Area: | Department of Construction Management |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 12005 (v.4) Building Surveying 244 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Building Code of Australia - technical requirements and application interpretations, administration, fire resistance, access and egress, services and equipment, health and amenity, ancillary provisions. Introduction to residential planning codes, general provisions, residential set-backs. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- An overview of the legislation and statutory bodies which control the development process. A practical knowledge of the process of development and building control in local government. An understanding of the structure of local government and how it affects development. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Australian Building Codes Board. (1996), Building Code of Australia - Volume one. Canberra, Canprint. Australian Standards as referenced in the Building Code of Australia. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignment 1 25%, Assignment 2 25%, Final Examination 50%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: |  31100 Geomatic Engineering (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2   |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: |  Not Online   | Result Type: |  Grade/Mark |
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Availability
Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | 2004 | Prof Dvlpmt Ctr HK | Trimester 2 | Y | | | 2004 | Prof Dvlpmt Ctr HK | Trimester 3 | Y | | |
Area External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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