Overview
This unit will introduce you to the procedures, principles and methods of construction used for complex projects up to "super tall" buildings (over 300m in height) and designated by the National Construction Code (NCC) as being within Building Class 2 to 9. You should have completed an intermediate construction unit to ensure adequate level of entry knowledge. Students who have successfully completed BLAR13049 should not enrol in this unit.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: BLAR12057 Commercial Construction or BLAR11048 Construction 2.
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).
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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 Student
The name says it all - complex. But the lecturer makes sense of it all and is very supportive and good.
The lecturer is a specialist working in the industry and will continue to bring real-life experience and examples.
Feedback from Student
It would be helpful if the unit used MSTeams as experienced in other units. MSTeams is very helpful in its speed of response to questions. It also allows students to discuss matters.
The use of MS Teams is at the lecturer's discretion, although the Moodle Q&A and Forum continue to be the main communication system. However, students enrolled in the unit are encouraged to use the MS Team between themselves for mutual support and discussion.
Feedback from Student and Lecturer
A few links to resources (mostly YouTube videos) did not initially work in Week 1. However, all were quickly rectified or updated. It would be good to avoid this if possible in future terms.
Some video links can slip through pre-term testing or change after the release of the unit to students. They are repaired as soon as they are discovered.
- Plan the temporary works, particularly scaffolding, formwork and falsework and plant selection processes used for complex or "super tall" construction.
- Describe the functions, materials and details of the major components. the waste management strategies used and the regulatory inspections made when constructing a complex or "super tall" project.
- Diagnose and plan the rectification of common building faults.
- Explain the issues encountered by complex or "super tall" buildings including funding, ownership, design and construction.
- Discuss the development and implementation of innovative building practices.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 40% | |||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 4 - Online Quiz(zes) - 10% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 - 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 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Online Quiz(zes) - 10% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
National Construction Code
Edition: NCC 2022 Volume One - Building Code of Australia Class 2 to 9 buildings (2022) (2022)
Authors: Australian Building Codes Board
Australian Building Codes Board
Canberra Canberra , ACT , Australia
ISBN: 1 86264 872 7
Binding: eBook
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- 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.
k.mirzaei@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Topic 1: Introduction and Structural Systems
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle unit site for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 2: Planning and Design Stage
Chapter
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 3: Temporary Works
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle unit site for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 4: Waste Management Systems
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle unit site for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 5: Work, Health and Safety
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle unit site for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
No scheduled class
Chapter
Use the time to work on an assessment or take a wellness break.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Topic 6: Complaint and Regulator Management
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle unit site for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 7: High-Rise and Ultra High Buildings
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle unit site for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 8: Large Scale Projects
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle unit site for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 9: Post Completion
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle unit site for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Topic 10: Common Building Faults in High Rise Buildings
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle unit site for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Topic 11: Fire Safety Systems
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle unit site for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Topic 12: Utilities and Services
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle unit site for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Unit review and exam period begins.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz Due: Review/Exam Week Tuesday (10 June 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Exam period concludes.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
Assessment 1 relates to learning outcomes 1, requiring research to answer questions on Temporary works. Temporary works assist the works stages of a development project in a variety of different ways. It is important to be able to identify the most appropriate way of supporting a construction or demolition process to assist with expediting processes, making work areas safe and improving the performance of the building systems.
Your task is to detail the role of each of the following types of temporary works, who can install them, how they are installed and where they may be used on a project site.
Vacation Week Monday (14 Apr 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 7 Monday (28 Apr 2025)
Students will be advised if a delay emerges.
Your assessment submission must be in an electronic format.
Before or on the nominated due date, upload your work following the on-screen instructions from the Assessment tab shown on the unit Moodle site. Your submission will be processed through the similarity detection software, Turnitin. You may amend your work based on the detection report. You must ensure that the work is your own or has been correctly referenced to the appropriate author(s), according to the CQU requirements. You will find further support material for this assessment on the unit Moodle site.
The assessment will be assessed on the following criteria:
Show clarity and succinctness of expression.
Adequate coverage of topics discussed.
Use and reference correctly supporting information.
Communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Use graphs, illustrations and other graphics to visually support your submission.
Demonstrate the core knowledge associated with this unit and show appropriate application of that knowledge.
