FdSc Civil Engineering and Construction Management

This is a practical, industry-led course, which is suitable for anyone already working in the construction industry, as well as for new students. You’ll have the opportunity to follow one of two routes, depending on what direction you want your career to take – civil engineering or construction management. Once you’ve completed the course successfully, you’ll be able to progress onto the final year of one of our honors degrees to obtain a BSc degree if you wish. These degrees are in either Civil Engineering or Construction Management. If you’re already in employment, you’ll spend four days a week in the industry, while full-time students will undertake a compulsory work placement of up to four days a week in their final year. Whatever path you take, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to become a first-class construction manager or civil engineer. Although we cannot guarantee a placement we will support you in providing opportunities to secure one. If you do not secure a placement you will still be allowed to progress directly on to the BSc (Hons) degree course.

Year 1

• Mental Wealth: Professional Life 1
• The Built Environment
• Construction Technology
• Land and Construction Surveying
• Analytical skills in the built environment
• Building Science and Materials
• Engineering Mechanics

Year 2

• Mental Wealth: Professional Life 2
• Contract Procedures
• Construction planning and production
• Measurement
• Advanced Sustainable Technology
• Tendering, Estimating, and cost control
• Engineering Surveying
• Ground Engineering
• 3D Data Modelling and Analysis
• Structural Analysis & Element Design
• Employment Internship

Employability:

In recent years, many of our students have been offered full-time jobs in the company where they undertook a work placement as part of the course. Among the list of prestigious projects that our students have worked on are the Shard, Kings Cross Station Western Passenger Hall, and the Crossrail Connaught Tunnel refurbishment. So what are your options? You might end up working in a design office or on a building site. As a construction manager, you may be responsible for logistics, plant, materials, and people. As a trainee engineer, you’ll be designing the structural frame of a building or setting out its position ready to be built.With this qualification, you could choose to focus on a specialist sector such as house-building, education, health, commercial and retail, waste management, manufacturing, or infrastructure.