Civil and Commercial Construction Analysis

Course aim

To apply the students’ knowledge and skills of quantity surveying practice and estimating 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 and estimating practice, risk analysis and mitigation. Information technology application for measurement in civil engineering works.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BUIL 1021	Construction Communication
BUIL 2018	Building Estimating
BUIL 1022	Quantity Surveying Practice 1

Previous 9 unit course Quantity Surveying 1 (BUIL 1018) is an equivalent pre-requisite to Quantity Surveying 1R and Construction Communication R

Corequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BUIL 2021	Construction Cost Planning

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: Civil Engineering design and construction, Assignment 2: Civil Engineering quantities and estimating, Examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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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.