1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Recommended reading
Bennett, J., Construction Project Management. London,
Butterworths, 1985
Smith. M,, Contracts. 2nd edn, Sydney, Butterworths. 1988
Warr, P.B., Psychology at Work. 3rd edn, Harrnondsworth,
Penguin, 1987
Champagne, P.J. and McAfee, R.B., Motivating Strategies For
Performance and Productivity A Guide to Human Resource
Development. New York, Quorum Books, 1989
Grant, J.V. and Smith, G., Personnel Administration and
Industrial Relations. 3rd edn, London, Longmans, 1984
Hedley, G. and Garrett, C., Practical Site Management. 2nd edn,
London, George Godwin, 1983
Hyman, R., Strikes. 3rd edn, London, Fontana, 1984
O'Brien, J.J., Construction Inspection Handbook. 3rd edn, New
York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989
Practical work
Site visits
CE692 Communications
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lecture/tutorial/discussion Assessment:
written reports and class presentations
This is a subject in the Graduate Diploma of Engineering
(Construction Management) and Master of Engineering
(Construction Management)
0 b jectives
To develop the students' understanding and practice of
communication, both written and verbal.
Content
The theory and practice of communications. Students take
part in a program designed to increase their personal
ca~acities to understand and communicate well at different
levels of oral and written communication, particularly as
project managers in the construction industry. To this end
various techniques are used and evaluated by the group.
The course also includes a brief study of the historical role
of the engineer in the development of human
communications, placing the profession in its social context.
The purpose of the course is to enable the engineer to
evaluate professional problems more competently and to
communicate ideas more effectively.
Recommended reading
Barnett, M.T., Writing for Technicians. 3rd edn, Albany, N.Y.,
Delmar, 1987
Glidden, H.H., Reports, Technical Writing and Specifications. New
York, McGraw-Hill, 1964
Robinson, D.M., Writing Reports for Management Decisions.
Columbus, Ohio, CE Merrill, 1969
Rosen, H.J., Construction Specifications Writing. New York,
Wiley, 1990
Practical work
Participation in class discussions is required
CE693 Introduction to Contract Law
7.5 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures/tutorials Assessment: by assignment
work
This is a subject in the Master of Engineering (Construction
Management)
Objectives
This subject is intended to enable students to gain an
understanding of the relevant law applicable to the building
and construction process and to provide the students with
the necessary skills to administer a building project.
Content
Contract types, contract documents, conditions of contract,
choice of contract type relating to risk and financial
considerations, site documentation, computer applications
for site administration of contracts.
Legal system in Australia, sources of law, court structures,
system of judicial precedence, types of law criminal, civil,
consumer, worker protection, law of partnership, law of
bankruptcy.
Recommended reading
Cooke, J.R., Architects, Engineers and the Law Commentary and
Materiuls. Sydney, The Law Book Co., 1989
Dorter, J.B. and Sharkey, J.J.A., Building and Construction
Contracts in Australia Law and Practice. 2nd edn, Sydney, Law
Book Co., 1990
Bailey, LH., Construction Law in Australia For Architects,
Engineers, Builders and Studats. Sydney, Law Books Co., 1981
Brooking, R., Brooking on Building Contracts 7%e Law and
Practice Relating to Building and Enginea'ng Agreements. 2nd edn,
Sydney, Butterworths, 1980
CE770 Construction Engineering
12.5 credit points (sem. 1) and 12.5 credit points (sem. 2) 4
hours per week for ( sas l & 2) Hawthorn
This is a subject in the Graduate Diploma of Engineering
(Construction Management)
Content
Construction techniques for highways, bridges, railways,
airports, tunnels, pipelines, foundations, buildings, dams,
water supply structures, sewerage.
~o~istic's for major construction operations. Major offshore
projects. Supply problems offshore. Technology access in
South-East Asian countries and China.
CE771 Construction Project Control
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a subject in the Graduate Diploma of Engineering
(Construction Management
Content
Case studies of construction projects by report and
discussion.
Recommended reading
Harris, F. And McCaffer, R., Modern Construction Management.
Granda Publishing, 1979