Courses Handbook 2006 - [Archived]

308888 (v.1) Civil Engineering Contracts and Quality 462

Area:

 Department of Civil Engineering

Credits:

 12.5

Contact Hours:

 3.0
 
** 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 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

 1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

 302788 (v.1) Structural Analysis 365 or any previous version
AND
302791 (v.2) Water Engineering 361 or any previous version
AND
    302793 (v.1) Structural Design 366 or any previous version
    OR
    308884 (v.1) Civil and Structural Design 366 or any previous version
AND
    302794 (v.1) Civil Project Economics and Geotechnical Engineering 362 or any previous version
    OR
    307667 (v.2) Engineering Project Management 301 or any previous version
    OR
    307675 (v.1) Engineering Economics 401 or any previous version
AND
    302795 (v.1) Water Engineering 362 or any previous version
    OR
    308883 (v.1) Water and Environmental Engineering 362 or any previous version
AND
305927 (v.1) Civil Project Control 363 or any previous version
AND
305928 (v.1) Geotechnical Engineering 361 or any previous version
AND
    305929 (v.1) Transportation Engineering 362 or any previous version
    OR
    308887 (v.1) Transportation Engineering 366 or any previous version
AND
    305930 (v.1) Construction Technology 362 or any previous version
    OR
    308885 (v.1) Construction Technology and Methods 368 or any previous version
AND
302788 (v.1) Structural Analysis 365 or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

 This unit will not be available until 2007. Contracts - the entire semester is directed to a detailed study of General Conditions of Contract documents for Civil Engineering Works particularly AS 2124. Lectures will be supplemented by court case studiespresented by students. Quality - fundamentals and vocabulary of quality management. Systems of quality management. Management responsibility - commitment, focus, policy, planning, authority, communication and review. Resource management - people, infrastructure, environment, the costs of quality, information, suppliers, natural and financial. Product realisation - planning, customers, design, procurement, control of processes, production, construction, commissioning and handover, control of measuring and monitoring devices. Measuring, monitoring and improvement - systems, processes, products, nonconformity, corrective and preventive actions.
 
** 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:

 090901 Business and Commercial Law

Funding Cluster:

 01 - Law

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

 Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

 Grade/Mark

Availability
Availability Information has not been provided by the respective School or Area. Prospective students should contact the School or Area listed above for further information.

 
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