SRT259 Construction Projects - Assignment 1 Guide

Individual Report on Regulatory Requirements

Trimester 1 2020

Assessment Assignment 1a: Individual work on Listing Regulatory

Compliance
Assignment 1b: Individual Report on Regulatory Compliance
Completed Assignment 1a and 1b are Individual work
Weighting Together Assignments 1a and 1b equate to 20% of the final
grade (marked out of 100)
Word limit Maximum 2 pages for Assignment 1a and 6 pages for
Assignment 1b including references and appendices (if
applicable)
Due date Assignment 1a due Week 3 – Friday 20th March 2020 at 5:00pm
(AEST) through the unit site (accessed in Moodle).

Assignment 1b due Week 4- Friday 27th March 2020 at 5:00pm

(AEST) through the unit site (accessed in Moodle).
Where to submit Via Turnitin link on Moodle – Softcopy submission
Late submission penalty Refer to the Unit Outline – Penalties for Late Submissions
Section
Word Limit penalty A penalty will be applied if the work submitted has an
excessive word count.
Return Date 17th April 2020

Please note the following:

 Late Submission Penalty: If the assessment is submitted late without an approved
extension from the Unit Coordinator, a marking penalty of 5% of the available marks
will be deducted each day for up to FIVE working days. If the assessment is

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 submitted more than five days after the due date it will not be marked and be
awarded zero (0%) for the task. Please also refer to the Unit Outline – Penalties for
Late Submissions Section
 Assignment must be submitted as a WORD document only. Assignments submitted
using other files types WILL NOT BE MARKED.
 You MUST use the company that you have been allocated to by the Unit Coordinator
in Week 3. Assessment that does not use the given company will NOT BE MARKED
and be awarded zero (0%).

ASSESSMENT TASK 1a

INDIVIDUAL REPORT ON REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

5 Marks
PURPOSE OF THIS ASSIGNMENT
The purpose of this task is to enhance and assess students’ skills in analysing construction
documents and interpret compliance, regulatory requirements and minimum standards for
the construction of a range of building types. This assessment task addresses the following
unit learning outcomes for this unit.
ULO1 - Explain, interpret and apply necessary compliance requirements and minimum
standards for the construction of low-rise buildings
Task Requirements
• Provide an overview of the building regulations included in the NCC BCA Vol 1 for class
2- 9 buildings with particular focus on ONE of the following sections of the code:
• Fire resistance
• Access & Egress
• Health & Amenity
• Energy Efficiency

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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT TASK 1a
Criteria HD D C P N Value
Requirement Excellent Very good Good report A basic report Inadequate 50
s report that report that that details on the key report. Too
identification provides a details most some relevant performance many errors or
comprehensiv relevant key key and regulatory omissions.
e list of performance performance requirements.
relevant key and regulatory and regulatory
performance requirements. requirements.
and regulatory Some
requirements. shortcomings.
Report format Report is Report is well Report format Report format Report format 50
formatted to a formatted and and structure and structure and structure
and quality
professional well structured, is acceptable. is basic. May is not
standard, is some spelling Some spelling not be suited acceptable.
well structured, or grammatical or to information. Too many
minimal or no errors, suited grammatical Some spelling spelling or
spelling or to information. errors. or grammatical
grammatical grammatical errors.
errors, suited errors.
to information.
Total Possible Mark 100

ASSESSMENT TASK 1b
INDIVIDUAL REPORT ON REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
15 Marks
PURPOSE OF THIS ASSIGNMENT
The purpose of this task is to enhance and assess students’ skills in analysing construction
documents and interpret compliance, regulatory requirements and minimum standards for the
construction of a range of building types. This assessment task addresses the following unit learning
outcomes for this unit.
ULO1 - Explain, interpret and apply necessary compliance requirements and minimum standards for
the construction of low-rise buildings
ULO2 - Explain the construction process for low-rise buildings.
Task Requirements
• From your research in Assessment 1a prepare a report (upto 6 pages) to outline the
regulatory and performance requirements applicable to those classes of the building and
should include applicable NCC requirements alongside the requirements prescribed by
the Australian Standards.

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 A brief discussion regarding the purposes for each of the identified requirements should
be included (you should write your own understanding of the objectives of the regulations
rather than using the verbatim copy of the text from NCC or other sources).
 The details of the sources referring to the identified requirements have to be included in
the report (page number, code item, code number, etc.).
 Detailed assessment criteria is provided next. Students are encouraged to use this in
preparing their submissions.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT TASK 1b

Criteria HD D C P N Value
Requirement Objectives and Objectives and Objectives Some Objectives 40
s objectives purposes for purposes for and purposes objectives and and purposes
each identified each identified for a number purposes for a for identified
item are item are of identified number of items are
exceptionally concise, clear items are identified incorrect and
concise, clear and correct, clear and items are vague.
and correct, add value to correct with correct with
add value to report. some errors. many errors.
report.
Reference to Uses Uses Uses good Uses an Uses an 20
sources exceptional comprehensiv documentatio incomplete incomplete
and e evidence n documentatio and vague
comprehensiv and n documentatio
of the sources
e evidence n
documentation of identified of the sources
and
requirements of identified of the sources
of the sources
documentation with some requirements of identified
of identified
shortcomings. with some requirements
of the sources requirements.
shortcomings. with many
of identified
errors.
requirements.
Report format Report is Report is well Report format Report format Report format 40
formatted to a formatted and and structure and structure and structure
and quality
professional well structured, is acceptable. is basic. May is not
standard, is some spelling Some spelling not be suited acceptable.
well structured, or grammatical or to information. Too many
minimal or no errors, suited grammatical Some spelling spelling or
spelling or to information. errors. or grammatical
grammatical grammatical errors.
errors, suited errors.
to information.
Total Possible Mark 100

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