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

Unit learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  1. Develop an understanding of the multifaceted construction environment, encompassing physical site conditions, social, economic, regulatory, technological, and environmental factors
  2. Develop concepts and application contexts of digital technologies for construction
  3. Review and recommend various digital technologies for construction
  4. Plan to utilise different digital technologies for construction
  5. 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.