Course overview
The aim of this course is to extend and consolidate the student's technical knowledge and skills of modern construction and project management techniques on complex construction projects. Sustainable construction; Constructability; Construction planning, progress and control; Site establishment and management; People, health and safety; Industrial relations; Continued studies in Project Management programming software; Gantt diagrams; Network analysis; Precedence diagrams; Value and risk; Management of change and Organisational Learning, Lean construction, Knowledge management, Prefabrication and simulation.
Course learning outcomes
- Appraise the techniques used in company and construction project management and administration, including complex projects in terms of constructability, construction method, project control and site organisation.
- Evaluate the principles of implementing sustainable construction.
- Plan for efficient management of resources and demonstrate familiarity with the use of software in the application of project management planning techniques and tools.
- Apply theoretical knowledge of the concepts of value and risk and apply analytical tools for their management
- Demonstrate theoretical knowledge of the Australian industrial relations framework and discuss the implications for the construction industry
- Review the operational and management aspects of occupational health and safety
Availability
Class details
Online
Class number 2018
Section 01OL
Size 500
Available 498
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