1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

CE792 Health and Safety in construction
5 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn Instruction:
lectures/tutorials/seminars Assessment: assignment work
and seminar papers
This is a subject in the Master of Engineering (Construction
Management)
Objectives
To make the student aware of the effect of construction
work on society and the environment.
Content
Control of pollution, effect of construction work on the
environment, noise control, methods of dealing with
objections from the public to proposed works, statutory
regulations regarding safety and protection of the public,
demolition requirements, hazardous aspects of construction,
occupational health and safety, workcare.
Practical work
Assignment work and seminar papers. Inspection of site
work.
Recommended reading
Asfahl, C.R., Industrial Safety and Health Management. Englewood
Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1984
Handley, W., Industrial Safety Handbook. 2nd edn, London,
McGraw-Hill, 1977
Hoyos, C.G., Occupational Safery and Accident Prevention.
Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1988
Kryter, K.D., The Effects of Noise on Man. 2nd edn, New York,
Academic Press, 1985 , n
CE793 Construction Lawih)\
10 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn Instruction:
lectures/tutorials/seminars Assessment: assignment work
and seminar papers
This is a subject in the Master of Engineering (Construction
Management)
Objectives
To give the student an appreciation of the legal and
contractual responsibilities within construction operations.
Content
Legal relationships; agency, partnerships, firms, companies,
and unincorporated assoociations. Professional
responsibility and relationships; client, architect, engineer,
-. & contractor, sub-contractor. Insurance; loss, non-completion
of contract, injury, death, weather, etc. Role of the lawyer in
drawing up contracts. Bankruptcy of contractor/client.
Tort. Tendering procedure. Negotiating within an existing
contract. Dispute avoidance and settling disputes. Contract
variation procedure. Commercial law.
Recommended reading
Carter, J.W., Outline of Contract Law in Australia. Sydney,
Butterworths, 1990
Khoury, D., Understanding Contract Law. 3rd edn, Sydney,
Butterworths, 1992
Caffrey, B.A., Guidebook to Contract Law in Australia. 4th edn,
North Ryde, N.S.W., CCH Australia, 1991
IEAust. Minimising and Resolving Engineering Disputes
Sharkey, J.J.A. and Doner, J.B., Comercial Arbitration. Sydney,
Law Book Co., 1986
CE794
Financial
10 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn Instruction:
lecture/tutorial/seminar Assessment: assignment work and
seminar papers
This is a subject in the Master of Engineering (Construction
Management)
0 b jedives
To give the student knowledge of the financial consideration
of company operations from site level to financial strategy.
Content
Principles of economics, cost control systems, cash flow
forecasting, financing of projects, bidding and negotiation of
contracts, computer modelling, bidding models, feasibility of
projects, assessment of viability.
Practical work
Computer modelling
Recommended reading
Friedman, W., Construction Marketing and Strategic Planning.
New York, McGraw-Hill, 1984
Twiss, B.C., Business for Engineers. London, Peregrinus for the
Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1988
Fails Management Institute. Financial Management For
Contractors. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1981
Fisher, N., Marketing for the Construction Industry: A Practical
Handbook for Consultants, Contractors and Other Professionals.
London, Longman, 1986
Gobourne, J., Site Cost Control in the Construction Industry.
Butterworths, 1982
Moore, A.B., Marketing Management in Construction: A Guide for
Contractors. London, Butterworths, 1984
CE795 Infrastructure Asset Management
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
0 biedive
To enable students to understand the requirements of
managing large Civil Engineering systems.
Content
Asset management principles, deterioration models,
intervention points for maintenance, maintenance levels,
routine maintenance, rehabilitation, reconstruction,
assessment of performance of an asset, life prediction, life
cycle of an asset, construction costs vs total operating cost,
establishment of the accepted operational standard of a
system, operational cost and performance.
EA411 Non-Newtonian Technology
4 hours per week (2 sems) Assessment: laboratory work and
examination
Objectives
To provide the student with a thorough understanding of
Non-Newtonian flow and heat transfer.
Content
A review of Newtonian fluid flow, heat transfer and mixing
(up to and including solutions to relevant equations of
motion), precedes the work on non-Newtonian flow,
viscometry, heat transfer and mixing. The final aspect of the