Construction Contracts and Procurement
UndergraduateCUR-CME3902025
Course information for 2025 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 25 May 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 2 June 2025,
- 1 Dec 2025
- Price from
- $1,286
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Construction Contracts and Procurement
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- discuss the application of critical elements of the Australian legal system with reference to the construction industry, and examine concepts of the contract and torts law and their application to case studies from the construction industry
- describe the impact of legislation on a variety of procurement strategies used in the construction industry, and explain how the law shapes dispute resolution methodologies commonly used in the industry
- identify and assess the competing priorities of time, cost, quality and risk mitigation to determine the most appropriate form of project procurement strategy/strategies for a specific project.
- Construction contracts and law
- Conventional and innovative project procurement strategies
This subject introduces students to sources of law affecting building projects (including the judicial system, common and statute law, contract law, torts and dispute resolution) in relation to the various types of contracts available for project delivery. In teaching students how to utilise their knowledge of construction law and contracts in relation to the various types of procurement strategies, contracts and dispute resolution strategies/methodologies, this unit also aims to enable students to learn how to assess, highlight and address the competing priorities of time, cost, quality, risk transfer and risk mitigation to determine the most appropriate form of project procurement strategies for a specific project.
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- Report (20%)
- Case study (40%)
- eTest (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-CME-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management)
Elective
- CUR-FAST-DEG-2025 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study
Others
Pre Requisite: Successful completion of 350 credit points.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management)
UndergraduateCUR-CME-DEG
Fast track your Curtin on campus study
UndergraduateCUR-FAST-DEG