BSc (Hons) Construction Management

Module: 4CN030

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The Architecture and the Built Environment Industries project management systems are heavily built around document control and relating events such as change orders, submittals, transmittals and requests for information (RFIs). These functionalities are usually forming the core of electronic data/document management systems (EDMS) that are widely used by contractors and construction management consultants. The content of EDMS, i.e. documents in the form of individual files and their details can have contractual role and implications. The emphasis of this module is to introduce the student to the latest digital infrastructure around us and the way it is affecting all businesses including the wider construction sector. Various applications of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have aleady taken over mechanical business and public service data operations and the aim is to introduce Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the latest data management systems to students inthe context of the industry.

Module: 4CN006

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of various methods of communication used in business and industrial environments; and introduce the built environment student to the world of your specific discipline

Module: 4CN016

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module has two educational aims; First, it aims to introduce you to the study of economics in the context of the built environment in the UK. It examines the basic economic principles that underpin and influence the operation of the built environment and construction sectors in the UK and to develop your understanding of the sources, disposition and control of capital for construction companies and in the development of real estate. Secondly it aims to apply your knowledge of viable construction projects as a member of a group tasked with planning a built solution.

Module: 4CN027

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The principal aim of this module is to introduce the student to the initial and preparatory professional skills which are aligned to their relevant built environment professional discipline.

Module: 4CN001

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The principal aim of this module is to develop an understanding of the English legal system, building regulations and law of contract; and introduce the legal aspects of procurement, tendering procedures, forms of contract as applicable to construction projects.

Module: 4CN002

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of low rise construction, provide an introduction to common construction materials and environmental interactions

Module: 5CN010

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The principal aim of this module is to develop your understanding of the key professional relationships between the various disciplines involved in the management of construction projects. This including the development of team working skills through completion of a group based project where you are brought together into teams within which a set of structured / interrelated tasks are undertaken in order to develop your personal attributes, self management, communication and problem solving skills in a team environment.

Module: 5CN001

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The purpose of this module is to enable you to develop and apply principles and applications of construction technologies related to high rise structures, commercial and industrial buildings. Aspects of civil engineering and building services technology will also be investigated

Module: 5CN018

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of the maintenance, repair and adaption of historic buildings, their construction forms and materials and the degradation mechanisms that act upon them.

Module: 5CN022

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

There is a dual aim to this module. The first aim is to develop your knowledge and application of the legal framework in which the built environment, property and construction industries operate. The second aim is to build on existing, and further develop knowledge of health and safety in the built environment, raising your awareness of the legal, personal and organisational responsibilities built environment professionals have. These aims will be achieved by the study of the legal frameworks from which legislation and other controls stem and contextualising them into a built environment context.

Module: 5CN038

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module incorporates the key aspects in the practices of Quantity and Building Surveying and Construction Managment and Estate Management. The aim is to introduce the main principles of these disciplines to students.

Module: 5CN002

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

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