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Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester.
Last updated: 2 June 2020
2020 is the final offering of this unit. SEV210 Construction Engineering will not be available from 2021 and will be replaced with SEM216 Stress and Failure Analysis.
SEJ101, SEJ103 and SEB101
SEE010 or SEJ010
SEV217
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
2 x 1 hours of class per week, 1 x 2 hour seminar per week, 1 x 2 hour practical per trimester. All students are required to attend and participate in project-based activities for this unit at scheduled sessions during the trimester.
2 x 1 hour classes per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2 hour online seminar per week. All students are required to attend and participate in project-based activities for this unit at scheduled sessions during the trimester intensive week (typically week 7).
This unit aims to provide students with the understanding of construction engineering within the broader project discipline of project management as applicable to the civil engineering profession. Students will be able to apply basic construction engineering management principles including site preparation and construction work planning, quantity and cost estimation, project scheduling and site management as practicing engineering professionals. An introduction will be provided to the use of Building Information Models (BIMs) to generate constructability reports, coordinate, plan, schedule and provide estimates.
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this Unit
At the completion of this unit students can:
Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO8: Global citizenship
ULO2
Undertake a project site evaluation an develop a practical construction project site preparation and work plan
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO4: Critical thinking
ULO3
Develop construction tender documents for civil engineering construction activities, including cost and quantity estimations, for a construction tender
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO8: Global citizenship
ULO4
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
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.
To be eligible to obtain a pass this unit, students must achieve a mark of at least 50% on the construction tender document and journal diary and a mark of at least 50% on the quantity and cost estimations report.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SEV210 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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