Unit Synopsis
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
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 3 - 2026 Profile
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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 30% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 30% |
| 3. Written Assessment | 40% |
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%).
Past Exams
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Term 3 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 31.58% response rate.
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.
Source: SUTE Unit Comments Report- T3- 2023
Students found that the lecturer is a knowledgeable and industry practitioner. They appreciated his easy to understand teaching style and the commitment to answer students' questions at the earliest.
Engagement of same lecturer is recommended for next/ future deliveries. If he is unavailable, it is recommended for the new lecturer to adopt same teaching strategies he applied.
The same lecturer delivers this unit.
Source: Built Environment Team Grade Assessment Review Meeting Notes
The unit is regularly receiving higher percentage of HDs and Ds. Please check whether this is genuinely due to the intellectual knowledge of the cohort or inconsistency of assessment tasks which requires challenging questions and firm marking rubric application.
It is recommended to revisit marking rubrics and marking criteria, as well as introduce challenging assessment questions referring to new industry practices and regulatory changes.
Marking rubrics and crtieria are reviewed.
Source: Communication with students
The lecturer provide feedback in a timely manner and the feedback could be more detailed.
Continue to mark the assignments in a timely manner and provide constructive and detailed feedback for students.
In Progress
Source: Unit evaluation
It is well structured & presented unit.
Continue with the structure and presentation of this unit.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Discuss the difference between building inspections, audits and condition assessments.
- Organise an inspection/audit/assessment from engagement to finalisation.
- Manage inspections of buildings subject of complaints and disputes.
- Explain the benefits of preventative maintenance of structures.
- Identify basic structural and building environment defects.
- Develop professional and comprehensive defect and recommendation reports.
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| 3 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 5 - Team Work | • | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | • | • | • |
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