents for this subject:
• General: project concept, typologies, general design considerations, market studies and technical feasibility.
• Morphology of the engineering project: report, annexes, plans, specifications, measurements and budget.
• Project management: functions, organisation, administration and control. IT tools.
• Materials: types, design properties, selection criteria, standards and regulations.
• Ethics, safety and environment
These contents will be developed according to the following programme:

THEORY PROGRAMME - (14 hours in person)

Theme 1.- Introduction. Concept of Project (1h)
Introduction to the Project concept. Definition of the project. Classical theory and general theory of the project. The project as a system. Phases in the process of generating a project. Factors involved in a project. Characteristics. Entities involved in the phases of the project.

Theme 2.- (1 h)
Characteristics of the different types of projects and organisation of the project according to its typology. Origin and classification of projects. Entities involved in the phases of a project. Introduction to environmental engineering projects.

Theme 3.- (1 h)
Legal regulations affecting environmental engineering projects. Legislation affecting the professional activity of the engineer. Sectorial legislation. Technical regulations.

Theme 4.- (1 h)
Introduction to the Public Sector Contracts Act.

Theme 5.- (1 h)
Project formulation methodology.
Methodology. Process. Phases. Multi-criteria analysis of alternatives.

Theme 6.
The morphology of the project. Memory. Content, presentation and usefulness. Descriptive report. Justifying report. Annexes to the report.

Theme 7.
Plans. Definition and use. Types of plans. Content. Purpose.

Theme 8.
Tender Specifications. Objective and scope of the specifications. Types of tender specifications. Structure and content. Relationship with the budget and its execution.

Theme 9.
The Budget. Structure. Work units. Measurements. Unit prices. Price tables. Preparation of a project budget.

Theme 10. (2 h)
Planning and programming of the projected works. Systematisation of the project into components, chapters and activities. Allocation of resources. Calculation of execution times. Computer applications.

Theme 11.
Control and monitoring of the execution of the works and installations of a project. Works management. Measurement, valuation and certification of the projected works and installations. Computer applications.

Theme 12.
Environmental impact assessment of engineering projects. Basic legislation. Assessment methods. Computer applications.

Theme 13.
Health and Safety Studies and Plans in environmental engineering projects. Basic legislation. Methodology. Preparation of Basic and Complete Health and Safety Study models. Health and safety coordination in environmental engineering projects.

Basic bibliography:
Goncalves, M.C. 2016. Materials for Construction and Civil Engineering. Springer.
• Romero, C. 1993 Técnicas de programación y control de proyectos. Pirámide. Madrid.
• Trueba Jainaga, J.I., Levenfeld González, G., Marco Gutiérrez, J.L. 1991. Teoría de proyectos: morfología del proyecto. E.T.S.I.A., Madrid.
Supplementary bibliography:
• Canter, Larry W. 1997. Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment. Techniques for the preparation of impact studies. Mc Graw-Hill. Aravaca. Madrid
• Castro Fresno, D., Aja Setián, J. 2005. Organisation and control of works. Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Cantabria, Santander.
Conesa Fdez, V., 1995. Guía metodológica para la evaluación de impacto ambiental. Mundi Prensa, Madrid.
• Fremond, M. 2005. Mechanical Modelling and Computational Issues in Civil Engineering. Franco Maceri (Eds). Springer.
• González Alonso, S. , Aguilló, M. and Ramos, A. 2001. Guidelines and Techniques for the Estimation of Impacts. Chair of Projects. ETSI de Montes de Madrid.
• Castilla León Construction Institute. Forms for Health and Safety Coordination in Construction Works.
• Public Sector Contracts Act. Law 30/07. BOE 30-10-2007.
• Morilla Abad, I. 2001. Guía metodológica y práctica para la realización de proyectos. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid.
• Texto Refundido de la Ley de Evaluación Ambiental de Proyectos. Legislative RD 1/2008. BOE of 26 January 2008.

In this subject the student will acquire or practice a series of generic competences, desirable in any university degree, and specific competences, specific to engineering in general or environmental engineering in particular. Within the list of competences designed for the degree, the following will be worked on:

Basic and general competences:
GC1 - Identify and report environmental problems.
CG7 - Lead and manage the organisation of work and human resources applying criteria of industrial safety, quality management, occupational risk prevention, sustainability, and environmental management (good practices).
CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity for originality in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - Students are able to apply the knowledge acquired and their problem-solving skills in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
CB8 - Students are able to integrate knowledge and deal with the complexity of making judgements based on incomplete or limited information, including reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgements.
CB9 - Students are able to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and rationale behind them to specialist and non-specialist audiences in a clear and unambiguous way.
CB10 - Students possess the learning skills that will enable them to continue studying in a largely self-directed or autonomous manner.

