Overview
This unit aims to develop an understanding of the fundamentals of auditing building layouts, fabric, detailing for regulatory and best-practice performance through design, construction and refurbishment phases of building projects.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
BLAR12034 Building Legislation 1 or BLAR11051 Construction Legislation 1.
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 3 - 2026
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).
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
Students appreciated assessments that include real-world application.
The assessments will continue to be developed to retain their real-world practical applications so that students can achieve multiple learning benefits from these tasks.
Feedback from Student
Some students felt that Assessment 3 was a little off topic. They felt that it would make more sense to do a more advanced audit.
The topics for each assessment task draw on common themes experienced in the real world. The context of these assessment scenarios will be explained more clearly in the assessment task to ensure that students understand the reasoning behind it and the links to the relevant learning outcomes.
Feedback from Lecturer
Students found practical elements of the assessment tasks to be useful and practically useful for future building surveying roles.
Assessment tasks will continue to provide practical tasks such as creating checklists, reports and conducting physical inspections of buildings.