- Plan the temporary works, particularly scaffolding, formwork and falsework and plant selection processes used for complex or "super tall" construction.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
2 Written Assessment
Assessment 2 relates to learning outcomes 2, requiring research to answer questions on building regulations. Building regulation is at times reactionary in nature. Incidents occur, investigations happen, lessons are learned and regulation is changed/enhanced. Large incidents at times led to changes in building regulation and more importantly, an appreciation for good fire safety practices. As building professionals, our education is largely based on reading the NCC, standards and legislation. It is a fundamental part of our professional development, however at times, learning from real incidents helps us to put the pieces together on why particular safety controls are required by the NCC. It also improves our ability to educate others about the importance of fire safety measures by being able to discuss the role these
measures have and what can happen if they are not implemented or fail to activate.
Week 8 Tuesday (6 May 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 10 Monday (19 May 2025)
Students will be advised if a delay emerges.
Your assessment submission must be in an electronic format.
Before or on the nominated due date, upload your work following the on-screen instructions from the Assessment tab shown on the unit Moodle site. Your submission will be processed through the similarity detection software, Turnitin. You may amend your work based on the detection report. You must ensure that the work is your own or has been correctly referenced to the appropriate author(s), according to the CQU requirements. You will find further support material for this assessment on the unit Moodle site.
The assessment will be assessed on the following criteria:
Show clarity and succinctness of expression.
Adequate coverage of topics discussed.
Use and reference correctly supporting information.
Communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Use graphs, illustrations and other graphics to visually support your submission.
Demonstrate the core knowledge associated with this unit and show appropriate application of that knowledge.
- Describe the functions, materials and details of the major components. the waste management strategies used and the regulatory inspections made when constructing a complex or "super tall" project.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
Assessment 3 relates to learning outcomes 3, 4, and 5, requiring research to answer questions on defects in buildings. Defects in buildings are nearly always inevitable, particularly for large complex projects due to the scale of the project, the range of sub-elements in the building and reliance on third-party certification for a lot of sub-elements rather than physical inspection during installation/commissioning. Your task is the research the following common building defects and to determine possible causes for the defect, ways to investigate/assess the problem and ways to potentially remedy the problem. Moreover, conveying garbage and services in high-rise buildings is ordinarily undertaken in shafts (vertical and horizontal). Shafts play a variety of different roles in a building and are described in the NCC a number of different times. Your task for this part of the assessment is to investigate a range of different shafts (as described) in high-rise buildings.
Review/Exam Week Monday (9 June 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
Returned within two weeks of submission and before certification of grades.
Your assessment submission must be in an electronic format.
Before or on the nominated due date, upload your work following the on-screen instructions from the Assessment tab shown on the unit Moodle site. Your submission will be processed through the similarity detection software, Turnitin. You may amend your work based on the detection report. You must ensure that the work is your own or has been correctly referenced to the appropriate author(s), according to the CQU requirements. You will find further support material for this assessment on the unit Moodle site.
The assessment will be assessed on the following criteria:
Show clarity and succinctness of expression.
Adequate coverage of topics discussed.
Use and reference correctly supporting information.
Communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Use graphs, illustrations and other graphics to visually support your submission.
Demonstrate the core knowledge associated with this unit and show appropriate application of that knowledge.
- Diagnose and plan the rectification of common building faults.
- Explain the issues encountered by complex or "super tall" buildings including funding, ownership, design and construction.
- Discuss the development and implementation of innovative building practices.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
4 Online Quiz(zes)
This assessment item relates to the unit learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and includes multiple choice questions. One attempt is allowed.
Other
Review/Exam Week Tuesday (10 June 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
Attempt via Moodle Learning Site.
Within 24 hours of due date or submission date (whichever is the latest).
Your answers will be automatically marked by the system.
- Plan the temporary works, particularly scaffolding, formwork and falsework and plant selection processes used for complex or "super tall" construction.
- Describe the functions, materials and details of the major components. the waste management strategies used and the regulatory inspections made when constructing a complex or "super tall" project.
- Diagnose and plan the rectification of common building faults.
- Explain the issues encountered by complex or "super tall" buildings including funding, ownership, design and construction.
- Discuss the development and implementation of innovative building practices.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
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