BSc (Hons) Construction Management (With Foundation Year)

Ensuring that a building project runs smoothly, with enough materials, equipment, workers, and money to deliver it, is a huge task. So, too, is monitoring construction quality and progress. This course will give you the knowledge and contacts to take on that kind of responsibility. You’ll learn a broad range of skills in your first year, sharing modules with Civil Engineering and Surveying. Later you can choose to specialize in specific construction management disciplines.

Foundation Year

• Mental Wealth; Professional Life
• Introduction to Computing
• Mathematical Applications
• Construction Technical Studies
• Spatial Communication & Visualisation
• Fundamentals of Construction Management

Year 1

• Mental Wealth; Professional Life 1
• The Built Environment
• Construction Technology
• Land and Construction Surveying
• Analytical Skills in Built Environment
• Building Science and Materials

Year 2

• Mental Wealth; Professional Life 2
• Contract Procedures
• Construction Planning and Production
• Measurement
• Advanced Sustainable Technology
• Tendering, Estimating, and Cost Control

This course offers the opportunity of year-long placement between years two and three. If you choose to take this option, you’ll spend your third year on a placement with a relevant company or organization, adding valuable practical experience to your growing academic knowledge. The extra placement year means it will take four years to complete your studies, instead of three.

Year 3

• Mental Wealth; Professional Life 3
• Capstone Project
• Project Management
• Advanced Construction Technology and Innovation
• Quantity Surveying Practice

Employability:

Thanks to our excellent links with the industry, graduates from this course have gone on to work on projects all over the world. Some have been involved with UK construction projects such as the Shard and the Olympic Athletes’ Village in Stratford. Others have traveled internationally to areas of dynamic regeneration such as Dubai or Qatar. Many of our overseas students go back to work in countries such as Nigeria and Malaysia. Your most likely job on graduation will be an assistant site manager, working in a role where you have responsibility for a broad range of activities. If you perform impressively on-site and deal well with people, you could soon find yourself taking responsibility for really large projects.