CIVL 402 Syllabus 2023

- 1 - CIVL 402: Professionalism & Law in Civil Engineering CALENDAR DESCRIPTION CIVL 402 (3) Professionalism and Law in Civil Engineering . The Professional Governance Act; professional ethics, conflicts of interest, confidentiality and accountability; health and safety; sustainable development and environmental stewardship; equity considerations; design and construction contracts, specifications and tendering; labour and employment law; dispute resolution; evidence and expert witnesses; torts and legal liability. [3-0-0]. Prerequisite: Fourth- year standing. COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this course, it is expected that students will: • Be able to demonstrate knowledge of the development and regulation of professional engineering in Canada, the concept of self-regulation and the roles of EGBC • Have an appreciation of the roles of engineers in society with respect to the protection of the public and the public interest. • Be able to demonstrate professional behaviour as arising from Codes of Conduct and the EGBC Code of Ethics • Be able to demonstrate knowledge of legal and regulatory factors, including contract and tort law, professional liability and insurance, risk management and dispute resolution, codes and standards, and project approval processes that rely on the foregoing and on consultation and engagement mechanisms. • Be able to demonstrate knowledge and apply approaches to assuring workplace and public health and safety, including through the development of civil engineering projects. • Be able to identify and account for societal impacts of civil engineering projects, including economic, social, cultural, environmental and human health aspects. • Be able to identify environmental impacts of civil engineering projects, and to demonstrate knowledge and apply engineering approaches to assuring protection of the environment • Comprehend and be able to apply the concepts of sustainability, sustainable development and environmental stewardship to civil engineering projects • Be able to demonstrate knowledge of ethical standards and issues, accountability principles and equity issues in the workplace, and to contribute to their resolution. • Be able to locate, access and utilize relevant information sources as relating to civil engineering impacts • Be able to evaluate critically and apply knowledge, methods and skills through self-identified sources and self-directed learning

- 2 - CIVL 402: Professionalism & Law in Civil Engineering GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES It is intended that this course will contribute to graduates possessing several (listed below) of the twelve Graduate Attributes identified by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board and that have been established for the Civil Engineering program: • Communication skills. An ability to communicate complex engineering concepts within the profession and with society at large. Such ability includes reading, writing, speaking and listening, and the ability to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, and to give and effectively respond to clear instructions. • Professionalism. An understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the professional engineer in society, especially the primary role of protection of the public and the public interest. • Impact of engineering on society and the environment. An ability to analyze social and environmental aspects of engineering activities. Such ability includes an understanding of the interactions that engineering has with the economic, social, health, safety, legal, and cultural aspects of society. • Ethics and equity. An ability to apply professional ethics, accountability, and equity. • Life-long learning. An ability to identify and to address their own educational needs in a changing world in ways sufficient to maintain their competence and to allow them to contribute to the advancement of knowledge. INSTRUCTORS CIVL 402 is being delivered in two distinct parts: CIVL 402A (Professional Aspects) and CIVL 402B (Legal Aspects). CIVL 402A will be delivered by Dr. Etmannski, with some guest lecturers. CIVL 402B will be delivered by Mr. Wallace and a team of lawyers from the firm Clyde & Co. Contact details are as follows: CIVL 402A Instructor: Tamara R. Etmannski Ph.D., P.Eng. (she/her) Office hours: By Appointment Email: tamara.etmannski@ubc.ca Office: CEME 2020 (Virtual preferred) Personal Bio: Dr. Etmannski came to UBC in 2014 after completing her PhD in Environmental Engineering at the University of Oxford. Her dissertation included reverse-engineering off-grid, arsenic-removal water treatment systems located in rural India. At UBC she is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Civil Engineering and is the Co-Director of both Environmental Engineering undergraduate programs that UBC offers (one is joint between UBC/UNBC). Her area of focus is on teaching and educational leadership activities related to ‘engineering impacts’ including topics like: sustainability, leadership, entrepreneurship, economics, ethics, and professionalism. Dr Etmannski was awarded the prestigious UBC Killam Teaching Award in 2021. She also used to own a motorcycle training school, kiteboards, rows, and runs, has two young sons, one chubby frenchie, and loves coffee.

