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Unit of Study ENG20002 - Engineering Construction and Economics (2014)

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Unit description

Introduces students to the history and scope of the broad discipline of construction engineering and to the major engineering construction materials, machinery and processes. Students will develop an appreciation of the elements of engineering construction including, safety, environment, managing people, logistics, planning, risk and economics.

Unit content

Topic 1: Sub disciplines of construction engineering and roles of the engineering and other site workers
Topic 2: Common construction materials and their advantages and disadvantages
Topic 3: Construction techniques, bridges, buildings, roads
Topic 4: Construction machinery and techniques for large-scale projects
Topic 5: Contextual objectives, constraints in construction including safety, cost, time, environment, community needs, sustainability, business needs, other stakeholder needs
Topic 6: Construction planning overview, roles and responsibilities, and managing risk
Topic 7: Bulk earthworks planning including cut and fill calculations, haul road timing and planning, machine selection, optimised production, capital plant operation, costing/estimating
Topic 8: Gant charts for planning construction works, including Microsoft project
Topic 9: Small structures, estimates, alternatives, tender documentation, planning
Topic 10: Managing people and working in a team

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Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 1 Session 1

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 demonstrate familiarity with the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary construction engineering practice, including the various sub branches of engineering construction
2 demonstrate knowledge of construction materials, construction techniques and construction machinery and be able to fluently apply this knowledge to solve engineering construction problems
3 analyse contextual factors impacting specific construction projects and apply suitable ethical judgement to balance competing priorities such as safety, cost, time, environment, community needs, sustainability, business needs and other stakeholder needs such as traditional land title
4 demonstrate an ability to develop creative and innovative solutions to complex construction engineering problems
5 work effectively in a team environment to produce construction reports and other relevant documentation
6 clearly communicate construction project documentation in written formats.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate familiarity with the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary construction engineering practice, including the various sub branches of engineering construction
    • GA4:
  2. demonstrate knowledge of construction materials, construction techniques and construction machinery and be able to fluently apply this knowledge to solve engineering construction problems
    • GA4:
  3. analyse contextual factors impacting specific construction projects and apply suitable ethical judgement to balance competing priorities such as safety, cost, time, environment, community needs, sustainability, business needs and other stakeholder needs such as traditional land title
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  4. demonstrate an ability to develop creative and innovative solutions to complex construction engineering problems
    • GA4:
  5. work effectively in a team environment to produce construction reports and other relevant documentation
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  6. clearly communicate construction project documentation in written formats.
    • GA4:
    • GA6:

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