Area: | Department of Construction Management |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 12097 (v.3) Building Economics 343 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Approximate estimating techniques and elemental analysis. Application of techniques for formulating cost plans for actual projects. Completion of approximate estimates by computer techniques. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Developed the skills in cost planning that were introduced in Building Economics 343. |
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 Institute of Quantity Surveyors. (2000), Australian Cost Management. Australian Capital Territory, AIQS. Seeley, I. (1996), Building Economics (fourth edition). Basingstoke, Hampshire, Macmillan Press. Smith, J. (1998), Building Cost Planning for the Design Team. Geelong, Victoria, Deakin University Press. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Elemental summary comparison 15%, Elemental summary submission 10%, Group presentation 15%, Group submission 1 25%, Group submission 2 15%, Group submission 3 15%, Individual submission 5%. 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 2 | Y | | | | 2004 | Prof Dvlpmt Ctr HK | Trimester 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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