Course summary

This is a 4 year degree course. Please ensure that when you apply for this course you choose Point of entry 1 in your UCAS Hub. Construction Managers are responsible for the erection of buildings. Their duties extend to site planning, on-site construction works, project control and on-site decision making, management and liaison with clients, construction professionals and operatives. Construction management includes the ability to plan, co-ordinate and monitor on-site constructions works in order to successfully manage the safe and cost effective delivery of a wide range of construction projects. This is a vocational course providing you with the construction knowledge required for a career in construction management. The aims of the construction management course are to enable you to: gain the essential skills and knowledge of construction management, focusing on the technologies, law and management skills needed to deliver projects to professional and to quality standards. develop transferable skills of teams working, independent learning and decision making and problem solving be exposed to and aware of current construction management issues and influences and how these affect construction managers. enhance your skills in construction projects, management of people and resources, decision making, leadership and project management skills.