Physical infrastructure is central to socio-economic development at national, regional and global levels. Practising engineers nowadays need a broad range of skills to understand the economic, environmental and social contexts within which a development infrastructure project takes place. The overall implications associated with each project option must be considered at the infrastructure planning stage. This course will offer you the opportunity to develop financial, social, environmental and economic components required as inputs into the infrastructure planning and evaluation process.

The course will introduce engineering economics theories which include time value of money (TVM), life cycle costing, and economic analysis techniques. It will further introduce systems analysis of infrastructure programs and projects, including the technical, social, environmental and economic aspects. These will enable you to prepare and evaluate business case studies and feasibility studies for civil infrastructure.

Please note that if you take this course for a bachelor honours program, your overall mark in this course will be one of the course marks that will be used to calculate the weighted average mark (WAM) that will determine your award level. (This applies to students who commence enrolment in a bachelor honours program from 1 January 2016 onwards. See the WAM information web page for more information.)