Construction Management (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)

Introduction to Construction Technology (20 credits)

• You will explore how the built environment is designed, regulated, and developed, gaining insight into the key stages of construction from the ground up.
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of industry professionals while considering health, safety, environmental, and sustainability factors in modern construction.

Introduction to Surveying (20 credits)

• Gain hands-on experience in surveying for construction and civil engineering, using specialist equipment and techniques to plot, measure, and calculate areas and volumes.
• Apply your learning to real-world projects through site visits, guest speakers, and practical assignments, building a portfolio that showcases your ability to interpret data and work safely in the industry.

Introduction to Construction Science and Materials (20 credits)

• Discover the principles behind construction and civil engineering, exploring material properties, sustainability, energy efficiency, and regulatory considerations.
• Develop a strong foundation in structural behaviour and material science, including stress-strain relationships and problem-solving using mathematical techniques.

Sustainable Design Project (40 credits)

• Apply your knowledge to sustainably design and manage a construction project, developing 2D sketches, evaluating materials, and considering risks and regulations.
• Explore key project stages and stakeholder roles while embedding sustainability and health and safety principles throughout the process.

Managing a Small Scale Construction Project (20 credits)

• Learn how to manage a small-scale construction project from start to finish, using industry tools to oversee budgets, timeframes, and scheduling.
• Develop an understanding of key roles and responsibilities in project management, applying practical skills to organise and evaluate real-world construction tasks.

Fundamentals of Construction (40 credits)

• This module will introduce you to the domestic construction industry and the technology associated with it, looking at modern and sustainable forms of construction.
• You'll develop an understanding of building materials and their properties, studying a range of building components, elements and forms.

Introduction to Measurement and Cost (20 credits)

• This module will introduce, and develop your understanding of, measurement principles. It will also hone your ability to apply measurement skills.
• You'll develop an understanding of how construction costs occur, and learn how to prepare estimates and manage the occurrence of these costs during the construction process.

Architectural Science and Building Engineering Services (20 credits)

• This module will introduce you to the methods of providing comfortable internal thermal, visual and acoustic environments – the ways in which buildings are appropriately heated, cooled, quietened and illuminated.
• You'll study the basic principles underlying the operation and function of building engineering services  – how buildings are provided with water supplies and concentrated energy, such as gas and electricity, and how waste and refuse are removed.

Professional Skills and Digital Technologies (20 credits)

• On this module, you’ll be introduced to the role of technology and data within the sustainable built environment. You will be introduced to the latest technologies and processes commonly used in practice.
• You’ll learn to recognise the role of technology in your studies, your future career and to enable your development as a professional.

Construction Industry Practice (20 credits)

• This module will introduce you to some of the important roles carried out by professionals in order to create the built environment.
• Focus will be on the structure of the industry, the professions within the industry and where you'll fit into it - forming construction teams, tendering for construction work, and health and safety within the industry.
• You’ll have the opportunity to identify your future role within the industry and develop your employability skills to achieve this.

Construction Technology (20 credits)

• This module will primarily focus on industrial and commercial buildings. The key aim is for you to understand modern and traditional building technologies.
• It will also consider international construction methods and materials. Sustainability is an intrinsic driver in all construction matters, and its consideration will be an overriding requirement in this module.

Engineering Surveying (20 credits)

• The aim of this module is to introduce you to the basic principles and purposes of engineering surveying. You'll learn the theory in lectures and tutorials, with hands-on seminar and laboratory sessions introducing the practical surveying field skills required by industry.
• You'll learn how to use standard surveying instruments, how to set out and control construction works, and how to measure existing buildings.

Sustainable Technology and Building Engineering Services (20 credits)

• In this module, you'll explore the techniques of sustainability used in building technology and environmental engineering.
• You'll also learn about providing internal environments within buildings using both active and passive control methods.

Contract Administration: Control and Finance (20 credits)

• Contract administration is the study of construction contracts and practice. Construction-related contracts are widely used in the industry, and will play an important role in your working practices.
• This module will develop your knowledge and understanding of this area by studying key topics related to the administration of construction-related contracts, and applying the practices and procedures to industry-related scenarios.

Construction Management Practice and Procedures (20 credits)

• The module introduces you to the principles and practice of a small-to-medium construction company, its behavioural management system, and the operation of its projects.

Law  (20 credits)

• On this module you'll study the English legal system and its relationship to European Union law, to help you understand how law is made, administered and enforced.
• You'll also study health and safety law, contract law, negligence, occupier’s liability and other construction-related legal topics that have relevance to the construction and property environment.

Dissertation (40 credits)

• This module offers an opportunity to develop and utilise a range of research skills to produce a thesis based on a topic you have selected.
• Through intensive research and your knowledge of appropriate theory, you'll develop an extended research dissertation, guided by your dissertation supervisor.

Construction Management Project (40 credits)

• This module will integrate your knowledge and skills, and their application to construction production management.
• It will also explore production management techniques required for modern complex construction projects, both in the domestic and international construction arenas.

Contemporary Construction Themes (20 credits)

• This module will help develop your existing knowledge and understanding of the construction industry. Current developments within the sector will be studied, and their effect on the industry investigated.
• This module will be based around the following core themes: technology, sustainability and procurement.
• You'll evaluate today's construction industry and the issues it faces, and develop your understanding of digital construction and the use of technology. You'll also investigate innovation in construction techniques and materials - including sustainable methods - and critically evaluate procurement strategies and approaches.

Corporate Management (20 credits)

• This module will further develop your knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the corporate, financial and operational environment in which different construction organisations, their management and their clients operate.