Overview
This unit develops a detail understanding of the impacts and role of industry specific contracts (including lump sum, cost plus, design and build) in the design and construction process including study of: contract types, documents, registration, tendering, analysis, scheduling, general conditions; introduction to Specifications as a part of contract documentation; quality control; introduction to programming techniques; variations to contracts; Conditions of Engagement of Engineering and Architectural Consultants. It looks at organisational structures which ensure effective outcomes including modeling and operations research, decision theory, decision trees, linear and dynamic programming. It provides an understanding of when to use standard or customised forms of building contracts and provides an introduction to the use of Partnering, Alliance Contracting, BOOT contracts and other non traditional forms of contracts. Case studies will be used to demonstrate unit content.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2025
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from UC feedback
There are scanned copies of textbooks under additional resources, which are not very clear. There are also outdated weblinks.
Provide links to resources via CQUniversity Library for the scanned copies of textbooks. Update the web links.
Feedback from UC feedback
Peer interaction is to be increased.
Introduce optional weekly reflection exercises to encourage peer discussion and further student engagement.
- explain the need for formal contracts, and the traditional and non-traditional approaches to contracts
- describe the use of building contract documents and tender processes
- prepare a specification within your area of expertise, being aware of its critical relationship to the other contract documents and the commercial outcome of the project
- describe industry protocols for employing consultants, clearly stating the scope of their services
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | ||||
| 11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | |||||||||||
Textbooks
Construction Contract Administration
- Edition: 2 (2004)
- Authors: Greg Goldfayl
- UNSW Press Ltd
- ISBN: 0868405175
Contractual Procedures in the Construction Industry
- Edition: 4 (2001)
- Authors: Alan Ashworth
- Pearson Education
- ISBN: 0582432235
Innovations, Disruptions and Future Trends in the Global Construction Industry
- (2024)
- Authors: Temitope Omotayo, Olabode Ogunmakinde, Temitope Egbelakin, and Adebayo Sojobi
- Taylor
- ISBN: 9781032435794
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Endnote
- MS Office or equivalent software
- Webcam and headset
- MS Teams
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
r.webber@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 10 Mar 2025Module/Topic
Topic 1: The Contract
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Begin workbook
Week 2
Begin Date: 17 Mar 2025Module/Topic
Topic 1: The Contract (continued)
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Week 3
Begin Date: 24 Mar 2025Module/Topic
Topic 1: The Contract (continued)
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Week 4
Begin Date: 31 Mar 2025Module/Topic
Topic 2: Specifications
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Week 5
Begin Date: 07 Apr 2025Module/Topic
Topic 2: Specifications (continued)
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Vacation Week
Begin Date: 14 Apr 2025Module/Topic
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Week 6
Begin Date: 21 Apr 2025Module/Topic
Topic 3: The Tender Process
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Week 7
Begin Date: 28 Apr 2025Module/Topic
Topic 4: Engaging Consultants
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Week 8
Begin Date: 05 May 2025Module/Topic
Topic 5: Quality Control
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Week 9
Begin Date: 12 May 2025Module/Topic
Topic 5: Quality Control (continued)
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Week 10
Begin Date: 19 May 2025Module/Topic
Topic 6: Non-Standard Contract Arrangements
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Week 11
Begin Date: 26 May 2025Module/Topic
Topic 6: Non-Standard Contract Arrangements (continued)
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Week 12
Begin Date: 02 Jun 2025Module/Topic
Topic 7: Risk Management
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Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 09 Jun 2025Module/Topic
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Exam Week
Begin Date: 16 Jun 2025Module/Topic
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1 Written Assessment
Week 5 Friday (11 Apr 2025) 11:45 pm AEST
Submitte via Turnitin
Week 7 Friday (2 May 2025)
Students access via Turnitin
Presentation and layout—includes demonstrated ability to prepare a professional technical report as part of the audit process, use of grammar, the selection of typeface, written and general appearance of the document or assignment, attention to detail and quality of arrangement with regard to page numbering, headings, margins, footnotes and similar details to provide a professional document presentation.
Content—includes the accuracy and relevance of the information supplied in relation to the set task, using an ‘easy to read’ language style.
References—includes the use of the Harvard Referencing System to reference information, data, tables or images used when preparing a response to the set task.
- explain the need for formal contracts, and the traditional and non-traditional approaches to contracts
- describe the use of building contract documents and tender processes
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
Week 8 Friday (9 May 2025) 11:45 pm AEST
Submitted via Turnitin
Week 10 Monday (19 May 2025)
Students access via Turnitin
Presentation and layout—includes demonstrated ability to prepare a professional technical report as part of the audit process, use of grammar, the selection of typeface, written and general appearance of the document or assignment, attention to detail and quality of arrangement with regard to page numbering, headings, margins, footnotes and similar details to provide a professional document presentation.
Content—includes the accuracy and relevance of the information supplied in relation to the set task, using an ‘easy to read’ language style.
References—includes the use of the Harvard Referencing System to reference information, data, tables or images used when preparing a response to the set task.
- describe the use of building contract documents and tender processes
- describe industry protocols for employing consultants, clearly stating the scope of their services
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
Week 12 Friday (6 June 2025) 11:45 pm AEST
Submitted via Turnitin
Exam Week Friday (20 June 2025)
Within two weeks of submission and before certification of the grades
Presentation and layout—includes demonstrated ability to prepare a professional technical report as part of the audit process, use of grammar, the selection of typeface, written and general appearance of the document or assignment, attention to detail and quality of arrangement with regard to page numbering, headings, margins, footnotes and similar details to provide a professional document presentation.
Content—includes the accuracy and relevance of the information supplied in relation to the set task, using an ‘easy to read’ language style.
References—includes the use of the Harvard Referencing System to reference information, data, tables or images used when preparing a response to the set task.
- explain the need for formal contracts, and the traditional and non-traditional approaches to contracts
- prepare a specification within your area of expertise, being aware of its critical relationship to the other contract documents and the commercial outcome of the project
- describe industry protocols for employing consultants, clearly stating the scope of their services
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
