Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2008/09 |
AR30053 Practice, management and law 2 |
| Credits: 3 |
| Level: Honours |
| Semester: 1 |
| Assessment: ES 100% |
| Requisites: |
| Before taking this unit you must take AR20052 |
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Aims: This unit aims to:
* provide an overview of procurement approaches and strategies. * ensure an understanding of the Architect's authority under standard forms of contracts. * study contemporary approaches to the management of cost, time and quality in providing buildings completed to the client's satisfaction. Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit students will demonstrate the ability to: * appraise procurement strategies and their implication on architectural practice. * explain the Architect's authority under standard forms of contracts. * demonstrate an understanding of how architectural services may be delivered effectively in the context of time, cost and quality. Skills: Intellectual skills * To understand and analysis taught material - taught Professional/Practical skills * To develop an ability to address 'live' design management issues - taught and assessed Transferable/key skills * To synthesis and critically review taught and read material - facilitated and assessed * To communicate ideas and analyses in writing - facilitated and assessed. Content: This unit is designed to provide the students with more detailed coverage of the Architects responsibilities and liabilities in law as well as management concepts and practices utilised by construction professionals. The unit contains the following content: 1. Procurement of construction works, traditional, management, design and build, partnering etc. 2. Standard forms of contracts and the Architects responsibilities and liabilities. 3. Examination of the Latham and Egan reports and the ongoing 'rethinking construction' debate. 4. Planning and control time management. 5. Principles and the management of cost control. 6. Quality management and an introduction to QA and TQM systems and philosophy. |