Overview

This unit of study aims to introduce the basic concepts, managerial principles and techniques used in construction to plan, schedule and manage projects effectively and efficiently

Requisites

Prerequisites

100 credit points

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Employ principles and techniques of construction to organise time and project schedules (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7)
  • Identify appropriate processes and resources needed to complete construction project activities (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A7)
  • Plan individual construction activities and estimate time and resources requirements in projects (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A7)
  • Integrate individual construction activities into overall construction sequence and project schedule (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7)
  • Produce resource schedules using allocation methods and resource levelling techniques in construction projects (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7)
  • Produce linear schedules for repetitive construction projects (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7)
  • Analyse time-cost trade off of construction project plans (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-Campus
Lecture		 2.00  12 weeks  24
On-campus
Class		 2.00  12 weeks  24
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning		 1.00  12 weeks  12
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		 7.50  12 weeks  90
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
PortfolioIndividual/Group 20 - 40% 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 
Project PresentationIndividual/Group 10 - 20% 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 
Project ReportIndividual/Group 30 - 50% 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 

Content

Project planning and scheduling:

  • Principles of planning and scheduling
  • Work breakdown structure
  • Activity duration estimates
  • Schedule network representations and network analysis
  • Critical path method
  • Resource loading, allocation and levelling
  • Essentials of location based planning and management in building and infrastructure projects
  • Scheduling for repetitive tasks and linear projects
  • Basics of time-cost trade-off in project schedules
  • Fundamentals of optimisation in scheduling
  • Fundamentals of bim and visualisation for planning and monitoring construction projects

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.