| Area: | School of Economics and Finance |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | General residential, commercial, industrial building procedures and administration. Construction characteristics and identification. Building measurements. Construction techniques and styles. Building plans and approvals. Building contracts. Basic quantity surveying techniques and elements of building costs estimations. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have - Developed sufficient understanding of building techniques and cost estimation to be able to describe buildings in reports. Identified defects, prepared preliminary development costings and appreciated the cost implications of different approaches to design. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | Australian Building Standards and Regulations. Master Builders Association, Domestic Construction Manual, (1990). as edited. |
| Unit Texts: | Ferry, D. (1993). Cost Planning of Buildings. (sixth edition). Blackwell Scientific. Seeley, I.H. (1996). Building Economics. (fourth edition). MacMillan. Raftery, J. (1991). Principles of Building Economics. Oxford, BSP Professional Books. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Continuous Assessment 50%. Examination 50%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | |
