1.011 | Spring 2011 | Undergraduate
Project Evaluation
Course Description
1.011 Project Evaluation covers methodologies for evaluating civil engineering projects, which typically are large-scale and long-lived and involve many economic, financial, social and environmental factors. The course places an emphasis on dealing with uncertainty. Students learn basic techniques of engineering …
1.011 Project Evaluation covers methodologies for evaluating civil engineering projects, which typically are large-scale and long-lived and involve many economic, financial, social and environmental factors. The course places an emphasis on dealing with uncertainty. Students learn basic techniques of engineering economics, including net present value analysis, life-cycle costing, benefit-cost analysis, and other approaches to project evaluation. Examples are drawn from both contemporary and historical projects in various fields, including transportation systems, urban development, energy and environmental projects, water resource management, telecommunications systems, and other elements of the public and private projects and programs.
Learning Resource Types
assignment Problem Sets
grading Exams
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group_work Projects with Examples
assignment Written Assignments
Map of existing and potential high-speed rail corridors in the United States.
Lectures 10 and 14 of this course evaluate the effectiveness of producing high speed rail corridors in the United States. (Image source: United States Federal Government.)