309680 (v.1) Contract Administration 343

Area:	Department of Construction Management
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	1772 (v.6) Building Law 242 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Standard form(s) of building contract, insurances, selection of a builder, variations to contract works, adjustments to contract sums, time in building contracts, payments of contract monies, defects in contract works, retention monies. Completion of works, financial control and settlement, early determination, disputes, contracts administration and computer aids to contracts administration. The administration of a project including award of the contract, progress claims, instructions, variations, rise and fall calculations, certificates, claims, cash flow and dispute resolution. Advanced estimating techniques.
Syllabus:	The administration of a project including award of the contract, progress claims, instructions, variations, rise and fall calculations, certificates, claims, cash flow and dispute resolution. Conditions of standard form of domestic and international building contract. Computer-aided contract administration and advanced estimating techniques.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	040300 Building (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External