LADE509 – Landscape Contract Management
Module code
LADE509
Module title
Landscape Contract Management
Prescription
The aim of this module is to further develop student's knowledge of design and contract management for Landscape Construction practice.
NZQA Level
Level 5
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Supported
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- Analyse landscape design and structural elements to establish how design principles and placement affect the spaces.
Evaluate landscape details and specifications with relevant parties for construction and contract purposes.
Establish detailed contracts for landscape installation works, and manage and coordinate those contracts and relations through to completion.
Detail plan modifications where variations occur and produce as built plans for records and reports, for landscape installations.
Examine New Zealand legislation, building standards and bylaws in relation to landscape installation activities and follow requirements to ensure installations comply. - Content
- -Landscape design principles
-Placement and scale of structural elements and spaces
-Understand review and critique specifications
-Installation build contracts
-Contract management
-Consideration of existing utilities on sites
- Plan modifications
-New Zealand legislation, local bylaws, and building standards in relation to landscape industry. - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Teaching and learning methods will be face to face delivery including; workshops, project-based interactive tasks, with group sessions, tutorials, on-line learning, work integration, and independent research for the creation of portfolios of evidence of learning.
- Assessment Criteria
- Portfolio of Evidence100
The weight of the overall assessment is equally distributed across learning outcomes.
The portfolio of evidence will demonstrate the achievement of the required knowledge, competencies and capabilities across all the learning outcomes.
Assessment is achievement based. Students need to attempt all elements of the assessment and gain at least 50 in each element of the portfolio to gain an overall pass in this module - Learning and Teaching Resource
- Landscape Contract Management tutorial notes, exercises and readings, and projects.
Interactive Moodle Site