Chartered Surveyor - Construction Management

Appreciate how legal, political and social issues shape our sector and its role in the economy. Understand the project lifecycle and the RIBA Plan of Work. Identify the industry’s stakeholders and professions and your chosen profession’s key responsibilities in meeting client objectives.

Explore the causes of climate change and the challenges of sustainable development, with particular focus on the construction and property sector. Examine the relationship between property and the environment along with the criteria used to measure sustainability in relation to finished construction projects.

Gain an understanding of the organisational structures within the sector. Appreciate the role of business planning and the accounting concepts that support decision making. Consider the importance and benefits of client management, professionalism, ethical practice and diversity in the workforce.

Establish a foundation knowledge of buildings, the environment and technology, also considering them from a sustainability perspective. Develop your communication skills and construction literacy with real-world examples of construction projects, including traditional masonry and roof construction.

Dive into the legal and regulatory requirements that relate to the construction and property sector, along with the legal environment in the context of planning, design and occupation and health and safety as it relates to both design and construction activity.

Gain familiarity with your chosen discipline and develop basic discipline specific knowledge and skills. Undertake a discipline specific task that will develop your understanding of client’s objectives, industry sources of information and the benefits of collaborative practice.

The relationship between a building’s design, environment and occupants is complex. With the overarching theme of human comfort, break down the individual factors – heat, air moisture sound and light within these aspects of a building, and how each of these factors affect one another, in the context of domestic or office environments.

Retrofit is a crucial function for keeping existing buildings in use and fit for purpose. Explore the range of different retrofitting project types and associated issues while developing the knowledge and skills required to appraise and develop retrofit and refurbishment solutions.

Develop a broader understanding of law and apply it to common eventualities on construction and building services projects. Gain the contractual knowledge required to deal on behalf of all parties associated with construction contracts, from inception to completion.

Understand the principles that inform the skills relevant for measurement and costing of construction work for a contractor’s quantity surveyors. Appreciate the role of the estimator and the contractor’s quantity surveyor in the pricing of construction projects.

Explore the key principles, codes of practice and procedures governing the procurement and tendering of construction projects. Develop your understanding of the various procurement processes and tendering methods, while considering the demand for sustainable practices.

Use your own working environment to develop an understanding of and practice the skills associated with managing, planning and controlling the production of building in a global context. At the same time, complement your existing management theory with the practical aspects of site management.

The dynamic environment that contracting organisations operate in means they need to be astute when bidding for work to sustain turnover and profit margins whilst enhancing stakeholder value. Explore the strategic and operational issues these firms encounter in a competitive commercial environment.

Build your understanding of, and practice in, the skills associated with facilities management, and the planning and controlling of built asset maintenance, focusing on the skills and knowledge that may be required for a construction manager.

Develop your research skills in the context of the built environment, your workplace and your chosen career path. Reflect on your learning and knowledge by relating the practicalities of a case study to the academic concepts and ideas that underpin it.  Demonstrate your professional competence.

Integrate the knowledge and skills developed during your programme into a major piece of work. Working with others, demonstrate an understanding of project management techniques when applied to real-life scenarios.

The  Project Manager (PM) plays a key role at all stages of the construction process in engaging stakeholders and addressing a range of strategic and operational challenges. Develop the understanding and skillset to function as a CPM across diverse client organisations.

Explore the strategic and organisational challenges of project management, focusing on the management of construction projects. Develop the variance of skillsets and professional disciplines required to manage, plan, and control the safe and compliant delivery of built assets, in the context of key project drivers.

Learn the principles of construction technology, including modern, innovative and traditional construction. Explore assessment methods and relevant codes and regulations within the framework of a sustainable and inclusive built environment.

Gain an introduction into English law, the legal system and the law making process, along with the law of contract and tort. Develop an understanding of legislation appropriate to the project such as planning, building regulations and health and safety legislation. Alternative dispute resolution is also covered.

This module examines the principles and applications of project procurement. It also develops your understanding of the effects of risk allocation on procurement choice and the impact this has on subsequent phases of the project cycle.

Develop an understanding of the skills associated with facilities management, and the planning, controlling and maintenance of built assets. Build your understanding of the theory of facilities management, and apply your existing knowledge of construction management and technology from earlier modules.

Examine Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT), New Engineering Contract (NEC) and International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) Standard Forms of construction contracts to enable you to interpret and analyse the key provisions for effective control and management of a contract.

Gain an appreciation of the global construction arena and enhance your ability to recognise, analyse and develop many aspects of international construction, from health and safety and culture to business, resource management and constructing in tropical climates.

Build your research skills within the context of the built environment with the opportunity to conduct a self-directed research project that reflects the culmination of your studies. The topics selected are expected to reflect the current and critical issues that concern the built environment.