Bachelor of Construction (Construction Economics)

at Unitec Institute Of Technology

Courses and timetables

Compulsory courses
 

Level 5
 

•  Building Science and Materials (CONS5016)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to understand the basic physical principles of the Built Environment and their relation to buildings materials performance and selection.
• Technology 1 (CONS5101)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to understand construction systems suitable for simple industrial building construction within New Zealand.
• Technology 2 (CONS5102)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to understand construction systems suitable for low and medium density residential construction within New Zealand.
• Technology 3 (CONS5103)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to explore foundations and structural systems in multi-storey construction.
• Technical Fundamentals (CONS5504)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to develop an understanding of the basic techniques and systems involved in planning and estimating.
• Team Management (CONS5505)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to develop an understanding of the people and processes involved in construction and to develop the skills required for effective interactions at an individual, group and organisational level within the construction industry.
• Economic Principles (CONS5812)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to explore elements of economic theory and its application to the property and construction sector.
• Property and Construction Law (CONS5818)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to develop an understanding of the legal context in which the construction and property industry operates.

Level 6

• Building Services (CONS6008)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to develop knowledge of building services and their significance in the construction phase, including an examination of those used in commercial, multi-storey, and specialist buildings.
• Technology 4 (CONS6104)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to explore the methods and characteristics of building envelope and fitout systems for multi-storey buildings.
• Measurement and Estimation 1 (CONS6201)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to be able to quantify work to be done and prepare estimates of cost for simple buildings for cost modelling and bidding purposes.
• Measurement and Estimation 2 (CONS6202)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to be able to conduct cost modelling processes and quantify work to be done and prepare estimates of cost for moderately complex work packages for bidding purposes.
• Tendering (CONS6811)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to: Examine the components that make up a contractor’s tender and to compile typical tender submissions. Evaluate the risks associated with tendering and how bidding strategy can mitigate these risks.
• Contract Administration (CONS6812)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to apply the principles of contract law to New Zealand standard forms of contract.
• Procurement (CONS6817)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to examine the relationship between a client’s strategic property needs and the procurement systems available to procure required capital works.
• Development and Finance (CONS6906)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to explore the concept of property development and the concepts that underpin its management.

Level 7

• Measurement and Estimation 3 (CONS7203)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to be able to conduct cost modelling processes, quantify work to be done and prepare estimates of cost for moderately complex buildings for bidding purposes with a focus on building services and green buildings.
• Measurement and Estimation 4 (CONS7204)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to be able to prepare estimates and provide professional advice on the cost of building construction.
• Industry Project Part 1 (CONS7821)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to critically examine research literature and write a coherent, clearly structured, properly referenced literature analysis within the context of the property and construction industry.
• Industry Project Part 2 (CONS7822)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to critically examine research approaches and conduct research within the context of the property and construction industry.

Elective Courses
 

Level 5
 

• English for Specific Purposes (EAPL5155)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To assist students of English as an Additional Language to engage with the content of an academic/professional/vocational field and to develop an ability to comprehend oral and written texts, and to use the language characteristics of the field.

Level 6

• Sustainable Design and Construction (CONS6007)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to apply sustainable design and construction concepts to the built environment at domestic, commercial and industrial scale.
• Planning and Organisation 1 (CONS6401)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable student

• Planning and Organisation 2 (CONS6402)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to plan and organise moderately complex construction projects.
• Property Valuation (CONS6907)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to examine property valuation concepts and practices and their influence on property development

Level 7
 

• Planning and Organisation 3 (CONS7403)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to critically analyse work sequencing to plan and manage construction work and manage construction work in complicated contexts
• Planning and Organisation 4 (CONS7404)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to evaluate the complexity of integrating the conflicting interests and demands, which must be managed on a construction project and to derive project plans while considering all the relevant factors required in the context of complex projects.
• Integrated Design and Construction Management (CONS7418)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to evaluate the processes for managing integration of the design and construction of commercial and industrial scale projects to achieve client needs, in a collaborative environment.
• People Management (CONS7515)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to analyse theories regarding the management of people and interpret those theories into application within the construction industry.
• Urban Economics (CONS7817)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to analyse urban development using economic theory as a framework and to use such analysis to evaluate property development markets.
• Professional Business Management (CONS7820)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
• To enable students to evaluate the strategic management of consultancy, construction or property businesses, and their business management models and practices.
• Property Management (CONS7905)15.0 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to understand the issues which apply to the management of property and portfolios of property, including operations, maintenance, strategic asset management, and computer based systems for building information management.
• Property Development (CONS7906)15 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to evaluate the property development process, using a project-based learning approach, focused through the production of a speculative project development submission.
• Property Investment (CONS7908)15.0 credits (0.125 EFTS)
  To enable students to understand the property investment industry as a customer of the property development industry.

Admission requirements
 

For this programme, you will need the following:

42 credits at NCEA Level 3 or higher including:
 

• 14 credits in two different approved subjects; and

• 14 credits from up to two subjects (approved or non-approved).

• 15 credits at NCEA Level 2 in Mathematics
• 8 credits at NCEA Level 2 or higher in English or Te Reo Māori (4 in reading, 4 in writing)
• 14 credits at NCEA Level 1 or higher in Mathematics or Pangarau

If English is not your first language, you will need one or more of the following:

• Have achieved NCEA Level 3 and New Zealand University entrance

• Be able to provide evidence you satisfy our criteria for existing English proficiency

• Have achieved at least one English proficiency outcome in the last two years

Don't have NCEA? We also accept:
 

• Unitec's Certificate in Foundation Studies: Whitinga Level 3 with a relevant pathway;

• A relevant qualification at Level 4 on the NZQF or above or an equivalent qualification; or

• Provide sufficient evidence to be eligible for special or discretionary admission.

ANNUAL TUITION FEES

Domestic/NZ students

$6,400 (NZD)

(Approximate fees only - includes GST but excludes the Compulsory Student Services Fee (CSSF) levy. Your final study costs depends on a number of factors including the courses you select to study)

International students

$23,300

Save $5,000 (NZD) on your first year with the International Student Study Grant.

CAREER OPTIONS
 

• Construction quantity surveyor
• Consultant quantity surveyor
• Commercial manager
• Project manager
• Property financial adviser