ARBE3301
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
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.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Singapore BCA
- Semester 2 - 2024
Callaghan
- Semester 2 - 2024
Online
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Apply the stages and tools utilised in planning and programming construction operations
2. Prepare a method statement, including resources
3. Manually prepare a program of work, including critical path identification
4. Operate a computer project planning package to prepare a schedule for a project
5. Use software tools to understand how a BIM paradigm can be applied to project planning.
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
Requisites
Students must be active in one of the programs to enrol in this course:
[12331] Bachelor of Construction Management (Building)(Honours);
[40374] Bachelor of Construction Management (Building) (Honours)
[50014] Master of Construction Management (Professional).
Students not enrolled in the Bachelor of Construction Management (Building) (Honours) program must seek Program Convenor approval to enrol.
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.
Assessment items
Quiz: Online quizzes
Proposal / Plan: Project Plan
Proposal / Plan: Detailed Project Plan
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Singapore BCA
Lectorial-1
- Online 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
- Online students will receive equivalent instruction through online or other distance education strategies
Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lectorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Semester 2 - 2024 - Online
Lectorial-1
- Online 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
- Online students will receive equivalent instruction through online or other distance education strategies
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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