BSc (Hons) Construction Management

The composition of this course is structured around the key attributes that an effective employee or graduate should have once in industry:

🔨Developed personal skills with both the confidence and ability to express creativity, both individually and as part of a team;
🔨Gained the ability to promote a responsible, professional attitude towards the selection and use of both data and skills, within team based contexts;
🔨Established an in-depth understanding of construction management, and developed a critical awareness of new emerging solutions and technologies;
🔨Developed a comprehensive awareness of the wider cultural, social, political, economic and ethical implications of projects within the construction industry;
🔨Applied appropriate knowledge and skills to a piece of work on construction management through the Honours Project, which reflects the programme being studied.

In addition to the broad aims of the course, the specific qualities built into the curriculum ensure that students will gain a systemic understanding of new developments and application. Students will also develop the capacity to analyse, assess and recommend high-level strategies for materials, structures and methods.

The specific objectives of this course, therefore, are to provide students with the skills and knowledge of key subject areas, which relate to sustainability at operational, tactical and strategic levels for modern building technologies. The course will equip students with:

🔨The aptitude to solve problems within various settings;
🔨The competence to develop concepts and apply them in pragmatic ways;
🔨Advanced analytical skills that can be used within organisations;
🔨A perceptive insight into technology-related issues;
🔨The ability to understand policies within local and global contexts, and the capability to identify emerging legislation;
🔨A good understanding of how the design of a construction project can impact on the success and implementation of that project;
🔨The aptitude to think and plan strategically in the design of construction projects;
🔨A good understanding of the societal implications of emerging technologies in construction;
🔨The aptitude to analyse, synthesise, critique and evaluate various means of building technologies, their deployment and leading-edge ideas.