| Module No |
Module |
| Year 1 |
| Construction Technology 1 |
This module concentrates on low rise building construction
including small frame buildings and their services: site
investigation; foundations; under building construction
and treatment; internal and external wall construction;
floor construction including floor finishes; timber stairs
and external steps; fireplaces, chimneys and flues; roof
structures and roof coverings; windows and doors; internal
and external finishes; electrical supply; heating systems;
extract ventilation; cold and hot water supply, internal
and external drainage. |
| Professional and Personal Development 1 |
The module introduces the students to personal development
planning, student centered learning and reflective practice.
The students will deliberately reflect on their learning
to date and on their aspirations and forthcoming demands,
in order to determine a plan for their future in both
the short and the long term. The module will also include
practice in some core skills that underpin effective learning
in higher education and in the workplace. |
| Construction Resource Estimating |
Introduction to construction resource cost estimating
practice. Elements of construction pricing and compilation
of unit rates for simple structures.
Statistics: The evaluation and use of index numbers and
time series. |
| Land Surveying |
The module will introduce the student to the types of
measurement made in plane surveying, linear and angular,
the instruments used and the accuracy aimed at. The students
knowledge will then be extended to a more detailed study
of the errors possible in instruments and more detailed
surveying. |
| Property Economics |
Macroeconomic and microeconomic analysis and its application
to the construction and property markets.
UK financial and economic institutions in domestic and
overseas trade in relation to the property industries.
The comparative performance of the UK construction and
property markets. Government intervention: goals, measures
and achievement; current policy initiatives and their
sectoral impact.
|
| Property Legislation |
Introduction to evolution of the legal system in Scotland.
The law of obligations including contract, delict and
tort and introduction to standard forms of contract. |
| Year 2 |
| Construction Technology 2 |
Construction and services provision of framed, medium
size commercial and industrial buildings. Construction:
site investigation; site works and support systems; foundations;
basement construction; reinforced and pre stressed concrete;
structural frames; structural fire protection systems;
performance requirements of the external envelope; external
wall systems; load bearing brick construction; movement
control; roof systems and coverings; steel and concrete
stairs; insitu and pre-cast concrete floors; resilient
and raised floors; demountable partitions and suspended
ceilings. Temporary access provision.
|
| Structural Engineering Principles |
Mathematics:The use of mathematics to support and underpin
problems encountered in the design of structural elements.
Structural analysis: The use of equilibrium / analysis
techniques to statistically determine forces acting
within structural elements.
Adoption of design techniques to enable the design
of simple structural elements in a variety of structural
materials |
| Construction Process Management 1 |
Study in three distinct areas provides an introduction
to the theory and practice of construction management:
Management Thought
Production Management
Safety Management
|
| Construction Engineering |
This module has two subject areas. These are:
Site Surveying and co-ordinated Project Information
and Computer Aided Design
Both subject areas are to be passed at 35% pass level.
|
| Building Performance 2 |
The module provides both the theoretical and the practical
applications of heat, transfer, condensation occurrence,
light transmission and sound propagation applied to the
built environment.
Also, the application of computer aided design to an
environmental design topic is included.
|
| Professional and Personal Development 2 |
This module allows students to develop a personal development
plan and interpersonal skills. Using reflective practice
and problem based learning, they will be encouraged to
examine past learning experiences and reflect on future
requirements for success in the workplace and other environments. |
| Year 3 |
| Contract and Project Finance |
|
| Managed Project Learning |
|
| Professional and Personal Development 3 |
This personal development planning module is designed
to build on previous personal and academic experience,
and learning, to enable the student to plan for their
future. It seeks to support learners in developing into
effective reflective practitioners. The module encourages
examination of the students’ wider environment and
includes practice in the application of personal skills. |
| Construction and Property Contracts |
Property law and legislation in Oman (Scotland); the
Scottish Minor Works form of contract; the Standard Form
of Building Contract 1998 Edition, Private with Quantities |
| Construction Technology 3 |
|
| Statutory Control 1 |
|
| Year 4 |
| Project Management |
|
| Professional and Personal Development 4 |
The module introduces the students to a range of advanced
life skills, personal development planning and career
planning. The students will deliberately reflect on their
skills acquisition to date and determine a plan for future
development in both the short and the long term. The use
of reflective practice will be encouraged to determine
such skills and the student will study current thinking
in the development of skills for life related to ethics
and ethicalness, entrepreneurship and capability, leadership,
skills deriving from emotional intelligence, communication,
team, collaborative skills and research. Knowledge creation
and knowledge transfer in the modern organization is developed
related to the role of explicit and tacit knowledge. |
| Building Performance 3 |
|
| Construction Technology 4 |
|
| Dissertation |
Dissertation report: encompassing literature review,
data collection, data analysis, interpretation, and presentation. |
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