BSc (Hons) Construction Project Management

Course detail
Modules

Year One (Credit Level 4)
Building Technology
Building Regulatory Control
Core Skills
CAD and BIM
Computer Aided Design and Building Information Modelling
Design Procedures and Procurement
Construction Materials
Year Two (Credit Level 5)
Integrated Construction Project
Advanced Technology
Project Planning
Environmental Science
Construction Law
Project Management
Year Three (Credit Level 6)
Construction Economics and Finance
Commercial Management
Contract Administration
Sustainable Building Technology
Final Year Project
Year One (Credit Level 4)
Building Technology
This module introduces you to concepts of building technology, from the site investigation through foundations to the superstructure of low-rise buildings. You will also study finishes and primary service provision in the structure.
Building Regulatory Control
To provide students with a knowledge base about the legislative controlling systems and mechanisms in building development and construction, which include planning system, Building Regulations and health & safety legislations and regulations.
Core studies
In this module, you will gain the basic construction and academic skills you will need to complete the course and back up your work. These range from basic skills in numeracy, literacy and IT to drawing skills and the surveying techniques used in construction.

Construction Management
Here you will cover some of the concepts of management, motivation and team working. In particular, you will study the control of all resources used in construction.

Design Procedure and Procurement
This module gives you an overview of the design process, procurement approaches, and of the constraints on it. You will also examine the role of the project manager, and use the various methods of communication that are part of the processes.

Construction Materials
This is an overview and study of the principal materials used in the construction industry. You will focus on the selection of the most appropriate materials - by studying the engineering performance characteristics, human comfort properties and sustainability considerations of those materials.

Year Two (Credit Level 5)
Integrated Construction Project
In this module, you will work in a team, analysing several course areas, such as developing presentation and communication skills.

Advanced Technology
Here you will develop your knowledge and understanding of building technology, focusing in more depth on the consequences of science on building design and sustainability. This module also covers multi-floored construction and a greater depth of services.

Project Planning
This module shows you how to plan, programme and control the resources used in construction. It will give you an appreciation of the role of the project manager and the ways in which sites are managed.

Environmental Science
In a series of experiments, you will investigate and examine materials and human comfort factors, to understand the construction and use of the built environment. You will then write your results and observations in a number of reports.

Construction Law
This module develops your awareness of the role of law, and its application to all aspects of construction.

Project Management
You will study the approaches to the management of projects throughout the project cycle. This will also consider how this fits into the management of the business as a whole.
Year Three (Credit Level 6)

Construction Economics and Finance
This module covers the basic principles of economics, resource allocation, determining price, and the factors affecting production. You will critically examine the economic effects of organisational practices and financing on the construction industry.

Final Year Project
This is your opportunity to develop research skills appropriate to an honours title, while investigating an area of construction to give you a greater insight into the industry.

Contract Administration
In this module, you will study and analyse the contract administrative factors that apply to project delivery and facilities management. Where the Business Management module approaches these issues from a 'top down' view, this module takes a detailed look at contract provisions from the 'bottom up'.
Sustainable Building Technology
Here you will investigate the effects of sustainable practices on construction projects, and consider how sustainable construction projects actually are. In particular, you will examine building technologies appropriate to sustainable principles.

Commercial Management
In this module, you will learn how to analyse the integral correlation between the commercial management of projects and successful business management, to assess procurement strategies and their implications from the client and from the contractor perspective, to critically examine the use of project related commercial risk, to evaluate financial control, through measurement of value of work and forecasting.