SRM461 - Contract Administration 3

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Waterfront (Geelong)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Anthony Mills
Prerequisite:

SRM261

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour lecture per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week.

Content

SRM461 completes the contract administration suite of units in the Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours). In this unit, students will learn about decision making and problem solving with respect to contracts in built environment projects. Student learning will particularly focus on procurement, risk and tender evaluations and dispute resolution. Students will also develop technical skills for the administration of construction contracts.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Analyse a range of procurement systems to develop a procurement strategy for a variety of built environment projects.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Solve complex problems associated with standard form contracts for built environment projects.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Analyse contractual risk for built environment projects.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Engage with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure effective contract administration and successful project delivery.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO7: Teamwork

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1
Individual strategic procurement report
Written report, 2000 word maximum 20% Week 5
Assessment 2
Group tender evaluation and risk analysis report
Written report, 4000 word maximum 30% Week 8
Assessment 3
Case study report
Written report, 3000 word maximum 50% Week 11

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SRM461 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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