The Faculty has five major computing laboratories containing 80 personal computers available for general use by students in the Faculty. These laboratories are used for teaching formal classes, as well as providing general network and computing access for students 24 hours a day. The computers are higher end PC workstations configured to support a wide range of applications including: CAD, modelling, rendering, visualisation, multimedia presentations, GIS, analysis, general office applications and much more. The Faculty's Resource Centre and Postgraduate labs add a further 40 computers to this mix which is complemented by the student accessible wireless networking in and around the Faculty.

These laboratory resources are supported by a range of devices and services from standard printers, plotters and scanners to notebooks, digital cameras and projectors for presentations. The Faculty offers a printing service providing large format colour printing, photo-quality output and laminating. This will allow student presentations to exceed professional quality. The labs provide an environment where the computing technology can be utilised throughout the wide range of courses offered across the Built Environment's disciplines.

All these computers are connected to the Campus Wide Network, providing secure online file storage, access for students to the information resources supported by the Faculty and the University generally, as well as the international resources of the Internet.

The Faculty encourages all students to consider the purchase of a personal computer to support their studies. The prevailing policy is that the Faculty endeavours to provide for the high-end computing needs of students in the belief that many students are able to meet their own needs for more basic applications. To that end, the Faculty publishes a document which is available on the website, providing advice to students regarding the purchase of personal computers, software and network connectivity.

The FBE IT unit (BECU) can also provide information on UNSW specials available to students for both hardware and software purchases.

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