1997 QUT Handbook

produce preliminary estimates from concepts and early designs.
Demonstration of computer estimating software.
Courses: CN41, CN43
Prerequisites: CNB216, CNB212, CNB222
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ CNB324 PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 3A
The third-year project will deal mainly with Building Economics
subjects. The project will be a low rise commercial
building in the inner city area. The students will be provided
with preliminary and working drawings and specification.
Courses: CN43
Prerequisites: CNB224, CNB311, CNB313, CNB315,
CNB319, CNB323, CNB327, CNB321
Corequisites: CNB312, CNB320, CNB314, CNB332,
CNB316, CNB318
Credit Points: 9 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CNB325 BUILDING ECONOMICS
History of and need for cost control, comparisons between
cost planning and approximate estimating. NPWC cost control
system. Effects of height, shape and building efficiency
upon cost and value. Functional requirements and cost implication
of construction methods. Influence of site and market
conditions and economics of prefabrication and industrialisation.
Building cost data bases and indices, cost checking and
analysis. Value management and life cycle costing. Introduction
to tax depreciation and tax effective design.
Courses: CN41
Prerequisites: CNB216, CNB118, CNB217, CNB218,
CNB220
Corequisites: CNB323, CNB311
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ CNB326 TIME MANAGEMENT 2
Understanding of resources and their importance in the planning
process. High-rise repetitive, production planning and
the importance of material and resource handling in this process.
Legal problems associated with CPM. Planning and control
of various types of projects.
Courses: CN41
Prerequisites: CNB313, CNB118, CNB217, CNB218,
CNB317, CNB323, CNB329
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ CNB327 BUILDING ECONOMICS 1
History and need for cost control, comparisons between cost
planning and approximate estimating. NPWC cost control
system. Effects of height, shape and building efficiency upon
cost and value. Functional requirements and cost implication
of construction methods. Influence of site and market conditions
and economics of prefabrication and industrialisation.
Building cost data bases and indices, cost checking and analysis.
Value management and life cycle costing. Introduction to
tax depreciation and tax effective design.
Courses: CN43
Prerequisites: CNB216, CNB118, CNB217, CNB218,
CNB311, CNB220
Corequisites: CNB323 CNB313
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ CNB328 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT 3
Management principles: planning, goal setting, strategic, operational
and tactical planning. Controlling: process, budgets, audits.
Organising: organisational structures, job design, specialisation,
departmentalisation. Developing company business plans,
safety management plans and quality management plans with
emphasis on the application of these planning techniques to the
construction industry. Decision-making and problem-solving.
Code of ethics, professional image, status and indemnity.
Courses: CN41 Prerequisites: CNB317, CNB221
Corequisites: CNB326, CNB318, CNB322
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CNB329 BUILDING CONTRACTS &
ARBITRATION LAW
Contents of building contracts and contract documents, with
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particular reference to and consideration of the major provision
in Standard Forms of Building Contract; aspects covered
include tenders, subcontractors, role of the architect, variations,
time for completion and extension of time, claims and
payments, determination and arbitration; arbitration: the agreement,
comparison with actions at law, reference by consent,
appointment of an arbitrator; conduct of an arbitration, powers
and duties, rule of evidence, enforcement of an award,
costs.
Courses: CN41, CN43
Prerequisites: CNB121, CNB226 Corequisite: CNB317
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CNB330 APPLIED COMPUTING 2
Computer software programs which can be used in the construction
and property development processes. The unit is
designed to coordinate the practical aspects of the lecture
material presented each semester so that students both develop
essential practical skills and benefit from cross-fertilisation
of the individual subjects. The programs reinforce the applied
subjects which are taken in the course and may include software
packages covering construction business management;
construction administration and cost control; estimating, cost
planning and billing, etc.
Courses: CN41
Prerequisites: CNB315, CNB317, CNB323, CNB325
Corequisites: CNB328, CNB316
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CNB332 APPLIED COMPUTING 2A
Computer applications for the preparation of bills of quantities
using software packages; hands-on experience in setting
up of base accounts, trades, headings; measurement input;
editing, correction and data manipulation; report generation
in various bill of quantities formats; pricing using estimated
and/or tendered rates; elemental analyses; use of computer in
measurement of non-traditional contractual systems; specification
and preamble development.
Courses: CN43
Prerequisites: CNB327, CNB319, CNB323, CNB216
Corequisites: CNB312, CNB316
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CNB334 PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 3
The third year project will deal mainly with Building Economics
and Management subjects. The project will be a highrise
building in the inner city area. The students will be provided
with working drawings, specification, bills of quantities
and contract conditions. Estimating and building economics:
Prepare an estimate to erect the building. Carry out a bulk
check and prepare a preliminary network to determine time
related overheads and completion date for the tender. Submit
tender. Prepare basic critical path network etc. and prepare
cost plan for project.
Courses: CN41
Prerequisites: CNB224, CNB311, CNB313, CNB315,
CNB317, CNB321, CNB323, CNB325
Corequisites: CNB326, CNB322, CNB328, CNB330,
CNB316, CNB318
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CNB343 ECONOMICS OF THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY
Economics and applied economics; features of the
macroeconomy; demand, supply, prices and stocks; market
structures, competition, collusion, integration and concentration;
real property markets, tenure, markets and sub-markets;
construction and housing industries composition and characteristics;
demand for dwellings, the deposit gap, public housing,
rental markets; pricing mechanism, application to land,
contract and speculative projects, etc.; cost analysis, cost components
in housing, problems of rising costs and time delays;
finance industries, types and use of finance, use of gearing, risk
considerations, cash flow; failure of developer and builder firms.
Courses: CN31, CN33
Credit Points: 4 Contact Hours: 2 per week