Overview

This unit aims at introducing students to a range of useful digital technologies for construction management.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
02-March-2026
31-May-2026
Last self-enrolment date
15-March-2026
Census date
31-March-2026
Last withdraw without fail date
21-April-2026
Results released date
07-July-2026

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Develop an understanding of the multifaceted construction environment, encompassing physical site conditions, social, economic, regulatory, technological, and environmental factors
  • Develop concepts and application contexts of digital technologies for construction
  • Review and recommend various digital technologies for construction
  • Plan to utilise different digital technologies for construction
  • Recognise, record and report application of digital technologies for construction

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Lecture		 2.00  6 weeks  12
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		 8.50  12 weeks  102
On-campus
Class		 2.00  12 weeks  24
Live Online
Lecture		 2.00 6 weeks  12
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assignment Individual 30 - 50%  1,2,3
Project Group 20 - 40%  4,5
Online Quizzes Individual  15 - 25%  1,2,3,4,5 

Content

  • Construction Environment
  • Basics of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) for construction management
  • Application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in construction industry
  • Introduction to 3-D printing for building and infrastructure construction
  • Application of laser scanning and remote monitoring for construction site operations
  • Fundamentals of construction automation, artificial intelligence and other state-of-the art technologies for construction management   
     
  • Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
  • Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Communicating using different media
  • Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation
  • Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Teamwork roles and processes
  • Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Information literacy
  • Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Technical literacy

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.