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2020 unit information
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
From 2021 - unit will be offered in Trimester 1 and Trimester 3
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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 2 hour class per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week.
Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin plus 5 x 1 hour online seminars per trimester.
In SRQ774 students will be able to develop a greater understanding of the principles and practice of measurement and estimating in low-rise and medium-rise construction. Learning and assessment activities will focus on construction documentation as a critical form of information transmission, the roles and uses of bills of quantities, builders' quantities and estimates, measurement and billing of quantities for a wide range of construction trades and estimating of unit rates. Students will be required to learn and apply appropriate computer software packages in this unit.
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this Unit
At the completion of this Unitsuccessful students can:
Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1
ULO2
ULO3
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO4: Critical thinking
ULO4
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3:Digital literacy
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.
Prescribed text(s): AIQS, 2018, Australian and New Zealand Standard Method of Measurement of Building Works, 2018 edition, Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SRQ774 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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