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Construction Management

Construction Management

The Construction Management specialisation explores the areas of organisation and management, design and construction, the economics of construction projects and project administration systems.

It will provide you with important knowledge regarding how to deal with infrastructure in large construction projects as well as providing you with important skills in professional project management.

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Construction Management

Students complete 18 credit points to achieve this specialisation.
Students complete 6 credit points from the following:
CIVL3805
Project Scope, Time and Cost Management
6    A CIVL2810 or CIVL1810
N ENGG1865 OR QBUS2350
Semester 1
Students complete 12 credit points from the following:
CIVL4810
Mgmnt of People, Quality and Risk in PE
6    A CIVL3805. Students are expected to have understood and applied basic tools for project scope, cost and time management for projects as taught in (CIVL3805) or equivalent courses.
N ENGG3853
Semester 2
CIVL4813
Contracts Formulation and Management
6    A CIVL3805. Students are expected to have grasped the concepts of basic legal and management principles and the understanding of construction and engineering terminologies. As there are no any prerequisite courses for this UoS, without prior knowledge student can perform exceptionally well with regular attendance and participation in course activities.
N CIVL3813 OR ENGG3854
Semester 2
CIVL4814
Project Procurement and Tendering
6    A CIVL3805
Semester 2
CIVL4815
Project Formulation
6    P CIVL3805 AND (CIVL3812 OR CIVL2812)
Semester 1
Units taken for the specialisation will also count toward requirements of the Civil stream.