Overview

This unit aims to provide students fundamental knowledge and useful skills for planning and delivering effective and efficient construction outcomes.

Requisites

Prerequisites

150 credit points

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:

  • Analyse and evaluate different construction methods, processes, techniques and systems (A5, K5, K6, S1, S2)
  • Develop and justify safe and efficient construction sequences for major on-site activities (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4)
  • Design and assess requirements for temporary structures for different construction works (A2, A5, K5, K6, S1. S2, S4)
  • Determine requirements and arrangements for construction equipment (A1, K5, K6, S1, S2, S4)
  • Apply productivity principles, project management body of knowledge, production management fundamentals, human factors and motivation approaches for advanced productivity in construction (A2, A4, A6, K5, K6, S1, S2, S4)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

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

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Applied Project Group  20 - 30%  1,2,3,4,5 
Class Exercise Portfolio Individual/Group  30 - 40%  1,2,3,4,5 
Test Individual  30 - 50%  1,2,3,4,5 

Content

  • Methods, processes, techniques and systems for construction  
  • Sequencing of onsite activities
  • Temporary works for buildings and infrastructure construction
  • Construction equipment
  • Productivity principles, quantitative methods and procedures for measuring and improving productivity at construction sites, ergonomics and human factors in construction work

Study resources

Reading materials

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