ARBE3301
Construction Project Planning
10 Units
Available in 2014
| BCA Singapore | Semester 1 |
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| Callaghan Campus | Semester 1 |
| Distance Education - Callaghan | Semester 1 |
Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
This course develops the student's appreciation of the scope and skills required to control and coordinate resources in a construction project context. Students will utilise previously acquired knowledge of construction processes and technologies to develop commercially appropriate inventories of tasks that include appropriate implementation methodologies and consequent resourcing implications. This course examines various planning techniques, developing the student's ability to evaluate their appropriateness for use in a variety of situations. It focuses on critical path identification as the central function of commercially available project planning software, concentrating in the first instance on the student's skill development in manual methods of project planning/critical path identification, finally utilising a computer application to validate their results.
| Objectives | On completion of this course students will be able to: - Apply the stages and tools utilised in planning and programming construction operations - Prepare a method statement, including resources - Manually prepare a program of work, including critical path identification - Operate a computer project planning package - Engage in scholarly reflections regarding contemporary and innovation practices - Engage with BIM tools to gain a better understanding of how they can be employed in the planning context |
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| Content | Planning programme stages: - Pre tender - Master and stage programmes - Method statements - Resource schedules - Material procurement schedules Project planning tools: - Gantt charts - Line of balance diagrams - Critical path networks - Precedence diagrams - PERT charts Precedence diagrams: - Output rates - Activity durations - Planning logic - Start and finish times - Float concepts - Critical path concepts Computer aided project programming: - Data input - Program outputs including PERT and Gantt charts, resources, activity float and critical path - BIM tools and their use in project planning |
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| Replacing Course(s) | Not applicable | ||||||
| Transition | Not applicable | ||||||
| Industrial Experience | 0 | ||||||
| Assumed Knowledge | Candidates for this course should have a working knowledge of construction technology as it applies to the built product, together with a similar level of knowledge regarding constructions processes and techniques. | ||||||
| Modes of Delivery | Distance Learning : IT Based External Mode Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning Internal Mode |
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| Teaching Methods | Lecture
Tutorial |
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| Contact Hours | Lecture: for 2 hour(s) per Week for 13 weeks Tutorial: for 1 hour(s) per Week for 12 weeks |
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| Timetables | 2014 Course Timetables for ARBE3301 |