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ICT in Building (ABPL90331)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
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This subject explores the use of information and communication technologies from design to construction, to the post-delivery life cycle of buildings. The subject follows three overlapping themes: (i) historical overview of informatisation in the building industry, including the opportunities and constraints that follow these developments; (ii) discussion of contemporary issues in the delivery of building projects and potential solutions offered by ICT; and (iii) exposure to selected ICT methodologies and tools such as building information modeling and integrated project delivery solutions. The subject is organised as an advanced seminar supplemented with hands-on workshops in use of specific ICT solutions.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able:
- To understand and respond to the changing operating context of building industry.
- To critically assess and adopt ICT-based solutions in building life cycle.
- To cultivate deeper understanding about pressures to change, possible responses and future scenarios in construction.
- To gain exposure to global trends in project design to delivery using ICT-based approaches.
Generic skills
At the completion of the subject students should have developed the following skills and capabilities:
- Ability to contextualise present conditions and frame future responses.
- Ability to assess and identify organisational and cultural changes.
- Ability to synthesise scholarly arguments and technical solutions.
- Ability to articulate and present arguments in presentations and scholarly reports.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into one of the following:
- MC-ARCH Master of Architecture
- MC-LARCH Master of Landscape Architecture
- MC-CM Master of Construction Management
- MC-PROP Master of Property
- MC-ARCHCM Master of Architecture/Master of Construction Management
- MC-CMPROP Master of Construction Management/Master of Property
OR
Approval from the subject coordinator.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Class participation, through comments and remarks displaying understanding of the information required to inform project participants of their roles in a given project, and the ways to accomplish its production.
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Professional report, focusing on effective ways of structuring communication in a building project by using information technologies.
| Week 10 | 60% |
Class presentation, demonstrating one's ability to synthesise the complex information required to plan, organise, lead and control a construction project.
| Week 12 | 30% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Dominik Holzer Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 24 July 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 Hours
Additional delivery details
Quota 36
This subject has an automated quota. Your enrolment confirms your space in this subject. If you choose to withdraw from this subject you will be forfeiting your space and may be unable to enrol again. Please check the Handbook for more information.
For detailed information on the quota subject application process and due dates, refer to the EDSC Quota Subjects webpage: http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/quota-subjects.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Building Specialisation (formal) Project Management Informal specialisation Project Management Informal specialisation Cost Management Informal specialisation Building Informal specialisation Building Informal specialisation Cost Management Informal specialisation Cost Management Informal specialisation Project Management Informal specialisation Project Management - Links to additional information
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024