Diploma of Civil Construction Design

The Diploma of Civil Construction Design prepares you for working as a designer or design para-professional who supports professional engineers. They perform tasks involving a high level of autonomy and requiring the application of significant judgement in planning and determining the selection of equipment/roles/techniques for themselves and others. They are required to develop site specific work designs to ensure the implementation of the client’s site requirements. They demonstrate the application of a broad range of technical, managerial, coordination and planning skills.

The course content has been designed and selected as recommended and supported by industry to ensure graduates have a strong understanding of Australian standards, business practices, national codes and guidelines. 

Gain these skills:

• Schedule and estimation of construction tasks
• Calculate foundation and footing requirements
• Manage a project schedule, cost and risk
• Knowledge of structural requirements, local building and construction standards, codes and practices
• Structural mechanics: loads, analysis, materials, and design of building members such as columns, beams, trusses and portal frames
• Simulating various load conditions to determine the strength and stiffness of structure by reporting component stress, strain and deformations
• Create detail drafting, technical specifications, schedules, and bill of quantities for a building project
• Building Information Modelling (BIM) implementation through planned coordination to deliver specific project outcomes, time and cost savings
• Detailed designs of both rural and urban roads, surface and subsurface drainage
• Investigate location of underground services and their impact on projects
• Calculating, sizing and selecting infrastructure components
• Geometric designs to optimize operational efficiency and road safety
• Analyse, interpret and apply Australian, MRWA and Austroads standards and guides
• Stormwater capture methods