Advanced Scheduling and Visualisation-Based Integrated Project Controls
60 Hours
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit aims to cover advanced aspects and sophisticated systems/ tools for effective and efficient scheduling outcomes in projects and 4D/5D visualisations and simulations for integrated schedule and cost controls in the construction project delivery.
Requisites
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
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:
- Plan and produce static/ deterministic schedules for projects and manage schedule changes/ updates during project lifecycle
- Plan and prepare schedules for linear projects
- Develop schedule optimisation constructs and examine trade-off opportunities
- Prepare probabilistic project schedules and manage project risks
- Formulate and/ or employ suitable metrics, digital technologies and software for data analytics and visualisations based progress monitoring and integrated project controls
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Contact (Phasing out) Synchronous Lectures | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Tutorials in Computer Labs | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Independent Learning | 7.50 | 12 weeks | 90 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Individual | 20 - 40% | 1,2,3 |
| Project | Individual/Group | 30 - 50% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Test | Individual | 30 - 50% | 1,2,4,5 |
Content
Topics in this unit are included in following 3 components:
- Component 1: Static/ deterministic scheduling
- Fundamentals of planning and scheduling; Work breakdown structure; Scheduling techniques
- Planning schedules with production management principles and location-based management concepts;
- Planning and managing single project and multi-project schedules
- Scheduling linear projects
- Single and multi-objective schedule optimisation and trade-off analysis
- Software applications (such as Oracle Primavera P6) for static/ deterministic scheduling and analyses in projects
- Component 2: Dynamic/ stochastic scheduling
- Uncertainties and impacts of project risks
- Probability fundamentals for stochastic scheduling in projects
- Planning and managing project risks with stochastic scheduling
- Risk breakdown structure and risk registers
- Tornado graphs, S-curves and Distribution analysers of probabilistic schedules
- Integrated schedule and cost management of risk impacted projects with pre-mitigation and post-mitigation measures
- Software applications (such as Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis and Palisade Decision Tools – @Risk) for stochastic scheduling and analyses in projects
- Component 3: Visualisations and simulations for integrated project controls
- Progress monitoring and controlling in projects
- Fundamentals of 4D/5D BIM modelling simulations and visualisations in construction projects
- Digital technologies and software (e.g. Autodesk Navisworks, Bentley SynchroPro, Trimble VicoOffice and Tilos) for visualisations and simulation of integrated controlling of project schedule and costs
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.