1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Finance
Budgets management reporting systems, financial control of
projects.
Cost-benefit analysis discounted cash-flow, present worth
criteria, buying or hiring plant, life-cycle costing, project
evaluation, profitability, evaluation of tenders, replacement
of plant.
Legal aspects
The Australian legal system, commercial law regarding
employers, employer liabilities. Contracts for the provision
of engineering services by practices and employees,
agreements involving resort to arbitration, property law
concepts relevant to the practice of engineering, patents,
copyright, trademarks and industrial design, the
consequences in civil law for the careless provision of
engineering services or advice (the tort of negligence).
Companies, partnerships, trusts and joint ventures as
vehicles or entities for the practice of engineering. Planning
law acts and legislation relevant to major projects.
CE599 Civil Engineering Management 1
10 credit points 4.5 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, seminars and project work Assessment:
assignments and presentations 50%, class tests 50%
Prerequisites: CE306 Engineering Management
A fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Civil Engineering
Objectives
To develop understanding and skill in techniques of project
and product evaluation having regard to cost, timeliness and
quality of engineering processes, and customer satisfaction.
Content
Economic evaluation of engineering projects: time value of
money; discounted cash flow; life cycle evaluation; benefitcost
analysis; risk and sensitivity analysis.
Environmental impact and assessment of projects.
Integration of economic, environmental and social aspects in
eng&eering decision-making; influence of politics and
commerce.
Project scheduling using charts and network diagrams
including PERT and CPM; scheduling of operations and
maintenance of civil engineering systems; preventative
maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement; engineering
-. & resources planning.
8 Quality concepts: total quality management; quality
g assurance as an outcome of quality - . control; costs of quality - .
2. management; statistical quality control for engineering
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purposes; specifications and quality; value engineering.
Commercial law and the sale of goods and services; trade
~ractices legislation; patents and copyright.
Marketing engineering goods and services; market research
and marketing strategies; market segmentation; product
pricing, distribution and promotion; customer service.
Consulting practice: terms of engagement and the clientconsultant
relationship.
Recommended reading
Department of Finance. Handbook of Cost.Benefit Analysis. AGPS,
Canberra, 1991
National Committee on Construction Engineering. Guidelines for
Successful Engineering Construction. The Institution of Engineers,
Australia. Canberra. 1994
Samson (Ed). ~anaiemat for Engineers. Lonaman-Cheshire,
~elbourhe,' 1989 -
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Construction Technology r, i r )l(tr)
CE670
WI'J L ,
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction:. lectures/tutorial/discussion Assessment: by
assignment work
This is a subject in the Graduate Diploma of Engineering
(Construction Management) and Master of Engineering
(Construction Management)
0 bjectives
To develop a knowledge of a technological resources
available for the execution of a construction project.
Content
Planning of construction programs, resource allocation,
plant and equipment, soil investigation and data
interpretation, construction materials and techniques.
Recommended reading
Antill, J.M., Ryan, P.J.S. and Easton, G.R. Civil Engineering
Construction. 6th edn, revised by Antill, J.M., Sydney, McGraw-
Hill, 1988
Brooks, H., The Tilt Up Design and Construction Manual. (Costa
Mesa, California), Eaton, G., Sydney, HBA Publications, 1989
Tornlinson, M.J., Foundation Design and Construction. 5th edn,
Harlow, Essex, Longrnan Scientific and Technical, 1986
Gilbert, R.I., Time Effects in Concrete Structures. Amsterdam. New
York, Elsevier, 1988
Newman, M., Structural Details for Concrete Construction. New
York, McGraw-Hill, 1988
Peurifoy, R.L., and Ledbetter, W.B. Construction Planning,
Equipment and Methods. 4th edn, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1985
Taylor, W.H., Concrete Technology and Practice. 4th edn, Sydney,
McGraw-Hill, 1977
Waddell, J.J., Concrete Construction Handbook. 4th edn, New
York, McGraw-Hill, 1968
Practical work
Site visit; training films on plant handling, synndicate
discussion or plant choice etc.
CE677 Quantity Surveying
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
0 b jedives
To enable the student to prepare bills of quantities, to
appreciate the various types of bills, to appreciate feasibility
studies and costs, to measure Civil Engineering quantities
and to use the appropriate electronic hardware and software
for support.
Content
Standard Method of Measurement, measuring and billing of
quantities, trade oriented bill of quantities, including
elemental specified and operational, principles of elemental
cost analysis, reliability of data, measurement of Civil
Engineering quantities, computer assisted bills of quantities.