BSc (Hons) Construction Management

Core modules

Principles of Construction Management

This module is very important to your training as a construction manager as it introduces you to the basics of construction project management, within the business and organisational environment that construction managers operate.

Innovating the Construction Project

Working in groups you will consider a project brief applying resources and techniques to discuss and make alternative suggestions for the project to produce a more efficient, innovative and sustainable approach.

Legal and Statutory Requirements

The module starts with a look at the nature of law in England and Wales, including types of law, how laws are created and an outline of the court system. A particular focus will be on contract law.

Core modules

Economics and Financial Management

This module covers a range of activities that promote effective decision-making and positive business performance within construction industries, including; financial performance analysis techniques, profit and loss forecasting, project and head office cash flow analysis and general overheads budgeting.

Technology of Complex Buildings

This module will enable you acquire a deeper understanding of construction technology principles at a more advanced level. The technology of high-rise construction, including quality aspects, is the central focus.

Sustainability

This module investigates how the construction industry can achieve sustainable outcomes during the design, construction, operation and end of life of a project.

Optional modules

Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.

Preconstruction Management

You will be introduced to the commercial activities both at pre and post contract stage focusing on the role of the contractor’s quantity surveyor.

Quantity Surveying Practice

This module is aligned closely with the expectations and requirements of industry, so you will learn the professional ethics and the need for honesty and accuracy in reporting that is crucial for a successful career.

Core modules

Maintenance of Buildings and Services

You will develop a fundamental knowledge of building maintenance, services and the refurbishment of buildings. The module will allow you an opportunity to analyse the underpinning concepts of building maintenance, refurbishment and the options available.

Contracts Management

You will develop an appreciation of the different types of construction contracts and procurement methods that are available but will have a deeper understanding of the most common contract used in the industry.

Construction Management

In this module you will gain an understanding of the application of theories in practical construction situations. In particular you will focus on construction site management, including people and other resources.

Project Evaluation and Development

The module draws together the technological, management, financial and professional practices encountered at Levels 4 and 5 and investigates, in greater depth, how clients and the industry interact during the development process.

Core modules

Project Evaluation and Development

The module draws together the technological, management, financial and professional practices encountered at Levels 4 and 5 and investigates, in greater depth, how clients and the industry interact during the development process.

Building Production and Value Engineering

Studying this module will enable you to investigate the role of the construction manager in the building production process. You will evaluate the methods of production that can be employed to achieve a satisfactory solution to a project from the viewpoint of a contractor.

Research Project

This module will enable you to find solutions to problems that you will encounter whilst working in various roles in future. You will select a topic of your choice to explore in-depth to find answers to the issues that we encounter in the industry.

Optional modules

Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.

Strategic Construction Management

Strategic management is about determining business objectives and how to achieve them. You will develop an understanding of how organisations need to adapt in line with their environment and how the challenges that this creates can be overcome.

Commercial Management

This module will build on the principles you have learned in levels 4 and 5, to give you a real understanding of the commercial activities that take place within a construction organisation.