Admission and Unit Information - Bachelor of Housing

This unit provides students with an overview of regulations and construction techniques with an emphasis on low-rise residential buildings in the Australian context. It covers general process; building regulations; environmental issues; surveying techniques; structural elements (footings, framing and bracing); envelope; services; fit-out and finishes.

This unit is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop graphic communication, basic CAD skills and elementary design skills suitable for application within the building industry. Content: This unit provides students with an introduction to elements of graphic communication skills necessary to comprehend various building types in plan, section, elevation, isometric and perspective views. The unit also introduces students to basic CAD (Computer Aided Design and Drafting) concepts and skills. Students will also be required to develop appropriate analytical and problem solving skills in dealing with a realistic building project.

This unit encourages students to explore the professional responsibilities and challenges faced by Engineers, Designers and Building professionals. Students are introduced to emerging issues and approaches to sustainability and the complex nature of the design problems they will encounter in professional practice. Students engage in a semester-long research and problem solving task that addresses environmental and social sustainability imperatives and fosters fundamental research, design and communication skills. Special emphasis is placed on lifelong learning, academic literacy and professional skills including information literacy, project management, and teamwork which equip students for subsequent academic and professional contexts.

An understanding of how the built environment works is essential to designers and construction professionals. This unit provides an introduction to physical units of measure, tolerance, statics, dynamics and optics. It also introduces students to electricity and magnetism as well as the concepts of momentum, energy, work, power and the operation of motors and machine. Students engage with these concepts through a hands-on learning experience including practical projects and live demonstrations.

This is an introductory law unit designed to introduce the fundamentals of law in a commercial context. The unit introduces students to the basic principles of law and the legal system as well as examining some of the major areas of law that impact on commercial dealings. This unit examines the structure of the legal system, the way law is made and the main areas of law relevant to starting and running a business including contracts, torts and consumer protection.

This unit provides exposure to financial and management accounting information from a user of accounting information viewpoint. The unit aims to provide breadth of awareness and knowledge in relevant fields of accounting essential to decision making for managers.

The aim of this unit is to provide students with an overview of the design, classification, applicable Australian Standards, structural systems, construction techniques, materials handling systems, building services, fit-out and finishes for larger scale buildings.

Management Foundations provides an opportunity for students to understand the linkage between organisational processes and managerial practices. The main aim of the unit is to identify the dynamic nature of managerial practice in changing social, economic, technological and global environments. This unit is for students in the School of Engineering only.

This unit develops students' knowledge and skills in appraising site requirements for construction purposes, both at the pre tendering and construction phase of a project. Content: Soil classification, site investigation, site safety, plant and equipment, trenches, detention/retention pits and basins, temporary structures, demolition, site dewatering, building surveying, and site environmental control.

This unit is designed to develop the techniques required to measure, quantify and prepare bills of quantities for residential construction. It will help students to develop an understanding of the factors that affect the cost of building and introduces costing techniques for work on new and existing buildings.

This unit deals with the behaviour of building materials and products in the construction context, including concrete, timber, metal, composites and polymers. An introduction will be given first on how material behaviour and properties are affected by micro-structure, composition and environment. Materials will be discussed in detail according to their physical properties and how they degrade in context. We will also discuss how the materials are manufactured and used and what their environmental impacts are.

In this unit current issues related to development control will be critiqued. These include: planning law as it relates to the development application process; the assessment of applications for approval for development as an integrated process; the evaluation of the impact assessment process; appropriate consideration of urban design, streetscape, heritage and conservation issues; and the evaluation of the impact of parking, traffic, landscape and services in development proposals.

This unit will aim to further develop students knowledge of substructures. Content: Retaining walls and footing structures; strip footings, piling, piers, raft slabs, waffle-pod structures, load bearing capacity, impact of structure on surface and sub-surface drainage, underpinning and temporary substructures, waterproofing techniques.

To provide an understanding of factors that affect the cost of buildings; introduce costing techniques for new and existing buildings and provide students with the skills necessary to prepare builder's estimates.

This unit is designed to allow the student to gain experience with the complexity of the construction industry by integrating knowledge from earlier units. The unit involves group work on construction planning and management, regulatory control and client liaison required for initiating and completing a residential construction project.

This unit will provide you with an understanding of decision-making and support the development of critical thinking skills. The skills that are learnt in this unit will be applied in the Construction in Practice strand, Major Project in Construction and Honours Thesis.

This unit is to give students an understanding of appropriate methods of managing construction projects and to develop skills in using these methods on the type of projects the students expect to undertake in their professional careers. Content: Major knowledge areas of project management.

This unit is intended to provide students with the ability to organise the resources required for a major construction project; to plan the sequence and timing of construction operations; and to assess the risk inherent in achieving a construction schedule.

This unit develops an awareness of the regulations used to control risk in buildings. Major sources of risk, such as fire and public health, are identified and controlled. Building regulations of high risk regions, such as cyclonic, seismic and bushfire-prone areas, are also discussed. The unit emphasises the safety of vulnerable occupants, such as young children, disabled people and the elderly. The unit also explores recent developments in the BCA concerning energy efficiency.

This unit focuses on an integrated project of various sub-disciplines in key programs. The unit describes engineering and construction as professions. Theories related to contract and project management will also form a part of this unit. Throughout the semester, the focus will be on an integrated project and the development of research skills of students enrolled in this unit. This will be achieved through employment of appropriate research skills and completion of professional/technical reports.

This unit is designed to provide students with a good understanding of the law and dispute resolution mechanisms that regulate the conduct of the building industry and building practices e.g. occupational health and safety, contract law, workers compensation, awareness of industrial relations and dispute resolution.

This unit is designed to provide skills and knowledge for information management technology and practice as it relates to the building industry. The unit gives and overview of information management, data collection and storage, information classification systems, communications, specialist computer applications and artificial intelligence.

The aim of this unit is to introduce students to the concept of structures, loads and the effect of loads on structures in relation to concrete construction. Students will have an in-depth understanding of concrete as a construction material. It covers the construction technology aspects of concrete structural components and systems, including beams, columns, slabs and frames. Emphasis will be given to formwork design and construction. Students will be introduced to the relevant Australian Standards for concrete construction. The unit also aims at developing students' ability to deal professionally with other building professionals, including architects and structural engineers.

Introduces students to the concepts of quality systems value management techniques and their application to the built environment. Students will gain knowledge of quality assurance and value management theories, techniques and principles so that they can apply as they enter into their professional careers.

This subject is designed to provide students with an advanced understanding of the various roles of a quantity surveyor. Students will develop an ability to apply the skills necessary to deliver both pre-contract and post-contract quantity surveying services.

This unit deals with the construction of structural steelwork. Students will gain better understanding of mechanical properties of steel. It covers various components in structural steelwork, and their behaviour under loads. Students will also be introduced to various frame systems in multi-story and high-rise construction and relevant Australian Standards for steel construction. Emphasis will be given to safe erection and assembly of structural steelwork. Due consideration will be given to the requirements of Workcover in relation to site safety and material handling. An introduction will also be given for Steel-concrete composite construction.