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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

312698 (v.2) Construction Technology and Methods 360

Note

Tuition Patterns

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.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: Department of Civil Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 9.0
Lecture: 3 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 302784 (v.2) Structural Design 266 or any previous version
AND
302788 (v.1) Structural Analysis 365 or any previous version
AND
307543 (v.5) Electrical Systems 100 or any previous version
AND
308864 (v.1) Geotechnical Engineering 268 or any previous version
Syllabus: Temporary structures in construction with particular emphasis on the design and construction of formwork and falsework scaffolding systems using AS 3610 Formwork Code. Assessment of cranes for construction sites. Earthworks: Earthmoving plant types; Earthwork volumes; mass haul diagrams; soil volume properties; grade and rolling resistances; assessment of earthmoving plant including track-type tractors, scrapers, hydraulic excavators and shovels, front end loaders, off highway trucks, compaction plant; Fleet production; optimisation techniques.
Field of Education: 030903 Structural Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 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