Construction Project Planning and Scheduling
48 Hours
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit of study aims to introduce the basic concepts, managerial principles and techniques used in construction to plan, schedule and manage projects effectively and efficiently
Requisites
Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Employ principles and techniques of construction to organise time and project schedules (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7)
- Identify appropriate processes and resources needed to complete construction project activities (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A7)
- Plan individual construction activities and estimate time and resources requirements in projects (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A7)
- Integrate individual construction activities into overall construction sequence and project schedule (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7)
- Produce resource schedules using allocation methods and resource levelling techniques in construction projects (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7)
- Produce linear schedules for repetitive construction projects (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7)
- Analyse time-cost trade off of construction project plans (K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7)
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Lecture | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| On-campus Class | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Independent Learning | 7.50 | 12 weeks | 90 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Individual/Group | 20 - 40% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
| Project Presentation | Individual/Group | 10 - 20% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
| Project Report | Individual/Group | 30 - 50% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Content
Project planning and scheduling:
- Principles of planning and scheduling
- Work breakdown structure
- Activity duration estimates
- Schedule network representations and network analysis
- Critical path method
- Resource loading, allocation and levelling
- Essentials of location based planning and management in building and infrastructure projects
- Scheduling for repetitive tasks and linear projects
- Basics of time-cost trade-off in project schedules
- Fundamentals of optimisation in scheduling
- Fundamentals of bim and visualisation for planning and monitoring construction projects
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.