1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

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CE693 Introduction to Contract Law
7. 5 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures/tutorials Assesrment: by asn'gnment .cemk
This is a subject in the Master of Engineering (Construction
Management)
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This subject is intended to enable students to gain an
understanding of the relevant law applicable to the building
and construction process and to provide the students with
the necessary skills to administer a building project.
Content
Contract types, contract documents, conditions of contract,
choice of contract type relating to risk and financial
considerations, site documentation, computer applications
for site administration of contracts.
Legal system in Australia, sources of law, court structures,
system of judicial precedence, types of law criminal, civil,
consumer, worker protection, law of partnership, law of
bankruptcy.
Recommended reading
Cooke, J.R., Architects, Engineers and the Law Commentary and
Materials. Sydney, The Law Book Co., 1989
Doner, J.B. and Sharkey, J.J.A., Building and Construction
Contracts in Australia Law and Practice. 2nd edn, Sydney, Law
Book Co., 1990
Bailey, I.H., Construction Law in Australia For Architects,
Engineers, Builders andSttrdolts. Sydney, Law Books Co., 1981
Brooking, R., Brooking on Building Contracts fie Law and
Practice Relating to Building and Enginea'ng Agreements. 2nd edn,
Sydney, Butterworths, 1980
CE695 Properly Management
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Objective
To give students an understanding of the operation of a
building in terms of administering and marketing space for
profit, and maintaining a building to an established standard
within a budget. The students will be given an appreciation
of the requirements of managing a portfolio of properties.
Content
Maintenance cycles and failure patterns in building
components and services, maintenance budgets, performance
v, criteria for building components and services, marketing of
space and administration of the occupation of space,
managing a portfolio of properties on behalf of clients.
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CE696 Building Macroeconomics
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12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Objective
To give students an understanding of the elements
contributing to the cost of a project.
Content
Project feasibility studies, cost control of the design phase,
cost control systems for project construction, forecast of
cost and cash flow for a project, project budgeting, total cost
for a project, life cycle costing, computer applications for
cost analysis recording, analysis and reporting.
CE697 Infrastructure Systems
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Objedive
To develop an understanding of the hardware of the systems
which support a high standard of civilisation and the
operation of that hardware for the benefit of man.
Content
The support systems in modern urban areas, the history of
the construction, water supply systems, sewage systems,
road networks, rail networks, organisations to plan,
construct, manage and maintain the systems, system control,
system deterioration and rehabilitation, investment in
systems, future costs of such systems, alternative means of
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planning for system replacement.
CE770 Construction Engineering
12.5 credtt points (sem I) and 12.5 credit points (sem 2) 4 '
hours per week for (sems 1 & 2) Hawthorn
This is a subject in the Graduate Diploma of Engineering
(Construction Management)
Content
Construction techniques for highways, bridges, railways,
airports, tunnels, pipelines, foundations, buildings, dams,
water supply structures, sewerage.
Logistics for major construction operations. Major offshore
projects. Supply problems offshore. Technology access in
South-East Asian countries and China.
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CE771 Construction Project Control L;?. , ' \'
12.5 credit points 4 houw per week Hawthorn
This is a subject in the Graduate Diploma of Engineering
(Construction Management
Content
Case studies of construction projects by report and
discussion.
Recommended reading
Harris, F. And McCaffer, R., Modern Construction Management.
Granda Publishing, 1979
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