Take a leading role in exciting, large-scale building construction with VU's Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours). In our honours construction-management degree, you’ll learn all the skills needed to manage residential, commercial and industrial projects. You’ll gain valuable expertise in the various areas of large-scale building and civil-engineering projects. Your expertise will let you undertake roles overseeing the building process, from design to development, construction and operation. You’ll graduate with skills in: project planning cost and quality management construction techniques and materials building law building codes industrial relations personnel management. Our industry contacts and our focus on real-world experience ensure you’re job-ready when you graduate. Construction management is a growing profession, and your qualifications will be highly useful and in-demand. An honours degree helps you fulfill the requirements of the Australian Institute of Building (AIB), the targeted accreditation body for this course. Diverse construction expertise Graduate with diverse skills, tailored to the construction industry: planning and managing strategies for the construction process assessing documents for compliance with codes and standards assessing plans for constructability communicating with technical professionals such as architects and engineers on design objectives formulating project cash flows and budgets preparing tender documents, contract bidding, negotiation and sub-contractor selection supervising construction sites and personnel. We give you experience with real-world scenarios and settings, so you graduate ready to apply your high-demand skills in industry and community. Careers in building and construction management An honours degree is designed to put you in a position to apply for recognised accreditation from the Australian Institute of Building (AIB). On completing Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours), possible job opportunities include: construction manager project manager quantity surveyor building technician building surveyor building contractor estimator contract administrator facilities manager property developer. Graduates have a wide range of employment opportunities in the private and public sectors, working for: building proprietors contractors developers government bodies consultancy practices self-employed entrepreneurs. You’ll also have skills and knowledge that can be applied in other industries such as mining, petrochemicals and infrastructure development. Course structure To attain the Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours) students will be required to complete 384 credit points consisting of: 96 credit points First Year Core studies; 240 credit points Professional Core studies; and, 48 credit points from the Building Compliance Minor. First Class Honours: To be eligible for completion with First Class Honours student must achieve: A minimum weighted average of 60% over year levels 1 to 3; A minimum weighted average of 80% in year level 4; <>A HD grade for the final year NEF4201 Research Project 2.