Overview
In this unit, you will learn about processes and systems of data and information management and the rise of tools and techniques such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) as a lifecycle strategy for project procurement and operations. Current issues surrounding the use of BIM are discussed. Students who have successfully completed BLCN12020 or BLSV14014 should not enrol in this unit.
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Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite Condition: Successfully completed 108 credit points in the Building Surveying (Honours) or Construction Management (Honours) unit. Students who have successfully completed BLCN12020 or BLSV14014 should not enrol in 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).
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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 Communication with students.
The feedback was constructive and returned promptly. It was helpful for learning.
All the assessment items will be marked promptly with constructive feedback.
Feedback from Unit evaluation
Students found embedding Revit in the learning effective and suggested spending more time learning it and using it in the assessment tasks.
The due date of Assessment 1 will be adjusted, allowing students sufficient time to prepare for this assessment using Revit.
- Propose processes and systems of data and information management
- Evaluate Building Information Modelling (BIM) as a lifecycle strategy for project procurement
- Discuss current issues surrounding the use of BIM.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 10% | |||
| 2 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 30% | |||
| 3 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 30% | |||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 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 - Online Quiz(zes) - 10% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Revit with educational license
- ArchiStar is recommended (free access provided by CQU - contact the Unit Coordinator if you don't have access yet)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
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Introduction to Building Information Modelling (BIM)
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Creating simple BIM models - Part I
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Creating simple BIM models - Part II
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Phasing
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Environmental analysis in BIM
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BIM Standards and IFC
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Revision
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Introduction to Navisworks
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4D BIM
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Introduction to iConstruct
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Data auditing and clash management
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Revision
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1 Online Quiz(zes)
This is an online quiz which includes 20 questions, consisting multi-choice questions and fill-in-blank questions. The questions are based on the information from lectures of Week 1 to Week 3. The quiz is an open-book quiz. There is 40 min time limit on this quiz.
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Week 7 Monday (16 Dec 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 7 Friday (20 Dec 2024)
It is automatically marked by the system.
- Propose processes and systems of data and information management
- Evaluate Building Information Modelling (BIM) as a lifecycle strategy for project procurement
- Discuss current issues surrounding the use of BIM.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Presentation and Written Assessment
Assignment 2’s focus is to give the student a general knowledge of Autodesk’s Revit software. Using the knowledge obtained in the lectures and tutorials in Weeks 2-4, the student is required to construct a sample building using what he/she has learned. This is an individual assignment. You are required to submit a BIM model using Revit.
Vacation Week Friday (3 Jan 2025) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 8 Friday (10 Jan 2025)
The assessment will be assessed on the following criteria:
Clarity and succinctness of expression.
Adequate coverage of topics discussed.
Use of supporting information where appropriate and associated references.
Original thought.
Overall presentation and the ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Where appropriate the use of graphs, illustrations and other diagrams that visually support the context of your submission.
Demonstration of the core knowledge associated with this course and appropriate application of this knowledge.
- Evaluate Building Information Modelling (BIM) as a lifecycle strategy for project procurement
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
3 Presentation and Written Assessment
Assignment 3’s focus is to give the student a general knowledge of Autodesk’s Revit Tally. Using the knowledge obtained in the lectures and tutorials in Week 5: Environmental impact analysis in BIM, the student is required to conduct an environmental analysis based on the model he/she has constructed in Assignment 2.
Week 9 Friday (17 Jan 2025) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 11 Friday (31 Jan 2025)
The assessment will be assessed on the following criteria:
Clarity and succinctness of expression.
Adequate coverage of topics discussed.
Use of supporting information where appropriate and associated references.
Original thought.
Overall presentation and the ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Where appropriate the use of graphs, illustrations and other diagrams that visually support the context of your submission.
Demonstration of the core knowledge associated with this course and appropriate application of this knowledge.
- Discuss current issues surrounding the use of BIM.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
4 Written Assessment
Assignment 4’s focus is to give the student a general knowledge of the current implementation of BIM in Australia. The students are required to conduct their own research regarding the benefits of using BIM and the barriers to the implementation of BIM in the Australian construction industry. You are also required to complete the relevant lessons in ArchiStar platform.
Exam Week Monday (10 Feb 2025) 11:45 pm AEST
Exam Week Friday (14 Feb 2025)
The assessment will be assessed on the following criteria:
Clarity and succinctness of expression.
Adequate coverage of topics discussed.
Use of supporting information where appropriate and associated references.
Original thought.
Overall presentation and the ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Where appropriate the use of graphs, illustrations and other diagrams that visually support the context of your submission.
Demonstration of the core knowledge associated with this course and appropriate application of this knowledge.
- Propose processes and systems of data and information management
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
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?
