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Unit Code: 619

Contracts: Principles, Management and Risks

  • Unit Duration:

    One semester

  • Credit Points:
    1

This unit provides students with the opportunity to attain advanced knowledge for professional level work with engineering construction contracts, their management and delivery. It will help to impart cognitive skills to think critically about the administration, management, supervision, construction and delivery of engineering projects, within the context of the relevant legal, risk and conflict resolution frameworks. While the specific terms of a construction contract may change by way of revisions to standard or industry based contracts, the legal principles underlying each of the terms remain constant. This unit will help ensure the development of the specialised technical, managerial and creative skills required to successfully manage and deliver engineering contracts.

Unit Topics

  • Topic 1

    Project and Contract Management

  • Topic 2

    The Principles of Contract

  • Topic 3

    Contract Documents in a Project Management Context

  • Topic 4

    Contract Formation

  • Topic 5

    Contract Performance

  • Topic 6

    Subcontracts

  • Topic 7

    Legal Issues in Construction Contracts

  • Topic 8

    Elements of Contract Risk Management

  • Topic 9

    Risk Monitoring and Control

  • Topic 10

    Collaboration and Alliance Contracting

Pre and Co-Requisite Units

  • Pavement Technology
    Master and Graduate Certificate
    Prerequisites: 600: Fundamentals of Roads and Pavements
    Corequisites: 613: Fundamentals of Road Construction
  • Project Management
    Master and Graduate Certificate
    Prerequisites Nil
    Corequisites Unit 541: Project Management Elements
  • Asset Management
    Graduate Certificate
    Prerequisites: Unit 541: Project Management Elements
    Corequisites: Nil

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