Project Description
- Queensland University of Technology is one of the few Australian Universities to provide its engineering students with a course in construction estimating and cost control, vital elements in the commercial viability and performance of the project development industry. QUT engaged Flagstaff to deliver the program.
Project Details
Client: Queensland University of Technology
Location: Queensland University of Technology
The Challenge
- To develop and deliver lectures, workshops, tutorials, assignments and examinations on construction estimating and cost control
- To ensure students understand the commercial environment in which they shall operate
- To ensure students understand first principles estimates and how they are adapted for use in the commercial environment
- To develop practical methods of assessment which measure students understanding of the commercial estimating process from first principles through to industry’s application of them in estimating packages
- To apply Flagstaff’s wealth of knowledge on this topic, to the benefit of the next generation of the industry.
The Outcome
- QUT has continually retained Flagstaff for the last decade to conduct this subject as part of the curriculum for engineering students;
- We provide one of the few Australian university courses which add the variable ‘human being’ to technical engineering formulae to produce the practical answer ’commercial outcome’.
- Student survey scores show that they value the course highly.