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Unit Overview
- Description
This unit comprises a series of guest lectures and site visits. Lecture topics include the importance of accurate and legible tender/construction documents including types and styles of construction drawings, site layout, grading plans, soft landscape (planting plan), hard landscape (typical details), technical specifications, contracts and standards, bill of quantities and cost estimates, and standard contract documents. The unit consists of a short design project of a set commercial space and then a series of lectures, site visits and practical exercises in which the students progressively prepare the technical documents for this space. The final part of the unit is the culmination of the documents as a professional tender/construction report with bill of quantities and standard contract documents.
- Credit
- 6 points
- Offering
Availability Location Mode Not available in 2025 UWA (Perth) Face to face - Outcomes
Students are able to complete standard documentation drawings and written specifications for landscape construction purposes. This includes plan detail, technical specifications, bill of quantities, estimate of costs and typical contract documents for potential tender and construction of works.
- Assessment
This comprises a series of weekly assignments, firstly the design of a nominated commercial space and then the accompanying documentation drawings for construction/tender purposes, which includes drawings, specifications and final documentation booklet. The assessment also includes the compilation of typical soft and hard detail library, weekly assignments and a final documentation booklet.
Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.
- Unit rules
- Prerequisites
- LACH2250 Landscape Computing 2
and LACH3330 Landscape Technology 3
- Contact hours
- 48 (lectures: 24 hours
workshops/seminars: 24 hours) - Note
- Enrolled students can access unit material via the LMS (Learning Management System).
- Text
-
Rogers, W. The Professional Practice of Landscape Architecture: a Complete Guide to Starting and Running Your Own Firm: Van Nostrand Reinhold c.1997
- Recommended
reading -
Blanc, A. Landscape Construction and Detailing: McGraw-Hill 1996
Ferguson, B. Introduction to Stormwater: Concept, Purpose, Design: Wiley 1998
Hjelmfelt, A. and Cassidy, J. Hydrology for Engineers and Planners: Iowa State University Press 1974
Roberts, J. The Building Site: Planning and Practice: John Wiley & Sons 1983
Simmons, H. L. Construction: Principles, Materials and Methods, 7th edn: Wiley 2001
Strom, S. and Nathan, K. Site Engineering for Landscape Architects: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1985
Tutt, P. and Adler, D. New Metric Handbook: Planning and Design Data: Architectural Press, Oxford 1997
Unterman, R. Grade Easy: distributed by ASLA
Williams, G. Grading: A Workbook of Manual Land Grading Techniques: QUT unpublished
- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change.
- All students are responsible for identifying when they need assistance to improve their academic learning, research, English language and numeracy skills; seeking out the services and resources available to help them; and applying what they learn. Students are encouraged to register for free online support through GETSmart; to help themselves to the extensive range of resources on UWA's STUDYSmarter website; and to participate in WRITESmart and (ma+hs)Smart drop-ins and workshops.
- Visit the Essential Textbooks website to see if any textbooks are required for this Unit. The website is updated regularly so content may change. Students are recommended to purchase Essential Textbooks, but a limited number of copies of all Essential Textbooks are held in the Library in print, and as an ebook where possible. Recommended readings for the unit can be accessed in Unit Readings directly through the Learning Management System (LMS).
- Contact hours provide an indication of the type and extent of in-class activities this unit may contain. The total amount of student work (including contact hours, assessment time, and self-study) will approximate 150 hours per 6 credit points.
Face to face
Predominantly face-to-face. On campus attendance required to complete this unit. May have accompanying resources online.
Online flexible
100% Online Unit. NO campus face-to-face attendance is required to complete this unit. All study requirements are online only. Unit is asynchronous delivery, with NO requirement for students to participate online at specific times.
Online timetabled
100% Online Unit. NO campus face-to-face attendance is required to complete this unit. All study requirements are online only. Unit includes some synchronous components, with a requirement for students to participate online at specific times.
Online Restricted
Not available for self-enrolment. Students access this mode by contacting their student office through AskUWA. 100% Online Unit.
NO campus face-to-face attendance. All study and assessment requirements are online only. Unit includes some timetabled activities, with a requirement for students to participate online at specific times. In exceptional cases (noted in the Handbook) students may be required to participate in face-to-face laboratory classes when a return to UWA’s Crawley campus becomes possible in order to be awarded a final grade.
External
No attendance or regular contact is required, and all study requirements are completed either via correspondence and/or online submission.
Off-campus
Regular attendance is not required, but student attends the institution face to face on an agreed schedule for purposes of supervision and/or instruction.
Multi-mode
Multiple modes of delivery. Unit includes a mix of online and on-campus study requirements. On campus attendance for some activities is required to complete this unit.