Civil and Commercial Construction Analysis

Course aim

To extend the students’ knowledge of modern quantity surveying practice and measurement principles for infrastructures on commercial construction and civil engineering works.

Course content

Infrastructure for commercial construction and civil engineering works including but not limited to cofferdam, piling, retaining wall, diaphragm wall, caisson, sea wall, tunnel, bridge, road, railway track, pre-stressed and post-tensioning works. Methods of measurement, contract procurement and administration of civil engineering works. Information technology application for the preparation of Bills of Quantities in civil engineering works.

Textbook(s)

1992, AS 2124 - 1992 General conditions of contract, Standards Australia

1982, Australian Standard 1181-1982, Method of Measurement of Civil Engineering Works

Seeley I & Murray G 2001, Civil Engineering Quantities , 6th edition, Macmillan

J.R. Illingworth 2000, Construction methods and planning, E & FN Spon

Roy Holmes 1995, Introduction to Civil Engineering Construction, College of Estate Management

Smith I 2006, Smith's Elements of Soil Mechanics , Blackwell Publishing

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BUIL 2018	Building Estimating 1N
BUIL 1018	Quantity Surveying 1

Corequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BUIL 2021	Quantity Surveying 2R

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 13 weeks
Directed Study	1 hour x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment 1: describe the function requirements of two named infrastructure constructions, Assignment 2: preparing of bills of quantities for a civil engineering works project and to examine the contractual problems and pricing associated with the contract., Examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.