Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2006/07

AR20239 Management 2C

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take AR20213

Aims: To give students a knowledge of legal and contract obligations in the construction industry.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit students should be able to:
* Demonstrate an understanding of the English legal system and its context;
* Demonstrate a broad knowledge of contract, company and employment law as applied to civil engineering organisation and consultants;
* Appreciate the role of arbitration as a form of dispute resolution.
Skills:
Intellectual skills
* To understand taught material - taught
Professional/Practical skills
* To give students an appropriate level of legal knowledge in preparation for employment as a graduate in the construction industry - taught and facilitated
Transferable/key skills
* To communicate ideas in writing - facilitated and assessed. Content:Introduction to English law and legal systems - trot, negligence and contract.
Introduction to contract law - creating and using contracts.
Company law - types of business organisation, setting up a limited company, directors and responsibilities, insolvency and bankruptcy.
Employment law - contract of employment, rights and duties, terms and conditions of employment.
Construction law - standard forms of contract, NEC, JCT, examples of application.
Construction law - process of arbitration, actions and duties of parties.

University | Catalogues for 2006/07