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cE490 Construction Management
No. of hours per week: two hours in first
semester, eight hours in second semester
Prerequisite: CE297 Management
Instruction: lectures, tutorials
Assessment: examination 60% asssessed work
40%
Subject aims and description
A final-year subject of the Degree of Building Surveying,
which introduces students to organisation and management
theory, to provide an understanding of the processes applied
to industrial relations in Australia, deals with types of
contracts and administration of contracts and provides basic
concepts of measuring and estimating materials and costs.
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 advertisement. (56 hours.)
Industrial relations
The structure of collectiw 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.
Application of basic rules to estimate cost. Quality control.
Estimating field work. (28 hours.)
References
Cordell
Occupational Health and Safety Act
Rawlinson
Rosen, W.J. Construction Specification Writing: principles and
procedures. New York: Wiley, 1990
CE495 Engineering Management
No. of hours per week: three hours
Assessment: examination 40%, assignments
40%, class participation 20%
Subject aims
To develop an understanding of some aspects of the theory
and practice of business management and construction
techniques.
Subject description
Business strategy
Setting of objectives, measurement of performance,
introduction to the marketing function, sales, market
research, segmentation, etc. Innovation and entrepreneurial
aspects.
Business theories and practice
Modern theories of management and current practices. For
example: total quality management, value adding
management, just-in-time.
Supervision and leadership, practical industrial relations,
negotiating, arbitration and conciliation, occupational health
and safety, selection and training, project teams and task
forces.
Motivation, job enrichment, employee participation.
Time management, effective speaking, writing, reading,
creative thinking, lateral thinking, technical communication
skills.
Problem analysis, problem solving, decision making.
Construction techniques
Construction techniques: industrial and commercial buildings,
medium and high rise buildings in steel, reinforced and
prestressed concrete, tilt-up construction formwork in timber
and steel, climbing formwork table and slip forms.
Concrete technology: materials, plant, mix design, high
strength concrete, admixtures, delivery systems, formwork,
placing, curing, testing.
~ ~ 4 9 6 Statutory Control
This subejct has three components:
CE496A Statutory ControllPlan Checking 3,
CE496B Statutory Planning and
CE496C Professional Projects.
CE496A Statutory ControllPlan Checking 3
No. of hours per week: five hours
Prerequisite: CE294 Statutory Control
Intruction: lectures, tutorials
Assessment: examination 60%. reports 40%
Subject aims and description
A final-year subject of the Degree of Building Surveying,
intended to further develop students' understanding of the
principles underlying the relevant regulations, acts, codes
and standards and their application to major projects.
Administration and law: in-depth study of building surveyor's
duties and his legislative responsibilities.
Functions: the consultative role of the building surveyor in
council and private practice.
Acts and regulations: analysis of regulations and detailed
study of total regulations and principles and a general ability
to relate to all relevant codes and standards. Anomalies in
the act and regulations and procedures to overcome these.
Redrafting of regulations.
Plan checking and assignments: assignments will cover
aspects such as council reports and meetings, joint reports,
fast track process, major building approvals, dealing with
multi-storey buildings.
Textbooks
Building Code of Australia
Building Control Act
Victoria Building Regulations
References
Relevant Australian Standards
CE496B Statutory Planning
No. of hours per week: two hours
Prerequisite: CE294 Statutory Control
Instruction: lectures, tutorials, field work
Assessment: project work 100%
Subject aims and description
A final-year subject of the Degree of Building Surveying,
which deals with the regulatory and statutory aspects of
urban planning.
Topics covered are: planning at the local and regional level.
Planning law: acts and legislation. Government town
planning in Victoria. Planning appeals: preparation for an
appeal and participation in the appeals system. Urban
landscape: concepts relating to permit applications.
References
Appropriate Planning Acts and Regulations