An Interactive Webbook on Heavy Civil Construction Materials and Methods – Student Edition

This is a student edition of the interactive webbook on heavy civil construction materials and methods.

This webbook unit covers several items of work from each of the ten (10) units, focusing on the ‘what and how.’ This in-depth knowledge will give the student a solid foundation for real-world applications in the field.

To know how to construct several items of work, one must know how to identify the scope of work for related items of work, learn how to identify the applicable work tasks, and know how to conduct work planning and cost estimating analyses. One must also know how to integrate and sequence the work tasks to develop the project schedule, understand the related testing and sampling, and field inspections for overseeing the specific items of work, and the related performance analyses during construction.

Technology is transforming the learning environment, but one thing that remains the same is that learners want engaging, real-world content. To that end, we have gamified learning in this webbook unit by incorporating several interactive and engaging elements throughout. We hope this will help focus and engage the learner. We are aware that people’s attention spans have become shorter in recent years, and it is essential to provide meaningful real-world tools for work and for learning to meet the needs of today’s learners, which is exactly what we have done in this webbook unit.