BLAC29001 CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY ASSIGNMENT

CONSTRUCTIONTECHNOLOGY-BLAC29001

ASSIGNMENT1

The assignment is worth 30% of the assessment 3000 words maximum, excluding diagrams,tables, etc.

It is interesting to note that all the other related studied units culminate in thefinale, the building construction i.e., the product. Buildings are unique productspurchased, in that, they are manufactured before the clients eyes as distinctfromotherconsumerpurchasesthatarecompletedbeforebeingpurchasede.g.,carsandclothing.

Consequently, the client can have more input into the product production i.e.,plan and specification, and during construction. This is particularly the casewhendocumentationisinsufficientorincompleteleadingtopossibledisputes.

The assignment task is in accordance with project/construction managementprinciplesi.e.,Time,Quality,Resources,andCost,andrelatestoatopiclistedinthefirstPowerPointsNo12,orasagreedwithme.

Astheconstructionmanager,youwouldinitiallybemorethanlikelytobegiventhetaskofmanagingoneoftheconstructiontechnicalprocessese.g.,demolition, underpinning, core construction, etc., as distinct from the totalmanagement of the build. Using project principles, but NOT restatement of PMprinciplesagain,youneedtoknowthetechnicalspecificationdetailstomanageyourtechnicaljobeffectivelyandefficientlyi.e.,partoftheconstructionprocess.

Select a component of construction using the latest technology relating to ahigh-rise building as your assignment from the topic listed on PP No 12 of myPowerPoint presentation 1, or other topics as approved by me. N.B. studentscannot do the same topics. Consequently, you will need to focus on technicaldetailspecificallyandqualitydetailsonyourchosentopic.Yourdetailedassignmentneedstoreviewpreviousandcurrentliteraturerelatingtothetopicand include a review of the literature and any associated building legislation,manufacturerstandards,AustralianStandards,WorkplaceCodes,etc.

The assignment answers MUST be well written and paraphrased (marks will bedeductedfordirectcopyingwithoutusingHarvardquotations),punctuated,orparaphrased from the literature to make a complete sentence and correctlycited using the Harvard citation system. It's acceptable to use software likeGrammarlyorsimilartoensureyourwritingiscorrect.AllconstructionexamplesMUST be fully detailed and correctly labelled. Practical construction examplesshould be included and be fully detailed. These examples can be plans or partsofplans,detailedsketches,fullydetailedphotographs,orinternetphotos.Photograph if used, must be fully and correctly labelled and referenced. Markswill be awarded for current examples correctly cited, text, journal, or currentonsite examples. Reference to the appropriate Building Code of Australian,Australian Standards, safety codes of practice, and any other text must beincluded wherever possible. Additionally, all assignment work MUST be fullyreferencedusingtheHarvardcitationsystem.seeCQUHarvardReferencingStyle

PleasenoteyouMUSThyperlinkyourreference,googledoc,etc.,toyourassignmenttoensurethatI can clickand seesame.

The first page MUST have this unit name and number, your name, and studentnumber(Arial24).Thesecondpagemustbeatableofcontentwithall,acronyms, tables, figures, etc., All pages must be numbered at the bottom. Thelastpage/swillbealistofreferences.TheassignmentMUSTbeword-processedin Arial, the main heading in Arial 14, Subheading Arial 12, and the body of thetextin Arial11.

There is various word pre-formatting system that you can use and while thesetakesomeinitialtimetosetupinthelongterm,theywillsaveyouconsiderabletimewhenwritingvariousassignment(seeWORD-FORMATTING,thisdocumentcan be googled). This specific guide is not compulsory, but you MUST set outyourassignmenttoincludethefollowing:Arial,formattingpagenumbers,usingchaptertemplates,footnotes,images,andfigures,etc.,andallcorrectlyformattedand conformingtotheHarvardcitation system.