1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Recommended reading
Building Code of Australia 1990, 2nd edn, Canberra, Australian
Uniform Building Regulations Co-ordinating Council, 1990
Building Control Act 1981, Melbourne, Victorian Govt.
Publishing Office
Victoria Building Regulations
Relevant Australian standards
CE294B Town Planning
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3 credit points 2 hours per week (wmjFhawthorn
Prerequisite: CE192 Statutoty Control Instruction:
lectures, tutorials Assessment: examination 70%, assessed
work, assignments 30%
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Technology
(Building Surveying)
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This subject introduces students to problems in planned
development in urban and rural environments.
Content
The planning process; the purpose of planning, historical
development of urban settlements, sociological effects of the
built environment. Administration of planning schemes.
Residential planning standards. Basic surveys of planning,
the use of remote sensing in urban planning. Introduction to
GIs Systems for planning purposes.
Recommended reading
Hall, P. (1975) Urban &Regional Planning. Harmondsworth,
penguin, '1975
McHarp. I.L., Desim with Nature. Gordon City, New York,
~aturar~istory ~iess for the American ~useim of Natural
History, 1969
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CE297 Management rfid~ I
5 credit points per semester 2 hours per week (sems I & 2)
Hawthorn Prerequisite: CE196 Communications
Instruction: lectures, tutorials and field work Assessment:
examination 70%, assessed work 3b%
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Technology
(Building Surveying)
Content
This subject introduces students to accounting, financial
reports and project evaluation. This subject includes
introduction to accounting, analysis and interpretation of
financial reports, cost accounting, project evaluation -
financial analysis techniques applicable to projects.
Recommended reading
Bird, R.G., McDonald, M.G., McHugh, A.J., Management
Accounting Processing, Evaluation and Using Cost Data. Sydney,
Butterworths, 1982
Swinburne Institute of Technology and Royal Melbourne
Institute of Technology. Introductory Accounting and Finance for
Management. 1984
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CE306 Engineering ~ ana~ement
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Objectives
To introduce the processes of engineering management and
the impact of industrial organisation, working conditions,
legal and cost controls on engineering practice.
Content
Introduction to classical management theory: processes of
management, management roles and functions, division of
work, job analysis and design.
Organisational structures, informal groups.
Basic psychology: attitudes, motivation, leadership and
morale; conflict resolution.
Organisational culture: influence and power in
organisations; organisational change.
Supervision in engineering projects and enterprises.
Decision-making: policies, procedures and rules; delegation:
authority, ,, res~onsibilitv . and accountability. Public,
product and professional liability.
Australian industrial relations: employer and employee
associations: causes, nature and settlement of industrial
disputes; negotiation, conciliation and arbitration; awards
and industrial agreement; productivity and enterprise
bargaining. Employment by contract.
Compensation, salaries and wages; recruitment and training;
physical working conditions; occupational health and safety;
workers' compensation.
Elements of contract law and contract management.
Project and production monitoring: preparation of progress
reports; elements of cost control; setting standards,
performance measurement; corrective action.
Recommended reading
Mukhi, Hampton & Barnwell. Australtan Management. McGraw-
Hill, Sydney, 1988
Samson (J2d.). Management for Engineers. Longman-Cheshire,
Melbourne, 1989
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CE316 Structural Design 1 w, ,I c.-&h
10 Credit Points 4.5 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, tutorials, laboratory work
Assessment: examination 100°/o
A third year subject in the Bachelor of Civil Engineering
Objectives
To introduce students to the behaviour and analysis of
skeletal frames through approximate analysis, the plastic
theory of structures and computer applications.
To introduce students to the design of steel and timber
structures using Australian codes of practice.
Content
Approximate analysis of skeletal structures, checking
computer analysis of structures.
Plastic theom of structural analysis: , ,
application .. to
10 Credit Points 4.5 hoursper week Hawthorn continuous beams and frames.
Instruction: lectures, seminars Assessment: examination Introduction to the behaviour of steel structures. Steel
70%, assignments and presentations 30% design: principles, stability, design of tension members,
A third year subject in the Bachelor of Civil Engineering
members, beams, beam-columns, and simple
connections.
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