Unit Synopsis
In Construction Land Planning and Building Legislation, you will be introduced to the general requirements of statutory legislation, standards and codes related to land use planning and construction. You will learn about the connection between planning legislation and building legislation. You will identify and describe the difference between prescriptive and performance-based statutory instruments and how these forms of legislation are applied in the construction industry. You will examine the legal connection between the National Construction Code (NCC) and the requirement for compliance with the referenced Australian Standards. Relevant Australian Standards will be reviewed to develop a complete understanding of the legal obligations required to achieve compliance under building legislation, standards and codes.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2026
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
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 Postgraduate 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.
Assessment Tasks
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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%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 80.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 40% response rate.
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.
Source: Teaching Evaluation Reports 2023 T 1&2 and 2024 T1
There was some positive and negative student feedback provided in the Teaching Evaluation reports. Positive comments included that the lecture has a wealth of knowledge and a great teacher to learn from.
Explain the importance of the unit content to students from a developer and construction management perspective.
Placed more emphasis on the importance of legislative compliance for construction managers.
Source: Teaching Evaluation Reports 2023 T 1&2 and 2024 T1
Negative comments indicated that the teacher spoke too fast, the unit was too rushed, and more interaction was required.
Slow the lecture and tutorials delivery speed and increase student interaction/discussion.
The need to increase interaction with students through discussion, questions, and student participation, and to answer primary and secondary questions using the synergetic effect.
Source: Evaluations
Students suggested having more engagement in class.
Student interaction would be improved by asking more tutorial questions during class, so they have clearer unit requirements.
In Progress
Source: Discussions with students in lectures
Students requested sample quiz questions.
A database of related bank of questions for practice after each workshop will be provided to students so they have a better idea of the assessment requirements.
In Progress
Source: Discussions with students in lectures
Content needs more clarification.
The course content will be updated with the latest NCC standards, and more examples will be added to improve students' understanding.
In Progress
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