BLDG 3010 Building Cost Studies

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Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 301234

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Description This Subject provides students with advanced quantity surveying techniques for the evaluation of construction costs in the construction management and built environment context. Students learn to perform various cost studies, consider sustainability issues and make whole life cost choices that contribute to cost effective construction projects. The tools and techniques students learn are essential in dealing with increasing complexity in the industry.

School Eng, Design & Built Env

Discipline Building Construction Economics

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 2 10cp

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Level Undergraduate Level 3 subject

Assumed Knowledge

Building construction including residential, light industrial and small commercial, basic building measurement and estimating.

Learning Outcomes

Evaluate cost management and control process
Examine various cost modelling techniques
Analyse cost information and perform cost analysis
Analyse feasibility of project
Make informed decisions based on whole-life cost and sustainable considerations

Subject Content

Overview of cost management and control process
Feasibility studies
Cost benefit analysis
Cost modelling
Cost information and cost analysis
Whole-life costing
Economics of sustainability

Assessment

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