Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours)

Overview

Build your skills and confidence to take a leading role in large-scale building and civil-engineering projects with a Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours) at Victoria University.

Get job-ready to manage residential, commercial and industrial construction projects with this construction management degree that’s closely connected to real-world industry.

You’ll gain valuable expertise to take on roles overseeing the building process, from design to development, construction and operation, with skills in:

*planning and managing strategies for the construction process

*assessing documents for compliance with codes and standards

*assessing plans for constructability

*communicating with technical professionals such as architects and engineers on design objectives

*formulating project cashflows and budgets

*preparing tender documents, contract bidding, negotiation and sub-contractor selection

*supervising construction sites and personnel.

Plus, add to your expertise with a minor in either building compliance or quantity surveying.

With a Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours), you’ll be ready to take advantage of the high demand for construction management roles as Australia’s construction industry continues to grow.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

*Plan, implement and manage the delivery of efficient and effective strategies over the course of construction processes in diverse contemporary contexts using independent thinking and judgement;

*Generate creative solutions to a range of complex construction problems, taking into account issues of constructability, financial and human resources, compliance with relevant codes and standards, ethics and environmental sustainability (commercial and environmental) with initiative and professional judgement;

*Critically evaluate sources and validity of information and use established processes for information management including international perspectives and codes of practice as appropriate;

*Advocate design and management objectives and outcomes effectively to specialist and non-specialist stakeholders using a variety of professional oral and written forms;

*Exemplify collaboration and requisite interpersonal and supervisory skills and characteristics to influence personal work, community and networks;

*Apply personal and interpersonal competencies including organisational and collaborative skills necessary to operate within broad parameters in the immensely divergent and complex global and Australian cultures;

*Advocate, respect and value cultural diversity and indigenous rights and develop capacities and creative solutions to contribute to a sustainable world;

*Exhibit responsibility and accountability for own learning and professional practice in collaboration with others and within broad parameters.

Course structure

To attain the Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours) students will be required to complete 384 credit points consisting of:

96 credit points First Year Core studies;

240 credit points Professional Core studies, and;

48 credit points from the Building Compliance Minor OR Quantity Surveying Minor

First Class Honours:

To be eligible for completion with First Class Honours student must achieve:

A minimum weighted average of 60% over year levels 1 to 3;

A minimum weighted average of 80% in year level 4;

A HD grade for the final year NBC4006 Built Environment Project 2.

Minors

This course offers two minors:

Building compliance

Quantity surveying (subject to enrolment numbers).

Careers

In addition to working as a construction manager, your job title could be project manager, quantity surveyor, building technician, facilities manager, property developer, or similar.

Choose from jobs in either the private or public sectors, working for:

*building proprietors

*contractors

*developers

*government bodies

*consultancy practices

*self-employed entrepreneurs.

You’ll also have skills and knowledge that you can apply in other industries such as mining, petrochemicals and infrastructure development.

Visit Jobs and Skills Australia to see the average salary and employment growth for construction managers.