ARCHPRM (Architectural Professional Studies)

ARCHPRM 305 - Project Management (15 pts)🏳

Professional practice and the practical demands of managing construction. Explores the roles of architect, client, builder and consultants; land, building, planning and environmental legislation; the consenting processes that precede construction; documentation; cost and quality management; procurement; contract law; construction contracts; site observation; contract administration and progress payments; completion; final accounts; and post- project procedures.

Prerequisite: ARCHTECH 210

Restriction: ARCHPRM 304, 700

ARCHPRM 700 - Project Management (15 pts)🏳

The management of the building project from inception to tendering. An examination of client needs and agreements, feasibility studies, project constraints, cost planning and control, consultants, administration and quality control. An analysis of all aspects of the contracts and documentation during construction and final project accounts.

Restriction: ARCHPRM 304, 305 and Design 903

ARCHPRM 701 - Practice Management (15 pts)🏳

The New Zealand legal system and the law of contract and torts; negotiations, negligence, disputes and remedies relevant to architects in practice. An examination of the requirements for establishing and maintaining an architectural practice as a business venture as well as strategic market management, financial planning, insurance and taxation.

ARCHPRM 702 - Architectural Project Management (15 pts)🏳

Examines the theory and practice of managing a building construction project. Explores advanced models of project organisation, procurement, construction contracts, time and cost management and efficient delivery methods.

ARCHPRM 703 - Transnational Professional Practice (15 pts)🏳

Examines the theory and practice of how the built environment is designed and constructed when the architect is operating in a foreign field. Utilising problem- based learning and case studies, the student will assume the role of the alien designer who curates context and thus encounters: the vernacular, regionalism, internationalism and indigeneity.

ARCHPRM 704 - Special Topic (15 pts)🏳

ARCHPRM 705 - Special Topic (15 pts)🏳

Architectural Technology and Sustainability