1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

analysis, use of stability charts, changes of slope stability
with time, methods of stabilising slopes.
Site investigation including planning, sampling methods,
insitu tests.
Recommended reading
AS1726-1981 SAA Site Investigation Code
AS2159-1987 SAA Piling Code
AS2870-1986 Residential Slabs and Footings
Das, B.M., Principles of Geotechnical Engineering. 3rd edn, Boston,
PWS. 1994
CE490 Construction Management
fi credit points sem. I and 17 credit points sem. 2
2 hours per week (son. l), 8 hours per week (sem. 2)
Hawthorn Prerequisite: CE297 Management
Instruction: lectures, tutorials Assessment: examination
60%, asssessed work 40%
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Technology
(Building Surveying)
0 b jedives
To organisation and management theory, to provide an
understanding of the processes applied to industrial relations
in Australia. It deals with types of contracts and
administration of contracts and ~rovides basic concepts of
measuring and estimating materials and costs.
Content
The subject covers four main areas of study.
Management
Organisation and management theory. Management
problems in organisations and ways of dealing with them.
Recruitment job specification and advertisem.ent. (56
hours.)
Industrial relations
The structure of collective bargaining conciliation and
arbitration machinery, the structure and operations of trade
unions and employer association, and the associated
problems. Legislation dealing with equal opportunity and
Occupational Health and Safety Workplace reform.
Structure of awards. (28 hours.)
Contracts and specifications
Types of contracts and contract documents. Relationship
between conditions of contract, specifications, drawings and
bill of quantities. Understanding and preparation of
specifications. Administration and enforcement of contract.
(28 hours.)
Construction measurement and estimating.
Measuring the materials and elements of a project.
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Aoolication of basic rules to estimate cost. Quality control.
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