The aim of this module is for the student to explore and reflect on the academic, professional and personal skills required for their learning development and future employability.

The aim of this module is to provide the student with a foundation of law and economics as they impact the built environment. The principles of English public and private law and economic theory will be introduced including: tort, contract, planning, supply and demand, elasticity, market structures and the macroeconomy.

The aims of this module are for students to understand the technological aspects of simple and framed buildings including their elements and components, their functional and performance requirements and options available for onsite and offsite construction.

This module aims:

• To introduce students to the shape, form, and role of the construction industry in society and in the UK economy.
• To introduce students to the main construction professions and their roles in construction projects.
• To explain the role and responsibilities of the client's quantity surveyor and the contractor's commercial manager across the construction project lifespan.
• To help students appreciate the competencies and capabilities required of the modern quantity surveyor and commercial manager, centred around an appreciation of the nature of commercial risk.

This module also provides an opportunity for students to acquire practical and transferrable skills in the use of Microsoft Excel and in the production of written reports. The module further aims to, through a week-long collaborative project, introduce students to an initial simulation of their future role in the industry and the interdependency of their future profession with others in the sector. This project also introduces the students to the need for sustainable development of the built environment.

The aim of this module is for the student to:

• To introduce students to the basic principles of measurement under the NRM2 method of measurement.
• For students to acquire appropriate skills and knowledge of land surveying for application to building and civil engineering works.

The aims of this module are:

• To help students understand how construction projects are instigated, organised, and procured from the construction supply network via a tendering process.
• To help students appreciate the wide variety of information types that define construction projects, where they come from, how they relate to each other, where they are used, and why they must be carefully managed long after the project has finished.
• To introduce students to standard construction project procurement routes; to introduce students to the strategies, rules and procedures of project tendering (from the perspective of the procuring client).
• To help students understand the importance of precise and defined Contract Documents; to explain the need for revision and document control when accommodating change during project progression.
• To help students recognise and understand the role of contract law and statute law in creating the need for project information to be retained long after the conclusion of construction activity.

The aims of this module are:

• To help students understand the principles of structural design and to appreciate how they are related to architectural form and construction materials.
• To help students develop knowledge and understanding of the materials commonly used in construction.
• To help students appreciate the conditions these materials are expected to accommodate and their consequences for the sustainability of the built environment.