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Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Anthony Mills.
Contact: Two one-hour lectures and up to three hours of tutorials and seminars a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
The subject is an introduction to the financial management of the building process. At the conclusion of the subject the student should:
- have an overview of the relationship between the various parties involved in the building procurement process;
- understand the role of the quantity surveyor;
- understand the tendering process;
- have commenced analysis of the Australian Standard Method of Measurement;
- have gained preliminary techniques in cost planning and project budgeting.
Content:
Overview of cost management, cost budgeting and elementary cost planning techniques. Measuring and estimating bills of quantities, tendering and bidding. Practice in oral and written communication.
Assessment:
A 3-hour examination (70 per cent) and tutorial exercises and a staged written assignment (30 per cent) equivalent to not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (Volume 4 page 43)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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