Cross-cutting competences:
CT4 - Demonstrate critical and self-critical reasoning, analytical and synthesis skills.
TC5 - Drafting, writing and publicly defending scientific and technical reports and projects.
TC6 - Appreciate the value of quality and continuous improvement, acting with rigour, responsibility and professional ethics within the framework of commitment to sustainable development.

Specific competences:
SC6 - Manage and supervise all types of installations, processes, systems and services of the different industrial areas related to the environmental process industry.
SC7 - Direct and manage technically and economically projects, installations, plants, companies and technology centres in the field of the environmental process industry and related industrial sectors.

The teaching of this subject will be face-to-face. After a theoretical explanation of the different topics, learning will continue with the reading of the recommended bibliography and the resolution of practical cases. The theory classes, expository and participative in nature, will take place in a conventional classroom with the help of a blackboard and audiovisual media. The practical classes, of an interactive nature, will be carried out in small groups with the help of a computer. Both the specific competences CE6 and CE7 and the general competences CG1 and CG7 will be worked on. The teaching/learning activities will be supported by the USC Virtual Campus in MS-Teams, which offers teaching resources on the Internet (documentation repository, platform for the development of online activities and means of teacher/student communication). The teacher will propose exercises similar to those explained in class that students will have to solve outside the classroom to strengthen their knowledge and discover their difficulties with the subject. They will also provide real or simulated data for students to analyse independently using the techniques learnt in the subject, and write reports in which they explain the work done, explain and discuss the results obtained and highlight the main conclusions. By carrying out this work, students will work, in addition to the specific competences CE6 and CE7, on the basic and transversal competences CB6, CB7, CB8, CB9, CB10 and CT4. The reports of this coursework will be used for the continuous assessment of the subject. In the tutorials, students will be attended to comment on and clarify specific questions in relation to their tasks within the subject (information gathering, data analysis, preparation of assignments, etc.).

In a nutshell:
• Group lectures: 14 hours
• Interactive seminars: 10 hours
• Practical classes: 8 hours
• Group tutorials: 4 hours
• Evaluation activities: 2 hours

• Attendance at lectures, seminars and practical classes in the computer classroom, valued as 20 % of the final mark (Na).
• Participation in Seminar 4, Technical Field Day for the visit to the construction site of a WWTP, is compulsory. Each student will have to present a paper resulting from it, which will count for 10% of the final mark (Nc).
• There will be a written exam of a theoretical-practical nature of the totality of the contents of the programme, in which it will be necessary to obtain a score equal to or higher than 3.50 points. It represents 50% of the final mark (Ne).
• Presentation of the work resulting from the 2 computer classroom practicals, which will be worth 20 % of the final mark (Np).

The final mark must be greater than or equal to 5 to pass the subject, and will be obtained from the following formula:

NF = 0,20*Na + 0,10 *Nc+ 0,50*Ne + 0,20*Np

Repeat students, if they have passed the internship, will keep their marks.
Students who are granted dispensation from attendance will be required to sit the exam after handing in the practical work. They are advised to contact the teacher as soon as possible to make a specific plan.
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the "Regulations on the evaluation of students' academic performance and review of grades" shall apply.
The relationship between the assessment systems and the competences assessed are:
Written test (50%): competences CG1, CG7, CB6, CB7, CT5, CT6, CE6, CE7.
Work submitted (20%): competences GB7, CB8, CB9, CT4, CT5.

Students will receive 14 hours of lectures and will participate in 18 hours of interactive seminars and practicals, in which they will also be assessed. In addition, 4 hours of face-to-face tutorials in small groups will be included. In addition, the student will have to develop a non-face-to-face work, preparing documentation for the face-to-face classes, carrying out work on the subject, preparing the written tests that will be assessed. To these tasks will be dedicated 74.50 hours of personal work, distributed as follows: 35 h to the study and preparation of subjects, 25 h to the preparation of practical work and 14.50 h to the preparation of the exam.

Attendance at all teaching activities. Consultation of the recommended bibliography. Make frequent use of the tutorials for any type of question related to the subject. Keeping the subject up to date.

For tutorials, as well as to maintain direct communication between the students and the teacher, they will be carried out through the Virtual Campus forum, MS Teams or by e-mail.