Area: | Department of Construction Management |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 6.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 6 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 12088 (v.1) Building Measurement 142
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Syllabus: | Practical experience of measuring selected examples of commercial building trades. Introduction to contract documents, language of specifications, types of clauses, sources of information, specification structure/content, preliminaries specification, typical trade specifications, cross referencing and coordination of consultants. Mensuration, statistics, discounted cash flow, probability. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- An understanding of the use of statistics and financial mathematics as applied to building problems. |
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: | Waxman, P. (1993), Business Mathematics and Statistics, (third edition). Prentice-Hall. Croucher, J. (1998), Introductory Mathematics & Statistics for Business, (third edition). McGraw-Hill. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Class Test 1 (Statistics) 65%, Class Test 2 (Financial Mathematics) 35%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 40300 Building (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 | | |
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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