Engineering project supervision
AE
K R Cale
6 points * 78 hours * First semester * Gippsland/distance * Prerequisites: Completion of level 2
Financial management: mathematics of interest, present worth, nominal and effective interest rates, annuities, equivalent annual costs, project evaluation (NPV and IRR), depreciation and taxation. Engineering contracts: contract law, AS2124, negligence, dispute resolution and engineering specifications. Project planning: scheduling of activities, critical path activity on arrow and precedence diagrams, time/cost optimisation, Gantt charts and resource allocation, probabilistic approach (PERT) and use of computer packages.
Assessment
Examination: 60% * Assignments: 40%
Prescribed text
Pilcher R Principles of construction management 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill, 1992
Recommended texts
Australian Standard 2124: General conditions of contract 1992
Chang Y L and Sullivan R S Quantitative systems for business plus 2nd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1990
Vermeesh R B and Lindgren K E Business law of Australia 7th edn, Butterworths