Modules

Foundation Year • Technology and Environment • Communicating Ideas • Numeracy and Laboratory Practice • Data in Action: Modelling and Analysis • Project Management • Project-based Learning Year 1 • Building services and environmental science • Building survey and inspection • Construction technology and materials • Construction technology and structures • Legal and economic context • Construction practice Year 2 • Construction contract law This module examines the various types of construction contracts, including families of standard construction contracts, and the common law and legislation and administrative procedures which govern them. It provides a working knowledge and understanding of construction contract legal problems, and related applicable law, such as non-contractual liabilities. It examines when a dispute arises in legal terms, and how dispute resolution methods may be employed to resolve problems and disputes. Assessment method: 100% coursework. • Estate and property asset management • Planning and development controls • Property inspection, repair and maintenance • Theory of architecture, design and conservation • Sustainable construction and the environment Year 3 • Optional placement year Year 4 • Research paper • Project management • Management of the firm • Contract administration • European construction and property • Property law and valuation

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Chartered Institute of Building