| Effective Term: | 2026/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Intelligent Technologies for Sustainable Construction |
| Unit ID: | ENGRG4106 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 030900 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit is designed to equip students with the essential knowledge and skills required for a career as a construction engineer. It covers key topics critical to the construction industry, including construction methods, intelligent construction, digital modelling, life cycle analysis, and sustainable construction principles, highlighting emerging trends and technologies that are shaping the industry's future. By the end of the unit, students will have developed a solid foundation in digital construction technology and building information modelling, preparing them to manage and contribute to diverse sustainable construction practices. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
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| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | | |  | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Identify and describe the various construction types and practices in Civil Engineering. |
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| K2. | Explain the concepts and benefits of sustainable and intelligent construction practices. |
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| K3. | Identify the considerations and process in the life cycle energy and cost analysis. |
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| K4. | Recognise the method of digital modelling principles and the approach to the building information model of buildings. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Develop the building information model of the house, including Architectural and MEP details. |
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| S2. | Develop the energy simulation and explain the heating and cooling loads performance. |
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| S3. | Estimate the construction cost and life cycle cost (LCC). |
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| S4. | Exercise informed judgment in sustainable construction based on material, design, cost and energy performance. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Undertake building information modeling, which the current construction industry has adopted for sustainable construction. |
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| A2. | Investigate the life cycle cost and life cycle energy assessment, which the construction industry needs for the tender and building permits. |
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| A3. | Estimate the material quantity and cost via building information modeling for the decision-making process. |
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| Unit Content: |
Topics may include: 1) Introduction to construction technologies 2) Sustainability, sustainable construction and lifecycle energy assessment 3) Intelligent construction for sustainable construction 4) Digital modelling 5) Building information modeling (BIM) 6) Material quantity and life cycle cost assessment (LCC) 7) Building energy simulations 8) Modular construction 9) 3D-Printing construction |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate high-level skills to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups Students will be required to display (in person and/or online) high-level skills in-person and/or online in: • Effective verbal and non-verbal communication via a range of synchronous and asynchronous methods • Active listening for meaning and influencing • High-level empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating extended conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply leadership skills and behaviours Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating, contributing to, and enabling collegial environments • Showing self-awareness and the ability to self-reflect for personal growth • Inspiring and enabling others • Making informed and evidence-based decisions through consultation with others • Displaying initiative and ability to solve problems | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complex and ambiguous environments, using their imagination to create new ideas Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically on complex problems • Synthesising, evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Proposing alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts through deep inquiry • Proposing creative solutions in problem solving | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work proficiently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks Students will be required to display high-level skills in: • Finding, accessing, collating, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and appropriately and securely sharing complex digital information at a high-level • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Using digital tools appropriately to conduct research • Contributing proficiently to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and utilising digital learning opportunities | 2 - No | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to think ethically and sustainably. Students will be required to display skills in: • The responsible conduct of research • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in multiple global economic environmental and societal contexts • Demonstrating commitment to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Generating research solutions which are sustainable,ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable • Extending lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Demonstrate extended actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | 1 - Yes |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, K3, K4, S1, S2, S3, S4, A1, A2, A3 | Participate in all learning activities, including attendance and participation in classes, exercises, recommended and supplementary readings or other activities. | Assessed Tutorials; Quizzes; | 20 - 30% | | 2. | K1, K2, K3, K4, S1, S2, S3, S4, A1, A2, A3 | Undertake problem-solving of engineering problems relevant to digital construction engineering in both invigilated and non-invigilated settings | Assignments and/or Tests | 20 - 40% | | 3. | K4, S1, S2, S3, S4, A1, A2, A3 | Relates fundamental knowledge of intelligent construction and digital modelling to sustainable construction practice | Reports; Presentation | 40-60% |
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