1997 QUT Handbook

tory regulations, life and adaptability, manufacturing and erection
requirements; draughting typical details and working
drawings; environmental science, comfort situations in varying
climatic zones and their effects.
Courses: PU42
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 6 per week
■ CNB172 CONSTRUCTION 2
Continuation of CNB171. The properties of materials and how
they behave in the manufacturing and construction process
and how these considerations relate to form and structure. It
includes a studio and practical back-up to the lecture program.
Students are required to prepare working details of building
components, coordination of building elements for specific
building use.
Courses: PU42 Prerequisites: CNB171
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ CNB180 MACROECONOMICS
Macroeconomics is that part of economics primarily concerned
with the relationship between broad economic aggregates including
the level of GDP, aggregate expenditure and savings,
the level of employment, quantity of money, average price
level and balance of payments, and their impact on the national
economy. The unit examines the problems associated
with inflation, unemployment and the balance of payments in
the context of the Australian economy; the role of government
and the central bank is discussed within the framework
of an income-expenditure model; international trade and capital
flows.
Courses: CN32
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ CNB188 MICROECONOMICS
The nature of the economic problem and the economic way
of thinking; the theory of consumer behaviours, the nature of
demand, preference and indifference theory; the nature of supply,
the price mechanism and operation of the market; short
and long run costs; profit maximisation, market structure, factor
markets and market failure.
Courses: CN32
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ CNB211 CONSTRUCTION 3
Study of materials, methods and construction of low-rise residential,
commercial and industrial projects, including equipment
handling and site management requirements. Such structures
to be examined with regard to the environmental, structural
and aesthetic requirements taking account of constraints
such as costs, dimensional requirements, statutory regulations,
life, adaptability, manufacturing and erection requirements.
Low-rise commercial: structural elements including foundations,
retaining walls, load-bearing masonry construction, reinforced
concrete suspended slabs, and walls; structural steel
roof trusses, etc., parapet, balconies and balustrades. Sheet
metal and built-up roofing, rainwater goods. Fire and sound
resistant materials, components and construction. Suspended,
fire and spray finish ceiling. Fittings and built in furniture,
etc. Light industrial: Raft, pier and pile foundations and
earthworks, including equipment. Structural steel systems including
portal frames, girder, trusses, etc. Roof lights. Sheet
external wall cladding. Industrial horizontal, vertical, sliding,
folding and roller shutter doors. Special floor finishes. Handling
equipment. Formwork design: objectives in building
formwork, understanding quality, safety and control.
Formwork planning, reuse, erecting and stripping schedules.
Types of facing material, hardware and fasteners. Loads and
pressures on forms and use of design tables. Formwork drawing,
detailing, building and erecting. Special techniques and
prestressing/post tentioning. Proprietary formwork and
falsework.
Courses: CN41, CN43
Prerequisites: CNB113, CNB112, CNB114, CNB119
Corequisites: CNB213, CNB221
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 5 per week
■ CNB212 CONSTRUCTION 4
Building construction: A study of the construction techniques
peculiar to multi-storeyed buildings and the implications of
working on a major city site. The scope covers site investigation,
deep basement excavation, dewatering and construction,
structural frame construction, cladding, outfitting and finishes
and the significance of services on the construction process.
Evolution of building: A study of civilisations from prehistoric
to modern times examining systems of construction and
their relationship to building techniques and economic value.
Courses: CN41, CN43
Prerequisites: CNB211, CNB213, CNB221
Credit Points: 9 Contact Hours: 5 per week
■ CNB213 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY 3
A study of the non-structural materials used to enclose and
decorate buildings, building boards, plaster, glass, asphalt,
plastics, non-ferrous metals, concrete products and paint. The
behaviour of materials in service will be examined which includes
the effect of ageing, incompatibility, repair and cleaning
techniques, and the effects of fire on structural materials.
Implications of maintenance and quality inspection. Portal
behaviour; design of simple steel connections, plastic versus
elastic design; structural bracing; truss analysis; stability of
structures during construction; stability of cranes, loads in lifting
systems; unbalanced loads during construction; stability
of multi-storeyed buildings; loading and design of simple retaining
structures. Concrete practice wind load conditions on
high rise structures. Multi-rise framed structures.
Courses: CN41, CN43 Prerequisites: CNB113, CNB114
Corequisites: CNB211
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ CNB215 MEASUREMENT 2
Detailed study and instruction in the process and methods of
taking off and billing quantities in the SMM trades,
groundworks 4.1 to 4.3, concrete 6.1 to 6.4, masonry, woodwork,
partitions for simple buildings with a single storey having
both suspended and slab on ground construction.
Courses: CN41, CN43
Prerequisites: CNB116, CNB112, CNB119
Corequisites: CNB211
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CNB216 MEASUREMENT 3
Detailed study and instruction in the process and methods of
taking off and billing quantities in the SMM trades,
groundworks 4.4, piling 5.2.2., concrete 6.1 to 6.8, structural
steel, suspended ceilings, membrane and asphalt roofing,
demolition, stonework in multi storey buildings having minor
basements, underpinning and reinforced concrete and steel
frame with built-up roofing systems.
Courses: CN41, CN43 Prerequisites: CNB215
Corequisites: CNB212
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CNB217 BUILDING SERVICES 2
Minimum standards of ventilation, centrifugal and axial flow
fan applications; ductwork-accessories, layout, construction
and installation; requirements for human comfort in air conditioning;
the ASHRAE Comfort Chart; principles of refrigeration;
air-conditioning systems, composition, cost, application,
construction and installation; heating, fuel types, efficiency,
capital and annual costs; effect of building ordinances.
Mechanical estimating: types, tenders, preliminaries, trade
awards and wage rates. Take off procedure, costing and estimating
make-up calculations. System costs in relation to building
floor area, operating and maintenance costs, builder’s allowance
for each system.
Courses: CN41, CN43 Corequisites: CNB211
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CNB218 BUILDING SERVICES 3
Electrical terminology and formula, three-phase concept. Supply
Authority Distribution System, line diagrams, high voltage
transfer, transformers, load profile, Authority Requirement,
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