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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Unit aim
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
Subdisciplines of construction engineering and project roles
Common construction materials and their advantages and disadvantages
Construction techniques
Use of technology in construction
Estimating quantities, alternatives, and tender documentation
Contextual objectives and constraints in construction including safety, cost, time, environment, community needs, sustainability, business needs, other stakeholder needs
Construction planning and tendering overview, roles and responsibilities, and managing risk
Bulk earthworks planning including cut and fill calculations, haul road timing and planning, machine selection, optimised production, capital plant operation, costing/estimating, tendering
Managing people and working in a team
Learning outcomes
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 | 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 | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 2 | demonstrate knowledge of construction materials, construction techniques and construction machinery and be able to fluently apply this knowledge to solve engineering construction problems | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 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 | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 4 | demonstrate an ability to develop creative and innovative solutions to complex construction engineering problems | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 5 | work effectively in a team environment to produce construction reports and other relevant documentation | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 6 | clearly communicate construction project documentation in written formats. | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | |||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate familiarity with the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds
of contemporary construction engineering practice, including the various sub branches
of engineering construction
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- demonstrate knowledge of construction materials, construction techniques and construction
machinery and be able to fluently apply this knowledge to solve engineering construction
problems
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- 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: Ethical practice
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- demonstrate an ability to develop creative and innovative solutions to complex construction
engineering problems
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- work effectively in a team environment to produce construction reports and other relevant
documentation
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- clearly communicate construction project documentation in written formats.
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
- Order Code: INF1064: InFocus Courseware, Microsoft Project 2010 Level 1, Watsonia Publishing, Bulleen, Victoria. ISBN: 978-1-921342-07-3 .