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 specific research skills and techniques that allow you to investigate issues and situations related to your area of interest, and apply these to an industry-related problem. Gain analytical skills and learn techniques that will directly enhance your employability skills.

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.

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.

Establish an up-to-date understanding of the developments, issues and arguments that dominate contemporary debate and policy making within the built environment, and formulate your own line of enquiry and analysis, informed by your own critical review.