- 4 - CIVL 402: Professionalism & Law in Civil Engineering ASSESSMENT CIVL 402A (Professional Aspects) Team Assignments 25% Online Pop Quizzes 5% Professional Conduct 5% Final exam 15% Total for CIVL 402A 50% CIVL 402B (Legal Aspects) Final exam 50% Total for CIVL 402B 50% Assessment Details (CIVL 402A Only): There are 5 team assignments, each worth 5% of the total 25% weighting. Assignments are due at 11pm on Oct 4, 18, Nov 1, 16 and 29. There are 5 members of every team and team leadership rotates to a different team member every assignment. The Team Leader is responsible for submitting the assignment on behalf of the group before the deadline and after every deadline, every team member, including the team leader will submit a peer feedback form in survey format. Professional conduct grades can be lost by failing to submit the feedback forms or based on the feedback from one’s peers within the forms. Students’ conduct in class and in email are also considered in the professional conduct grade. It is also possible to have the assignment mark adjusted based on the feedback of ones’ peers – if for example a student did not participate in the team assignment, it is possible that student may receive an adjusted mark different than their peers. There will be 6 pop quizzes. The pop quizzes will not be announced before class time, are announced during class time, are open on Canvas immediately after class time ends and closes that day at 11pm. The quiz must be completed within 15 minutes (single attempt for each question) and the correct answers may be viewed over a 24-hour period after the quiz closes. The quiz with the lowest score (including zero) will be thrown out and the remaining 5 scores will be used towards the 5% allocated towards the quiz grade. Exam Details: Final Examination (CIVL 402A and CIVL 402B combined). The final examination is multiple choice and will contain two sections (suitably weighted) reflecting the two parts of the overall course. It will be "closed- book." You must pass the final exam to pass the course. I NEED HELP – WHAT SHOULD I DO? • Contact Dr. Etmannski for enquiries relates to the content of CIVL 402A.All personal (and confidential) concerns related to course arrangements, exceptional cases and marks are also to be made through email to Dr. Etmannski. Appointments through zoom or in-person will be made when deemed necessary. • Contact Mr. Wallace for enquiries relates to the content of CIVL 402B. All e-mails should include CIVL 402 (include space, not "CIVIL") in the subject line, and contain the student's first and last names and student number.

- 5 - CIVL 402: Professionalism & Law in Civil Engineering SCHEDULE (subject to change) Tuesdays Tentative Topics CIVL 402A Thursdays Tentative Topics CIVL 402B 5-Sep No Class - Imagine Day 7-Sep Common Law and Legal System (First Class) 12-Sep Professionalism 14-Sep Contracts 19-Sep EGBC 21-Sep Torts & Professional Liability 26-Sep Professional Ethics 28-Sep Contract Administration and Field Services 3-Oct Human Rights 5-Oct Tendering 10-Oct EDI 12-Oct No Class - "Make-Up Monday" 17-Oct EDI 19-Oct Risk, Responsibility & Dispute Avoidance 24-Oct Approvals, Consultations, Engagement 26-Oct Dispute Resolution 31-Oct Approvals, Consultations, Engagement 2-Nov Builders Liens 7-Nov Health & Safety 9-Nov Business Organisations 14-Nov No Class - Reading week 16-Nov Labour and Employment Law 21-Nov Health & Safety 23-Nov Bonding and Delay Claims 28-Nov Health & Safety 30-Nov Case Studies in Engineering 5-Dec Enviro. Stewardship (Last Class) 7-Dec No Class (Possible Make Up Class) ACADEMIC INTEGRITY All UBC students are expected to behave as honest and responsible members of an academic community. Failure to follow appropriate policies, principles, rules and guidelines with respect to academic honesty at UBC may result in disciplinary action. It is the student ’ s responsibility to review and uphold applicable standards of academic honesty. Instances of academic misconduct, such as cheating, plagiarism, resubmitting the same assignment, impersonating a candidate, or falsifying documents, will be strongly dealt with according to UBC ’ s procedures for Academic Misconduct. More generally, students are deemed to be aware of and adhere to the relevant University regulations as provided in http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=3,0,0,0 , and in particular those relating to Academic Honesty and Standards and to Student Conduct and Discipline. All cases of suspected academic misconduct must be reported to the Dean’s Office.