Introduction to Construction Technology and Management
- Level(s) of Study: Short course; Professional
- Course Fee:
£995
- Start Date(s): Future dates to be confirmed
- Duration: Tuesday daytimes, term-time only (typically 9 am - 5pm)
- Study Mode(s): Part-time
- Campus: City Campus
- Entry Requirements: More information
Introduction:
This module introduces you to some of the fundamental aspects of construction technology, including materials, plant and equipment. You’ll develop your understanding of measurement principles, and develop your ability to apply measurement skills for quantification of building works for estimation and cost purposes.
Who is this course designed for?
This course is aimed at professionals and graduates wishing to pursue a career in quantity surveying. It is also suitable for those wishing to ultimately pursue a career in construction project management, or construction management, through the quantity surveying route.
We welcome applications from prospective students who don't necessarily have a background in construction. This course can act as a route into quantity surveying for non-cognate professionals wishing to make a career change, or with a non-construction related qualification.
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Our postgraduate level degree programme allows you to study an individual module as a stand-alone course. This gives you the opportunity to study flexibly and chose subjects that suit your specific needs. -
This module is drawn from our Quantity Surveying MSc Postgraduate taught course. -
A CPD certificate will be issued upon successful completion of this course. Passing the assessed element can also contribute 15 credits towards a postgraduate award. -
This course is suitable for students without an academic background in construction, and can act as a route into either construction management or quantity surveying career roles.
What you’ll study
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- identify and appraise building materials, components, plant and equipment
- identify and evaluate construction technologies and techniques
- review management
- understand the importance of health and safety on construction sites
- review site working practices and logistics
- recognise and explain the relevance CDM regulations
- appraise the use of building materials, components, plant and equipment
- use numbers accurately and apply quantitative techniques to produce estimates of quantities, time and cost.
- This module introduces you to some of the fundamental aspects of construction technology, including materials, plant and equipment. You’ll develop your understanding of measurement principles, and develop your ability to apply measurement skills for quantification of building works for estimation and cost purposes. You’ll learn how to manage the occurrence of these costs during the construction process.
- The technology strand of the module will cover construction materials and technologies; types of construction and structures; sustainable and environmental methods and processes; and design and construction to UK and international statutory regulations.
- The management element of the module will cover construction and environmental management, health and safety, CDM regulations and logistics related to construction projects.
- This module is delivered through a combination of lectures and workshops and assessed via a portfolio.
How you’re taught
A wide range of teaching and learning methods are used to deliver the course content. In most modules, you’ll take part in intensive sessions of key point lectures, supported by study guides and other literature. Many modules include presentations by external industry specialists, to provide a real life perspective on the module content.
Non-contact hours include direct out-of-classroom reading and activities, and independent learning and reading is deemed necessary to achieve the learning outcomes for the course.
Campus and facilities
City Campus facilities
Many of your lectures and seminars will take place in the Newton building on our City Campus.
IT resources
Our IT resource rooms and PC clusters are distributed across our City Campus, with PCs providing access to Microsoft Office, email, web browsing, networked file storage and high-speed online printing services, with a free printing allowance for each student.
Resource rooms are available 24 hours a day.
Books and library resources
Our state-of-the-art Boots library will give you access to an extensive and diverse range of books and periodicals that focus on specialist areas within the built environment. The library's OneSearch system provides access to all our electronic resources, journals and books.
Within the library there is a liaison librarian who has specialist subject knowledge and can offer detailed help in finding and using print and electronic resources, and also with areas such as Harvard referencing and research skills.
Workshops and laboratories
Our Maudslay building boasts a number of industry-standard workshops and facilities. Supported by a team of expert technical staff, we offer woodwork and metal workshops, model-making studios, structural testing equipment, concrete, soil and materials laboratories.
Entry requirements
Level: Professional/postgraduate
Entry Requirements: You should have a minimum of three years’ professional experience and have the support of your employer to integrate study and projects into your day-to-day work.
You will probably be employed on significant infrastructure or building works, with experience of developing and coordinating projects.
If you wish to receive credit, you should also have a 2:2 honours degree in a construction-related subject.
Applicants with non-standard entry qualifications and/or relevant experience will be considered on an individual basis.
Fees and funding
The fee for this course is £995
Payment is due before the course starts.
How to apply
Please read the guidance notes and complete the application form.
You should then send your form to be considered by the academic team: cpdbe@ntu.ac.uk