Advanced Scheduling and Visualisation-Based Integrated Project Controls
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 60 Hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2024 teaching periods
| Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 1 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
This unit aims to cover advanced aspects and sophisticated systems/ tools for effective and efficient scheduling outcomes in projects and 4D/5D visualisations and simulations for integrated schedule and cost controls in the construction project delivery.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
1 Plan and produce static/ deterministic schedules for projects and manage schedule changes/ updates during project lifecycle
2 Plan and prepare schedules for linear projects
3 Develop schedule optimisation constructs and examine trade-off opportunities
4 Prepare probabilistic project schedules and manage project risks
5 Formulate and/ or employ suitable metrics, digital technologies and software for data analytics and visualisations based progress monitoring and integrated project controls
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
| All Applicable Locations | |||||
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| Activity Type | Activity | Total Hours | Number of Weeks | Hours Per Week | Optional - Activity Details |
| Online Contact | Synchronous Lectures | 24 | 12 weeks | 2 | |
| Face to Face Contact | Tutorials in Computer Labs | 24 | 12 weeks | 2 | |
| Online | Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12 | 12 weeks | 1 | |
| Unspecified Learning Activities | Independent Learning | 90 | 12 weeks | 7.5 | |
| Total Hours: | 150 | Total Hours (per week): | 12.5 | ||
Assessment
| Types | Individual/Group Role | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO) |
| Assignment | Individual | 20-40% | 1,2,3 |
| Project | Individual/Group | 20-50% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Test | Individual | 30-50% | 1,2,4,5 |
Content
Topics in this unit are included in following 3 components:
Component 1: Static/ deterministic scheduling
Component 2: Dynamic/ stochastic scheduling
Component 1: Static/ deterministic scheduling
- Fundamentals of planning and scheduling; Work breakdown structure; Scheduling techniques
- Planning schedules with production management principles and location-based management concepts;
- Planning and managing single project and multi-project schedules
- Scheduling linear projects
- Single and multi-objective schedule optimisation and trade-off analysis
- Software applications (such as Oracle Primavera P6) for static/ deterministic scheduling and analyses in projects
- Uncertainties and impacts of project risks
- Probability fundamentals for stochastic scheduling in projects
- Planning and managing project risks with stochastic scheduling
- Risk breakdown structure and risk registers
- Tornado graphs, S-curves and Distribution analysers of probabilistic schedules
- Integrated schedule and cost management of risk impacted projects with pre-mitigation and post-mitigation measures
- Software applications (such as Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis and Palisade Decision Tools – @Risk) for stochastic scheduling and analyses in projects
- Progress monitoring and controlling in projects
- Fundamentals of 4D/5D BIM modelling simulations and visualisations in construction projects
- Digital technologies and software (e.g. Autodesk Navisworks, Bentley SynchroPro, Trimble VicoOffice and Tilos) for visualisations and simulation of integrated controlling of project schedule and costs
Study resources
- References.
References
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.