Overview

This unit aims to provide students fundamental knowledge and useful skills for planning and delivering effective and efficient construction outcomes.

Requisites

Prerequisites

150 credit points

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Describe, analyse and specify construction materials, methods, processes, techniques and systems (K5, K6, S1, S2, A5)
  • Determine suitable solutions and compare alternatives for safe and efficient construction project delivery (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4)
  • Identify and assess requirements of temporary structures for different construction works (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A2, A5)
  • Determine requirements and arrangements for construction equipment (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1 )
  • Apply productivity principles, project management body of knowledge, production management fundamentals, human factors and motivation approaches for advanced productivity in construction (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A2, A4, A6)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture		2.00 12 weeks 24
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Tutorial		2.00 12 weeks 24
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning		8.50 12 weeks 102
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Applied ProjectGroup 30 - 40% 1,2,3,4,5 
Class Exercise PortfolioIndividual/Group 30 - 40% 1,2,3,4,5 
TestIndividual 30 - 40% 1,2,3,4,5 

Content

  • Construction codes, permits/approvals and consultations for construction projects  
  • Methods, processes, techniques and systems for construction
  • Temporary works for buildings and infrastructure construction
  • Productivity principles, quantitative methods and procedures for measuring and improving productivity at construction sites, ergonomics and human factors in construction works
  • Project management body of knowledge

Study resources

Reading materials

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