Project Construction Management
Credit points
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
Location
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit aims to identify the roles of a construction project manager and to review contemporary and emerging construction structures. Appropriate forms of traditional and non-traditional project delivery options such as D&B, GMP, BOO/BOT are considered, along with the use of modern project management frameworks. Additional topics include occupational health and safety, construction risk management; effective resource and quality planning as well as scope, cost and time planning for construction projects.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- Articulate and implement advanced project management concepts and methods to enable students to assist with overall planning and management of construction projects;
- Formulate effective and efficient quality assurance strategies for the successful delivery of a complex construction project;
- Determine and plan resources required for a complex construction projects; and
- Investigate occupational health and safety (OH&S) requirements as well as risk management practices required for construction projects.
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Assessment type: Project | Grade: 40%
Group Project (including 5% early assessment in week 2)
Assessment type: Presentation | Grade: 20%
Presentation
Assessment type: Case Study | Grade: 40%
Written submission (2000 words approx)
Required reading
Further reading material will be provided by the instructor in class or through VU Collaborate. Construction Extension to the PMBOK® Guide (2016), Project Management Institute.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):