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Textbooks
Planning Occupational Safety and Health Committees Manual. 2nd
ed, North Ryde, N.S.W.: CCH Australia. Planning CCH Aust., 1987
Australia to 1 April 1991. lndustrial Relations Act, 1988. 2nd ed,
consolidated, North Ryde, N.S.W.: CCH Australia 1991
Ridley, 1. (Ed.) Safety at Work. 2nd ed, London: Bunerworths, 1986
Noise and Hearing Conservation, Mount Waverley, Vic.: Safetycare
Australia for the Victorian Employers Fed., 1989
References
American Soc. of Safety Engineers. New Directions in Safety. Park
Ridge: American Society of Safety Engineers, Illinois. 1985
Deem, R. and Salaman, G. Wrk, Culture and Society. Milton Keynes,
Open University Press, 1985
Ford, G.W. and Plowman, D.H. Australian Unions: An industrial
Relations Fenpective. 2nd ed, South Melbourne: Macmillan, 1989
Smith, D.W. and Rawson, DW. Trade Union Law in Australia. 2nd ed,
Sydney: Buttetworths, 1984
Viner. D. Risk Engineering for Public, Product and Employee Safety.
Melbourne: IE Aust.. Vic. Divn., Risk Engineering Branch and the
National Panel on Risk Engineering. 1987
Wedderburn. The Worker and the Law 3rd ed. Hanondsworth:
Rnguin, 1986
Health and Safety in Construction
Instruction: lectures/tutorials/seminars
Assessment: assignment work and seminar
papers
Subject aims
CE792
To make the student aware of the effect of construction
work on society and the environment.
Subject description
Control of pollution, effect of construction work on the
environment, noise control, methods of dealing with
objections from the public to proposed works, statutoly
regulations regarding safety and protection of the public,
demolition requirements, hazardous aspects of construction,
occupational health and safety, workcare.
Practica! work
Assignment work and seminar papers. Inspection of site
work.
Textbook
-n Asfahl, C.R. Industrial Safety and Health Management. Englewood
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n Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1984
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Handlev. W. Industrial Safetv Handbook. 2nd ed, London: McGraw-
Hill,lG7
3 Hoyos, C.G. Occupational Safety and Accident Prevention.
G. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1988
2 KMer, K.D. The Effects of Noise on Man. 2nd ed, New York:
2. Gdemic Press, 1985
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~~793 Construction Law
Instruction: lecturesRutorialslseminars
Assessment: assignment work and seminar
papers
Subject aims
To give the student an appreciation of the legal and
contractual responsibilities within construction operations.
Subject description
Legal relationships; agency, partnerships, firms, companies,
and unircorporated associations. Professional responsibility
and relationships; client, architect, engineer, contractor, subcontractor.
Insurance; loss, non-completion of contract,
injury, death, weather, etc. Role of the lawyer in drawing up
contracts. Bankruptcy of contractorlclient. Tort. Tendering
procedure. Negotiating within an existing contract. Dispute
avoidance and settling disputes. Contract variation procedure.
Commercial law.
Textbooks
Carter, JW Outline of Contract law in Australia. Sydney:
Bunerworths, 1990
Khoury, D. Understanding Contract Law 3rd ed, Sydney:
Butterwonhs, 1992
References
Caffrey, B.A. Guidebook to Contract Law in Australia. 4th ed, North
Ryde, N.S.W.: CCH Australia, 1991
IEAust. Minimising and Resolving Engineering Disputes
Sharkey, J.J.A. and Dorter, J.B. Commercial Arbitration. Sydney: Law
Book Co., 1986
CE794 Financial Management
Instruction: lectureltutoriallseminar
Assessment: assignment work and seminar
papers
Subject aims
To give the student knowledge of the financial consideration
of company operations from site level to financial strategy.
Subject description
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.
Textbooks
Friedman, W. Construction Marketing and Strategic Planning. New
Ywk: McGraw-Hill, 1984
Twiss, B.C. Business for Engineers. London: Peregrinus for the
Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1988
References
Fails Management Institute. Financial Managernent Fbr Contractors.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1981
Fisher, N. Marketing br the Construction Industry London: Longman,
1986
Gobourne, J. Site Cost Control in the Construction Industry
Butterworths, 1982
Moore, A.B. Marketing Managernent in Construction. London:
Butteworths, 1984
Practical work
Computer modelling
EA411 Non-Newtonian Technology
No. of houn per week: four hours for two
semesters
Assessment: laboratory work and examination
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering.
Subject aims
To provide the student with a thorough understanding of
Non-Newtonian flow and heat transfer.
Subject description
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
subject is the application of this work to some practical situations
such as heat sterilisation.
References
Coulson. J.M and Richardson, J.F. Chemical Engineering. Vol. Ill, 2nd
ed, London: Pergamon, 1979
Skelland, A.H.P. Non-Newtonian Flow and Heat Transfet New York:
Wiley, 1967
Wilkinson, W.L. Non-Newtonian Fluids: Fluid Mechanics, Mixing and
Heat Transfer. London: Pergamon, 1960