Overview
This unit provides an introduction to technical and compliance aspects of commercial sector building maintenance and re-use, and the role of the construction manager including: the application and relevance of Post Occupancy Evaluations; introduction to common building pathologies and their treatment; role of construction detailing in life cycle building maintenance including construction for disassembly; introduction to principles of auditing of both infrastructure and services; retrofitting of building fabric and services (including heritage buildings).
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student Feedback
More in-depth marking criteria would be an advantage..
A slightly more detailed rubrics will be provided, although care is needed not to almost answer the questions. A degree of flexibility is provided for students to incorporate their experience in the answers.
Feedback from Student Feedback
A lack of continuity in the unit's weekly progress.
The lecture weeks will be reviewed and tied to the study guide chapters. The tutorials connect the weeks logically.
Feedback from Student Feedback
The lecturer is very interactive and engaging.
The lecturer will continue to encourage discussion and provide continuous support through the use of MSTeams.
Feedback from Lecturers Feedback
The review of draft assignments before submission helped a lot of students, especially with the required professional report format.
Reviews of draft assignments will continue to be offered.
- Describe the issues affecting ongoing building maintenance and management.
- Apply economic appraisal techniques and data management for building maintenance.
- Examine issues associated with building refurbishments.
- Describe aspects of building pathology and its significance in design and construction methods.
- Describe the use of building audits to provide data for future building maintenance and refurbishment.
- Describe the impacts of post occupancy evaluation in buildings on design, construction and facilities management.
- Use an effective range of appropriate communication modes.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 35% | |||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 35% | |||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 35% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 35% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Microphone and headset
- Refer to the Moodle website for electronic resource materials
- Webcam
- MS Teams
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
k.j.stone@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Topic 1: Building maintenance management
Chapter
Refer to Moodle for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 1: Building maintenance management
Chapter
Refer to Moodle for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 2: The economics of maintenance
Chapter
Refer to Moodle for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 2: The economics of maintenance
Chapter
Refer to Moodle for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 1 Due (Wednesday 05/08/2020).
Assessment 1 Due: Week 4 Monday (31 July 2023) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Topic 3: Building refurbishment and rehabilitation
Chapter
Refer to Moodle for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
No scheduled study
Chapter
Enjoy a short break or use the time to catch-up or work on an assessment.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 3: Building refurbishment and rehabilitation
Chapter
Refer to Moodle for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 4: Building pathology
Chapter
Refer to Moodle for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 4: Building pathology
Chapter
Refer to Moodle for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 2 Due (Wednesday 09/09/2020).
Module/Topic
Topic 5: Building auditing
Chapter
Refer to Moodle for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 5: Building auditing
Chapter
Refer to Moodle for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 6: Post occupancy evaluations
Chapter
Refer to Moodle for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 6: Post occupancy evaluations
Chapter
Refer to Moodle for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Review period
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 3 Due (Wednesday 14/10/2020).
Module/Topic
Relax - there is no examination.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
This assessment has 3 questions to be answered as a single professional report.
Q1 Requires students to discuss the use of a strategic asset management plan.
Q2 Requires students to evaluate a case study proposal.
Q3 Requires the student to provide a historical overview of the development of asset management
Your submission must be done via the assessment link in Moodle by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions.
Week 4 Monday (31 July 2023) 11:45 pm AEST
Microsoft Word Document Report
Vacation Week Monday (14 Aug 2023)
Microsoft Word Document with track changes comments and conclusion comments
The assessment will be assessed on the following criteria:
- Presentation of report
- Compliance with submission requirements and format
- Clarity and succinctness of expression.
- Adequate coverage of topics discussed.
- Use of supporting information where appropriate and associated references.
- Original thought.
- Overall presentation and the ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
- Appropriate the use of graphs, illustrations and other diagrams that visually support the context of your submission.
- Demonstration of the core knowledge associated with this unit and appropriate application of this knowledge.
- Describe the issues affecting ongoing building maintenance and management.
- Apply economic appraisal techniques and data management for building maintenance.
- Use an effective range of appropriate communication modes.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Written Assessment
This assessment has 3 questions:
Q1 Requires students to discuss aspects of the building lifecycle phase.
Q2 Requires students to research the condition of a building before an inspection.
Q3 Requires students to investigate issues associated with building deterioration.
Your submission must be done via the assessment link in Moodle by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions.
Week 7 Monday (28 Aug 2023) 11:45 pm AEST
Microsoft Word Document Report
Week 9 Monday (11 Sept 2023)
Microsoft Word Document with track changes comments and conclusion comments
The assessment will be assessed on the following criteria:
- Presentation of report
- Compliance with submission requirements and format
- Clarity and succinctness of expression.
- Adequate coverage of topics discussed.
- Use of supporting information where appropriate and associated references.
- Original thought.
- Overall presentation and the ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
- Appropriate the use of graphs, illustrations and other diagrams that visually support the context of your submission.
- Demonstration of the core knowledge associated with this unit and appropriate application of this knowledge.
- Apply economic appraisal techniques and data management for building maintenance.
- Examine issues associated with building refurbishments.
- Describe aspects of building pathology and its significance in design and construction methods.
- Describe the use of building audits to provide data for future building maintenance and refurbishment.
- Use an effective range of appropriate communication modes.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
3 Written Assessment
This assessment has 3 questions.
Q1 Requires students to produce a facility audit program for a building.
Q2 Requires students to explain the impact of building deterioration.
Q3 Requires students to discuss the use of a Post Occupancy Evaluation.
Your submission must be done via the assessment link in Moodle by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions.
Week 12 Friday (6 Oct 2023) 11:45 pm AEST
Microsoft Word Document Report
Exam Week Friday (20 Oct 2023)
Microsoft Word Document with track changes comments and conclusion comments
The assessment will be assessed on the following criteria:
- Presentation of report
- Compliance with submission requirements and format
- Clarity and succinctness of expression.
- Adequate coverage of topics discussed.
- Use of supporting information where appropriate and associated references.
- Original thought.
- Overall presentation and the ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
- Appropriate the use of graphs, illustrations and other diagrams that visually support the context of your submission.
- Demonstration of the core knowledge associated with this unit and appropriate application of this knowledge.
- Describe the issues affecting ongoing building maintenance and management.
- Apply economic appraisal techniques and data management for building maintenance.
- Examine issues associated with building refurbishments.
- Describe aspects of building pathology and its significance in design and construction methods.
- Describe the use of building audits to provide data for future building maintenance and refurbishment.
- Describe the impacts of post occupancy evaluation in buildings on design, construction and facilities management.
- Use an effective range of appropriate communication modes.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
