High Rise Development and Compliance

Unit code: NBC3001 | Study level: Undergraduate
Credit points
12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
Location
Footscray Park
Online Real Time
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit equips students with specialised knowledge of construction forms and complex statutory controls pertinent to high-rise buildings. Through integrated design and development exercises, students will utilise Building Information Modelling (BIM) to create and manipulate 3D models, enhancing their understanding of building systems, structures, and services. They will gain hands-on experience with BIM technologies, such as Revit/ArchiCAD and Navisworks/Revit, applying these tools to a problem-based project. The unit also teaches students to analyse, interpret, and present both conventional and innovative construction details using BIM. Additionally, they will learn to identify and apply relevant federal, state, and local regulations in the design and development of high-rise buildings.

Learning Outcomes

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

  1. Critically analyse, interpret and present the fundamentals of conventional and innovative construction details for buildings;
  2. Prescribe compliance requirements for design and development of high rise buildings;
  3. Interpret and apply federal, state and local building regulations, codes and standards in high rise building design and development with real world projects;
  4. Adapt the integrated design and development of building systems, structures, and services, and explore how this integration can be facilitated using BIM-based projects; and
  5. Critically review building regulatory procedures, codes and standards to present graphical and written designs and specifications details for different high rise development scenarios to feed 3D BIM model.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Test
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Grade: 20%
Tests (2) (Individual)
Assessment type: Assignment
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Grade: 20%
Report (Individual)
Assessment type: Case Study
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Grade: 50%
Design problem-based project using 3D BIM and oral presentation (Group)
Assessment type: Portfolio
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Grade: 10%
Portfolio (Individual)

In the report, students demonstrate their understanding of building code clauses by analysing the compliance or non-compliance of the selected building. The case study is a design problem-based project focusing on a real-world multi-residential apartment where students evaluate the drawings against a selected list of criteria from the Victoria Planning Provisions, the Better Apartments Design Standards (Victoria), and the National Construction Code. For the portfolio, students are required to write a reflection on their learning in this unit.

The group project and presentation include an evaluation of the contributions made by each member of the team to facilitate the assessment of students' achievement of learning outcomes.

Required reading

Building Code of Australia (BCA)
National Construction Code (current version)| ABCB Publications, Canberra
Building Code of Australia (BCA)
National Construction Code (current version)| ABCB Publications, Canberra

RECOMMENDED TEXTS: Ching, FDK, Onoye, BS, Zuberbuhler, D (current edition), Building structures illustrated: patterns, systems and design, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Bachelor of Building Surveying
NBBS | Bachelor degree | Duration: 3 years
Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours)
NHCM | Bachelor honours degree | Duration: 4 years

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